As you most likely know, Mercury is Retrograde and in Taurus so thus I have a Taurean style question for you to ponder. Trust me, this will help you fast-grok the retro-Mercury AND provide an enormous psych insight into your current fiscal paradigm. Try it and tell me I’m wrong.
Here is the question: What is the very first thing you actually saved up for???? Mercury Retro is done with by June so make the most of it by obeying the usual precautions (no contract signing, no big purchases etc) AND going in with the occasional, targetted nostaglia. It’s productive as you get insights into what the core you might value. Don’t come whining to me if it was a Pet Rock or weed. Just keep thinking it through.
Mine was a pair of these;
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That IS a fascinating question Mystic, thank you.
I’ve always worked to earn money and saved up for everything, never had handouts of any kind. Us kids were pretty much free labour on the farm but even when we moved into town we had lists of chores, some of which we were paid for. What did I save up for? My first purchasing memory is buying a white paper bag of mixed lollies at the corner shop – with at least some of the 3 for one cent ones, plus a few mint leaves, and I usually invested the 4 or 5 cents in a musk stick as I thought they were so worth it (same colour as those fab shoes above).
I did babysitting & regular weekend jobs all through high school (at a newsagents then as a pharmacy girl for 4 years, which I just LOVED). This enabled me to saved up for my own stereo, records and then my own car (a fabulous green Datsun 1600). The music was a kind of individuation and an escape and the car was the actual escape/independence vehicle.
What insight does this bring to current fiscal paradigm… I’ll be pondering that today… thanks Mystic. Thanks also for the recent Dark Moon advice – spot on as usual.
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Don’t much remember what I “saved” for, but I do remember my first independent purchase: an argyle sweater vest, early 80′s, in crisp pink and green preppy style. So South Node Libra — wanted to look like everyone else — and satisfy junior high social politics.
I looked ridiculous in it. As much I respect and admire the careful, neat Virgoan preppy look, I’m a Sagg rising and have no chance of pulling off “preppy”. Wind-blown and comfortably casual, with nothing needing pressed (or straight!) seams will do. In fact, a good pair of curvy bootleg jeans and unpressed mens’ oxford shirts do me just fine.
What did I learn? And what am I learning? Choose my own path and don’t deviate. Don’t worry about looking like anyone else, and don’t worry about the social norms. Choosing the “safe” job has consistently proven the wrong course.
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Tiger running shoes, it was 1974 I think ? and everyone used to run in Dunlop Volleys, remember ? Anyway saw these in a weird little chinese import shop which also was pretty unusual in 74, all stripes and bright colours. I used to get the best looks from other joggers and compared to Volleys they were amazing.
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yer they are – very ahead of trend, the only way to be, once its even half mentioned by more than 50 people, it’s over…
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I’d say the three significant deliberate savings I’ve had are
1) Baby doll that you could feed and it would wee too (7)
2) Cashmere black bolero style cardigan that I bought with my first pay cheque, had it for years (15)
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Oh, this is so easy – I had to buy my own Barbie doll, as my parents didn’t approve of them. I started saving when I was maybe four years old, ironing handkerchiefs for a nickel each. This was 1961-ish, and I remember that the doll was something like $3.59. Fortunately, in those days most girls only had one Barbie and not 25.
And a few years later, my first record purchase was Herman’s Hermits.
Taurus rising, Capricorn moon, Scorpio sun.
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Oh dear, I’m so dreadfully boring with this one.
All I could remember was saving up for savings. Just wanted to see the numbers get bigger and bigger, even as a wee little tyke.
Then, when my older brother spent his hard-saved dollars on a telescope, I gloated that i was richer than him because I still had my savings. Sweet savings. I’m still a saver – err, and I’m a Cap. Could you tell??
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B52s album. yes, the rock lobster thang.
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happily (or strangely) money always seemed to come easily…i’m an instant gratification fish – in one hand, out the other. does a lay-by count as saving up? otherwise it’s overseas travel…
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Mystic – you are amazing!
