Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: RE: Curated media
From:    Matthew Munson(21:4/108)
Date:    Sun Aug 30, 2026 14:03

On 8/30/2026 11:02 AM, Poindexter Fortran wrote to All:


-> I think Rob was onto something. While I like Lush and Cocteau Twins, I
-> picked up Lush after hearing it in a coffee shop but Cocteau Twins
-> reminds me of my sophomore year in college, hanging out with a girl I
-> thought was amazingly cool, with an eclectic group of friends, and for
-> some reason that escapes me, she liked me back. Sitting up with them,
-> drinking cheap wine in a dorm room and listening to the Cocteau twins on
-> an import cassette. Imports always sounded better, but they were more
-> expensive and money was tight.
->
-> Maybe the convenience of media nowadays lessens the emotional
-> connection?
->
Two albums I bought in 1999 when I was in a real weird head space that messed me up were Scenes from
a Memory by Dream Theater and Brave by Marillion. Maybe when I officially realized I was not on team
straight.

Yes, import albums were a pain in the arse to buy. I had to travel 25 miles west by bus to go to a
record store in Pasadena to get my Marillion imports.

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