[78-L] Huh?

[neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com]

The parking lots near the School of Music at Rice University take ONLY 
credit cards, so they can charge you based on the amount of time you 
spend at "free" concerts. Coins are not welcome at all.

That's my last off topic post for today.

joe salerno


Michael Biel wrote:
> I wonder if stamp collecting--and possibly even coin collecting--is
> undergoing a similar crisis because young people do not snail-mail
> things nor use coins except in parking meters.  If they HAVE to
> snail-mail something they can get the postage on-line, and credit cards
> can be used in parking meters in many cities.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  
> 
> 
> 
> Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
>> Thatcher Graham says: “I find that music collectors just a bit younger 
>> than me don't even know
>> 78s existed. Or if they do, don't understand the different between them 
>> and LPs.
>> having never played records of any kind, they recognize them by diameter
>> not material or playing speed. My interns abstain from physical media
>> entirely - downloading and sharing digital media exclusively. They see
>> our hobby as a novelty. The genre of music is not the obstruction. They 
>> just have no connection
>> to physical media.”
>>
>> Thank you, Thatcher, for raising this issue. One of the big concerns of 
>> the IAJRC (International Association of Jazz Record Collectors) is how 
>> to attract young people to the hobby. We do have several members in 
>> their 30s who attend our annual Convention, but most attending members 
>> are in their 50s, 60s, and beyond. As the membership ages, we are not 
>> adding new blood. Your comments and that of other contributors on this 
>> matter have given me an idea that I have just e-mailed to the Manager 
>> of our 2010 Convention in September: Contact one or more local schools 
>> and invite a class or two to visit our Convention Record Room where 
>> they can see and hear 78s and LPs, what makes them different from CDs, 
>> how a phonograph works, and have a demonstrator give an entertaining 
>> explanation of these and other features. Seeing, hearing, and touching 
>> may be a way to help young people become aware of records, how much fun 
>> they can be, and why people turn collecting them into a lifetime hobby!
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Huh?
> From: Thatcher Graham <thatcher at mediaguide.com>
> Date: Mon, May 03, 2010 11:31 am
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> 
> Ha!
> I actually brought my little VV 1-5 to work to demonstrate to the 
> younger employees .
> It turned out that only 3 of my co-workers had seen one before either.
> 
> Then I took out a pin and a paper cone and repeated the demo!
> 
> -- Thatcher 
> 
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