I just bought a new set of speakers after realising that they were the missing piece of my home environment…
And now I read this and remember that speakers were also the first thing I saved up for!
Wow. You just get it right again and again!
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hilarious – a barbie beauty salon – complete with pump action bubble bath, combs and other pink grooming accessories – I always hated that they were pink and Ken was never allowed in the bathroom – he got to drive the camper and swim in the swimming pool but never had a bath. I hated ken, thought he was a dick. My mum caught me using barbie to beat him up once. She didn’t stop me either just laughed and walked away. The Walls of the salon were covered in beautiful vines with flowers blossoming and it had a lovely chair too. I have had one of those chairs in my real life past maybe barbie did that to me.
And I just came online to book a massage after a huge lot of deadlines in a row. So yes, the day spa has always been important. Hoorah for moon in taurus.
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oh libra sun and it was 1975ish
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hey there… there’s a message for you on the Von thread, missed you too..
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o i’m not so good at the disciplined approach and have been waylaid by relaxation due to too much work but even so have had some unusual situations – todays astro seems to have helped – will be there to discuss in next few days – have to get over oos symptoms spine is fried – fyi I only go there at night so there’s less chance of being outed as a lunatic
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Lol to get my hair professionally shampooed and blowdried as my parents thought it ridiculous to go to the hair salon. They were cut their own hair at home people. So i saved and saved and saved. Once in i was hooked. And so at the age of 14, i haggled a deal with the hairdresser whereby i would run errands, walk her dog, answer the phone, wash towels, sweep the floor and more or less do anything in order to have proper hair care.
I didn’t want to be a hairdresser. I just wanted good hair and the confidence it instilled. I loved everything about that salon; the music, the gossip, the smells, the scalp massages, the magazines.
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I’ve only ever saved up for one thing in my entire life – a ticket back to London to be with DLE… my father had sent me back home to Australia (I had to use my first class ticket before it expired) and I was determined to get back to where I truly believed I belonged. I got a job with my mother’s cousin in the marketing department of a skilled labour recruitment company (so I was basically dealing with CUBs all the time) and lived on crackers and tea for six months, saving every dollar I could. I loved it.
in fact that cousin and I have been having talks about me going back to work just this week…
its spooky how you always manage to bring up such relevant stuff Mystic
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A book. It was called The Muddle Headed Wombat. I still spend all my spare money on books.
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Father would match half of any saved input – so in this order :
- Lightening Bolt skateboard , fibreglass deck, i.e certain deathtrap
- Minnow dinghy, a small yacht kids have as 1st sail boat
- Malvern Star bicycle, to replace ‘deadly treadly’, swiftly traded for BMX
- Dark room, as in where one develops film / prints photosconsidering am in process of buying house, perhaps fiscal lesson might be consider some man contributing half payment?
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did you read swallows and amazons?
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no I didnt….do tell?
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Arthur Ransome. Kids messing about in boats in the Lake District. No adults. Or Coot Club – same thing on the Norfolk Broads. Off to do same with nephew and neices tomorrow on the Broads. You get hidden by the reeds, lots of small creeks between the Broads, wind often dies suddenly so plenty of potential for drama and excitement. Last year nephew capsized his boat – in 2ft of water. Mast got stuck in the mud. V. funny.
If you like boats and visit the UK be sure to visit the Hunter Fleet at Ludham. 1930s boats. Beautiful things and a joy to sail.
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love boats blossom – old wooden ones – like a good dirge too – my peeps were tall ship sailors I suspect it courses through ones veins down thru the ages.
