I’m so old I remember…

[Wonderer67]

ISOIR gigs where the band was loud onstage, not just the FOH PA system. When guitarists used 100W amps and shifted air, and nobody used in-ear headphones for monitors.

Music was better when it was loud. And fuck your hearing.

Amen. I’ve seen hundreds of punk rock bands. And will not be letting up soon.

What I do miss (and I’m so old I remember) when you didn’t need to buy tickets online for every fucking show. You could show up at the vfw hall or club for 5-10 bucks and see three bands.

CBGBs, Pyramid club, pipeline, TLA, City Gardens, etc…

 

[Zephreck]

Our first telephone line was called a party line. We shared it with other houses. Only o e person could talk on it. So if the other house was using the phone you could not receive or make calls.

 

[Poeticwolf]

Before the internet, we had phone modems and connected to BBSes.
Bulletin BoardS

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

ISOIR when both ice cream trucks and donuts trucks would drive through my street - and could tell which was coming by their distinctive jingle they broadcast on their speakers...

 

[cdstefi]

Amen. I’ve seen hundreds of punk rock bands. And will not be letting up soon.

What I do miss (and I’m so old I remember) when you didn’t need to buy tickets online for every fucking show. You could show up at the vfw hall or club for 5-10 bucks and see three bands.

CBGBs, Pyramid club, pipeline, TLA, City Gardens, etc…

The 70s/80s were the golden age for live music, when you could see the top bands in reasonable sized venues for sensible ticket prices. I really don't see the point of mega-arena shows (I guess it makes sense to the promoters but not the fans).

One of my most treasured memories is catching a BÖC warmup show at the Venue in London. Billed as Soft White Underbelly for the true fans, I got tickets easily and for next to nothing by today's standards, and got to see the original lineup at something like the peak of their powers (although they split almost immediately afterwards following a disastrous festival appearance).

 

[joclfc]

I remember finding porn mags in my dads wardrobe

 

[AnomalyLady]

I’m so old I remember CDs and VHSs.

 

[CuriousRick]

I am old enough to remember having the cassette player ready and trying to record songs off the radio

 

[joclfc]

I’m so old I remember CDs and VHSs.

Betamax

 

[joclfc]

ISOIRH a sex life

 

[Anastasia1999]

I am old enough to remember having the cassette player ready and trying to record songs off the radio

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

 

[CuriousRick]

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

I remember when my parents bought a stereo cabinet. That thing was huge! Like 6 feet long! Had the cassette. 8 track and turn table!

 

[Anastasia1999]

I remember when my parents bought a stereo cabinet. That thing was huge! Like 6 feet long! Had the cassette. 8 track and turn table!

Oh wow that is cool.

My grandparents had a gramophone and my Dad bought a Japanese (Aiwa) stereo system in the early eighties that we were not allowed to touch.

 

[CuyValDar]

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

Then later trying to do the same with VHS and MTV.

 

[CuriousRick]

Oh wow that is cool.

My grandparents had a gramophone and my Dad bought a Japanese (Aiwa) stereo system in the early eighties that we were not allowed to touch.

We had something like this. It was a big purchase in the early 80’s!

 

[Treeview]

We had something like this. It was a big purchase in the early 80’s! View attachment 2542870

That’s a Farkwahr Phonic! Schaak Electronic, the predecessor of Best Buy, used a console like that in lid 70s ads

 

[Treeview]

There has. Been a downward spiral in the number of phone numbers in my memory

Now, the only phone number I have memorized is my own

 

[AnomalyLady]

Betamax

Idk Betamax

 

[joclfc]

Me too. And making cassette tapes of music for my friends.

What were you listening to?

 

[joclfc]

Idk Betamax

You'll have to look it up, not sure if you had it in the US

 

[CuriousRick]

Idk Betamax

They came out about the same time as vhs. VHS won the battle.

 

[joclfc]

They came out about the same time as vhs. VHS won the battle.

Still got my taps somewhere

 

[AnomalyLady]

You'll have to look it up, not sure if you had it in the US

I don’t remember it. But I do remember that VHS looking cover that you put the cassette??? into.

 

[joclfc]

I don’t remember it. But I do remember that VHS looking cover that you put the cassette??? into.

With VHS you could see 2 reels on the cassette, on Betamax you only saw 1 and the cassette was smaller

 

[Anastasia1999]

What were you listening to?

Early eighties pop music. Haircut 100,Nick Hayward. Dexys Midnight Runners, Yazoo…..