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Blossom my dyslexia always sees you as Cherry Blossom….what a great story! My fist sailing lesson was in Melbourne, land locked in the man made Albert Park Lake, which is also shallow. A family friend tethered the boat & attached by rope no one could get too far. Or need to swim as it was murky & thigh deep. The Australian Grand Prix track is now the perimeter of the lake. Much later we sailed both bigs boats & small competitively, although the fights with father (when were 2 up) are legendary. Mother recalls once I swam 2 kms back to shore to escape him! Water skills, like music or language are essential life skills.
years ago, saving for obligatory post Uni European trip (not quite correct, I blew the same wad of inheritance my sister used to buy her first house… ) I worked club door bitch by nite & restoring traditional Coota Boats by day. Arms aching c/ electric sander above head, perfecting Huon Pine clinker hull & corking the deck!
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yea it was the minnow that made me ask – kids in boats having adventures – you strike me as the adventurous type x
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Anon…am not shy of adventure LOL!!
Way back when Pluto headed into Sag I traded skateboards for snowboards, & discovered the freedom / fun as a 15 year old was possible when 30! At the time I was running one of the most prestigious design empires in the country, a concept that was my idea & that I started & ran for the then owner – working 60 hour weeks with little down time with much professional time hanging around, well, wankers. Ditching my highly paid high profile job was immediately inspired by the call of the Alp – the reignited need for freedom prevailed!! As Pluto changed signs I started my own consultancy, the designer emporium became my major client, dyed my hair blue (insurance couldn’t be “bought” back by designer empire), that era referred to as my ‘skate punk’ phase. So now with Pluto move to Cap another career invention is in process.
BTW that retail empire (my concept, name etc) is now owned by the biggest retailer in the country, with branches in UK & Asia. The motto then was “I did it my way” – now still doing it my way BUT “doing it for myself!!”….stay tuned!
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o seldom do I tune out honey – yours are some of the posts I read – guaranteed to be frivolous and light of heart.
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Can’t think of one thing. I asked my Mom even (about if I ever saved for anything) she said “you were very privileged”…Sniff, Sniff…She was joking but really do not remember saving for anything in younger years and hey, that is so not a good lesson for kids!
My grandaughter has a piggy bank collection we started for her several years back. One particularly lovely. From Paris on the Eiffel Tower, blue and white. One from Mexico. Noticed all the quarters I’d put in the bank were gone. My daughter must have needed them. I forgive her…
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When I was 8 I saved $8 or so bought my Mum an egg beater for Christmas (I wish I could remember her Leonine reaction). Purchased Jungle Book & The Sweet on vinyl for myself lol. I think that was the last time I actually saved any amount of cash.
Last year I came into some money, frittered only a small portion on my first ever Oroton purse and bag. Purchased myself a car & my two boys some nice gifts that I would normally not be able to afford and kept the rest. I sat on it for months and months not knowing what to do with it until recently bought my wee retirement house down south. I refuse to retire in the centre of Australia.
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Interesting Savannah,
I’ve been completely in and out of debt twice in the last decade due to a settlement for my back injury and a $50,000 win at the casino.
Like you, purchased a car and it was used, not brand new. Gave my girls a bit. Went to Europe, Hawaii….took a year off from the world and just did as I danged well pleased. Now I work very hard physically but so grateful I have a purpose and most of all, my health.
Sure your Mum was very pleased about the egg beater. How precious. My Mom a Leo too and she was always pleased with the neighborhood picked flowers I’d bring to her… Just so sweet how as a child we try so hard to please and make others happy.
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I saved to be able to buy some nice clothes, rather than wear freaking hand me downs – from my brothers! My Catholic parents were happy to raise me as a cross dresser. I guess they were hedging that it would keep males away from me. It worked.
Next I saved to get as far away from them as possible. (See the Saturn post) In other words I saved for individuation.
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“In other words I saved for individuation.”
Must be that Aries Moon Ub.
Brilliant…
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I saved up for a multi coloured italian jumper. Beautiful soft wool. Very eighties pattern.
Last week I spent a largish amount of money on knits. Only knits. All australian and new zealand they all feel fantastic and are beautiful colours….
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YES! wool? mmmm nothing is better. Makes me laugh when people wander round in polar fleece which is made of old drink bottles and complain of cold – get a big wooly sheep up ya maaaate.
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Wish I could sweetie, but I’m allergic. Polar fleece is my pseudo sheep! Not as wholesomely sustainable, but at least it’s recycled. Love knitting cotton tho.
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OMG I cannot even begin to grasp that – allergic to wool? That must be the hardest thing to avoid – what did you do before polar fleece was dreamed up? Don’t you get cold? MMM cotton is dreamy – I have a love of cotton too. How did you find out? Did you know since birth? That’s almost harder than wheat to avoid I’m sure… I’m horrified that such a thing could happen to a person. WOOL? Is it the scaly fibres or the lanolin? SO many questions buzzing round my head lol… I will cease and desist with the CSI right now! asking too many questions can make peeps churlish and god knows I’d hate for that to happen.
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No probs with the Qs. I grew up in the east of England, without heating, so you get used to the cold. Makes you hardy. It’s a standing joke that visitors get off the train in Cambridge, are hit by the wind, and get on the next train back to London! Scots always wondered that I found their climes warm!
Mum and bro were hypersensitive and allergic to most things so we didn’t have much contact with wool. On the rare occasions when I came into contact with it skin errupted in fierce itchy rash, so learned quickly to avoid it. I reckon it is the fibres, as I love sheep and can spin a fleece without problem. The lanolin protects me. But once washed it’s out of bounds.
Funny how one persons’ normal can be so different to anothers’
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interesting – they are such scaly little fibres – if you spin you know all about that – and god that’s a talent, spinning. We had to spin at school in fibres class and it was not my forte! we were using those weird spinning top things though not a wheel. Had to stand on a chair and wave arm up and down. So much effort for such a below average result lol. I had the same thing with nylon fibres as you and wool – I broke out in a rash and had to wear gloves to touch it. And as a child could not wear things sewn together with nylon thread – same thing – welts at the seams. What a shame it’s out of bounds for you when the lanolin is gone such a miraculous and versatile fibre. I’m wrapped in it now – my mum knits me things and gets me to choose the wool – which is a nice way to avoid the shit brown scenario
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I learned with a drop spindle too, but on kids hols. Never learned anything remotely useful at school. Virgo rising makes me a perfectionist so got good at making a thin and even thread. Love drop spindles as you can take them everywhere. When I was a medeval herbalist I always had one tucked in my girdle
Although Mum knitted when we were very young, her hands got worse, so by the time I was 10 or so I was doing all her knitting and sewing. She would choose the wool and I would knit her jumpers. In fact I recently offered to do so again as I’ve picked up the needles again.
Just started looking into alternative fibres – like the idea of bamboo. Eewww, just remembered nylon sheets. We had them for a few years because of allergies. Awful feeling and the static …
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That’s what they’re called – drop spindles – people in sth america walk along beside their animals and spin off their backs – I love that weird textile fact
) Is that a “past life” herbalism reference blossom? or do you practice herbalism now? I had a rebirthing once – the only one I’ve ever had actually – a man from cornwall which is where some of my ancestors come from visited the place I lived and I thought ok if anyone can do this thing it’ll be someone from where my ancestors are from. He had the best accent I’ve ever heard and I had 3 out of control amazing visions of other places and times – one was a walled herb garden in a monastery and I was a monk tending the plants – who knows if that stuff is real but such a cool experience and thing to see with my own eyes. When I left his place and walked home all the colours of the plants and flowers out on the street were so vivd and rich. The 3 things I saw made stuff from this life make sense. Nylon sheets – lol I would’ve been one huge scab if I had a sleep over at your place. In my samples folder I had to seal the nylon into a little packet so it could never escape and hurt me! I think its so sad you can’t go the wool – I make felt, the sacred dreadlock it is known as at our place such is my love for it. Does alpaca and stuff like that have the same effect? So glad you can wear silk – long fibre not so scaly… -
Wow, what amazing visions. Cornwall is a mystical place, so I’m not surprised at your roots. Nope, not a past life as such. I used to take part in medeval recreations of domestic tudor life in a moated manor house. Complete with ghosts, which I heard but didn’t see. Apart from speaking fairly modern English, and talking to visitors, most of us lived as closely as we could to what is known of life at the time. Stillroom was run by a GP who was also a herbalist so we were the on-site medical centre for around 300 participants and thousands of visitors. Would only come out of character for a dire emergency if the doc wanted a hospital admission. Loved the life and felt very at home there, until it all got a bit too commercial. Once took a big risk and knitted mohair jumper which I loved – but after wearing it once, had to give it away as the allergy is to all kinds of wool. Such a shame as I love natural fibres of all kinds.
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OH I LOVE THAT BLOSSOM – what a job – I love a job where you get to dress up or be around wacky stuff. What great memories you must have.
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Mmm, that and the ferret. Whilst there I was pursued by an american with pet ferret in tow. Nothing wrong with the ferret!! Years later, at a civil war re-enactment outside my office, I recognised ferret man. Weird. Funny how you forget things …
Still got all the outfits. Great for dressing up when I want to be all wenchy!
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was the multi-colour sweater Missoni?
what ever it is if you kept it its so IN again!if yr in OZ my great friends have THE BEST knitwear label Jac&Jack. They’ve elevated Merino Wool & Cashmere to an art form. http://www.jacandjack.com. Investment dressing.
BTW knitting is a fab way to give up smoking. Helped finalize the divorce from my ex boyfriend Peter Stuyvesant!!
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o yes re the knitting and the first love smoking – i was muttering “what do people who don’t smoke do with their hands?” and the answer was “they have hobbies” so I went and got some knitting needles and it really helped.
I was imagining Jenny Kee – is that her name? and I have checked out that site – thank you – I LOVE wool and those dresses are the shizzle. That one is bookmarked for later.
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age 7 a pair of ‘golden thongs’ (yellow and white rubber actually..when mum found out put them in the bin) I had sold a million raffle tix to save up!!
excruciatin job at Woolies Sat morning from begin of high schoolage 13 levi’s …in the bin again
19 at art school…british racing green cords with orange halter ..taken from line when wet and in the bin. (also black fishnets hidden in bottom drawer)
24 Finally, Charley Brown white cotton wedding dress with pintucks. She couldn’t touch that one!!
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MUSIC.
I used to get $2 a day lunch money back in the late 70′s. Both parents worked, as soon as they disappeared in the morning, i made my own sandwiches and saved my lunch money to buy vinyl.
My insight is that music was and still is a huge part of my life. I would still gladly sacrifice lunch for a stack of cd’s, although these days i don’t have to. And I have tickets to see Brian Eno at the Opera House – the Keynote address to Luminous Festival which he is curating and the finale (Pure Scenius 3) with a few other musicians, Karl Hyde from Underworld being one them.
Brian Eno is a Taurus, so very interesting that after admiring him for 26 years, I finally get to see him during Merc Retro in Taurus!!! So excited!!
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robots I love the image of your being canny & making your own lunch so as to use your cash for something else! I wonder if your parents actually noticed the disappearing bread and the growing collection of vinyl, but chose to say nothing? Hope Eno at the OH is wonderful.
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HAHA… well, my mum never noticed the disappearing bread as i wasn’t a very big eater but she definitely noticed the growing collection of vinyl.
I fessed up – what else could i say? I thought my lunch money was goneskies for sure but not so. Maybe my folks realised how much it meant to me.Then a few years later towards the end of high school i told my dad that prices had gone up at the canteen and got an increase in lunch money….haha. By that stage i was saving up for health supplements and vitamins. I’m a health nut from way back – 3 planets in Virgo!
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umm, that was me above. Didn’t realise i hadn’t logged in.
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o i love underworld robot – listen to them daily on the train – saw them once but don’t ask because I don’t remember except that my face hurt the next day from smiling…
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nothing like a bit of face hurting from smiling.
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o scorp i just discovered lee scratch perry and adrian sherwood are also playing at the same festival – even if you’re not so into the genre of reggae / dancehall / ska / toasting / whatever he is def worth a look – THE master well the one who’s still alive anyhow of jamaican music from 60′s to now. I’ve seen him several times and he is one crazy mofo – and I’m considering a plane ride across the country if he’s not coming here. And adrian sherwood is genius – on u sound system – African headcharge (the BEST gig I’ve ever been to in my life) Gary Clail (also up there as one of the best) etc. What a mad combo that is – LSP is in his 70s he is to reggae what Leonard is to something else. He IS something else.
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i appreciate the tip but reggae / dancehall / ska is not really my cup of genre. I don’t mind some of the electro beats of reggae but when the vocals kick in my interest vanishes instantly. My ears are extremely fussy and sensitive little creatures. I guess my fave genre is ambient/electronica/trance and indie rock with a sprinkling of metal and a dash of alt-country. Cannot stand R nB or Rap (Crap??? tee hee) and hip-hop!!! eeeuuwww
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o it;s nothing like any of those SR he’s the originator of all that sound – the essence at it’s most raw and wild dirty jamaican not at all that crap cheese R&B or urban hip hop – it’s mad jungle beats but I get that you may not be into it – he’s more of an experience to be had if anything – he is INSANE – preaches confronting political stuff and last time I saw him there was also some voodoo and bone shaking thrown in for good measure – the crowd were filled with a sense of unease I met him that night and he def had some kind of power that was not of this world – or that might have been the huge spliff he had in his hand lol – and adrian sherwood has the electro thing going on. LSP’s an enigma – so much so that there’s a doco recently made about him. It’s usually just as much an anthropological excursion as a gig. xxx
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I know it;s not like anything i mentioned, i was just stating what my musical taste. I don’t “mind” adrian sherwood but it’s still not my cup of tea. If i heard it in a bar i wouldn’t walk out but i would not actively seek it out either.
Everyone resonates to different genres i suppose. Viva la difference!
I know LSP’s a bit of an enigma, i’ve heard that name my whole life but there’s just not enough hours in a day, days in a week to explore every genre or legend within the genre. I have enough trouble keeping up with my own interests. I have so much new music but not enough time for repeated listens or even first listens and i still haven’t had time to explore my asteroids yet!!! And i only work 3 days a week. *exhausted*
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can’t even string a sentence together!! This Merc Retro has really gotten to me. My mind feels like a stagnant swamp and not the crystal clear swimming pool i like it to be.
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Robots, I got here late, but want to ask the rockwiz question – What was your first album purchase?
Hope Brian Eno is good. Don’t know his work so well, but loved the David Bowie ‘Low’ album. Loved it!
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Ubes… good question! You must be a fan of Rock Quiz?
Does a cassette count? It was The Boomtown Rats – Fine Art of Surfacing. I still have the cassette so it must have been the first. Or maybe i’m just sentimental because i thought Bob Geldof was the bees kness (still do!!) I still have the entire Boomtown Rats vinyl collection.Okay, sadly, the first vinyl was Ripper ’76 – one of those compilation albums.
http://tinyurl.com/cdfcc2and on that weblink there’s an ad for the Brian Eno Luminous festival – So it’s like a past and present visual. Too freaky.
What was yours?
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Do’h well of course you’re a rockwiz fan, you did mention it. I haven’t had my coffee yet and it’s merc retro. Gotta get outta da house!
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I can’t for the life of me remember. My bros had a lot of music, so I listened to theirs and almost wore out the Saturday Night Fever cassette and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Had no money til my teens, so it could have been INXS Shabooh Shoobah.
Hey, my firewall or antispyware blocks those tinyurl links.
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okay, here’s the long link, you just have to see the album cover and the track list.
Might bring back some memories. Remember flaired shorts? HAHAFox – S-S-S-Single Bed
Roxy Music – Love Is the Drug
Nazareth – Love Hurts
Donna Summer – Love to Love You Baby… to name a few.
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists___labels___polystar_records/ripper_76/
Saturday Night Fever… great album!
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Somewhere in between buying a doll that could wee and the cashmere jacket, I do remember buying singles…I think the first one was the beegee’s Saturday night fever (which my taurean sister borrowed and let melt into an unplayable shape)…
I do remember singing while still at Primary school ‘Fox on the Run’, over and over… must of driven my mother mad.
Oh and my Arian mum would encourage us to make the choice of making our own lunch on tuckshop days and saving the money…although she used to also pay us the money she would of spent taking us to the local carnival too in favour of not having to take us to the carnival at all.
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I remember those Ripper albums with the raunchy covers. God I loved the seventies and watching Countdown every Sunday night. Even when ABBA’s Mamma Mia was no.1 for like a million weeks. My brothers had adolescent crushes on Anna & Frida & Suzi Quartro.
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aaah yes Countdown – never missed a single episode. Even “I” had a crush on Suzi Quartro! 70′s definitely my fave era too.
LL, what would you rather have had – the money or the carnival? I use to love going to the Easter Show!! Back in those days the bags were $2!!
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SR sometimes carnival, sometimes money. There used to be howling westerly winds whip through the rides…sometimes that heightened the whole thing and I loved it…other times I was happy to be bought off. No real recollection of what turned me on or off about it…
Also the little QLD country carnival I would go to was lightyears away from the Sydney show…
I did go to the Brissie Ekka as a young adult with my bio sister when we first met, and bought up heaps of show bags…very strange being lead around all the things that meant a lot to her growing up…fresh strawberries and cream stand out as a memory there.
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Hello??? You saved and your first big purchase was shoes….! Erm I thought you didnt have a shoe fetish…???
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It was a book called “Atlas of the Unexplained”. It was a big hardback that would have been quite expensive, but it was on the remainder table for $7. It took me what seemed like forever to save the $7 (I don’t really know if it was weeks or months) and then wait for a trip to that store. When I finally bought it, I realized that I actually had some extra money left over, so I bought some candy, too. It was a book about all kinds of weird mysteries of the world. I wanted it because it had a section about Atlantis. Essentially, it said that the Atlanteans were really the Minoans, which I was thrilled to find out, because I knew that I was Minoan.
So I am thinking about who I am and how I fit, very magically, into the scheme of things! And a bit of “Wow, after scraping for so long to get what I need, I suddenly have more than I needed!” would not come amiss!
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Books and music and magazines and movies; all the stuff I still save for.
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Love this question. The first thing I ever saved up for was to get a pair of elaborate hair combs as a gift for my mum, they weren’t THAT fancy but I was about 6 and it was the first money I ever had, and I always felt bad that I could never GIVE presents during occasions.
I still remember them sitting underneath a glass case in a tiny market shop. My mum regardless of her being older, didn’t cut her hair and left it in dark waves, it was v feminine considering it was a time when being in your late 40′s meant (at the time) you could easily slide into a middle aged look which we now have thankfully broken the mold of.
It was quite silly actually but it did make me feel like I had plucked stars out of the sky for her.
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Hmm. But after that, most of my savings have gone to travel. And cars. And shoes.
A theme apparently.
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What a great question to pose. The first thing I remember purchasing with my own money was a digital clock radio. What does THAT say about my current financial/creative quandries?? Music and time are both very important? Also bought several secondhand Sweet cassettes from my tight-as-a-fishes-ass elder brother. And somewhere in that timezone is my first illicit listen to Dark Side of the Moon on cassette on my parents “car stereo” in the late 70s. It was both weird and wonderful.
I totally LURVE that the Leo Socialite’s first independent purchase was a trip to the hairdresser for a proper cut and blow-wave. How very Leonine! We Leos are so bleedin easy to spot! Ha ha.
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First purchase records! Blondie, Pat Benatar, The Cars, The Cure etc…
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The Cars! I loved that album.
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