Dagný / Dani

Photo of a record player spinning a bright red record, with the record cover propped up next to it, and an incense holder with burning incense.

Thundercat - It Is What It Is
#nowspinning #vinylrecords #vinylsky

Absolutely! My wallet is suffering though.

Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment

1. Water bottle
2. Knitting project
3. Book
4. Small notebook + pen
5. Power bank and phone charger

*Two years ago!

I also have to give credit to the Kendrick and Drake beef because it got me and my older kid listening to hip hop music, and now we collect and listen to records together. It's been wonderful. That's my little vinyl rant as a 90s kid who only learned to use a record player last year. :)

But playing vinyl records has exploded my horizons with music, and I enjoy it so much more because it threw me into the habit of experiencing albums as contained linear projects again, rather than something to dissect and skip through and then throw the "best" tracks onto a playlist.

I was really stuck in the trap of making Spotify playlists and sticking all kinds of tracks on them that I liked, which can be great! But something was missing and I couldn't really have told you about my "favorite" musicians, it was all over the place.

Luckily my dad had held on to my brother's old turntable which he probably got in 1980, and he helped me set it up with an old amp and speakers in my living room. It has completely changed how I listen to music!

I only started listening to vinyl records about two years ago, when my parents were preparing to move house and had unearthed most of their 70s and 80s record collection from storage. I didn't grow up listening to them, I only remember cassettes and CDs.

Photo of a record player with a record cover propped up next to it. The record is Madvillainy by Madvillain, featuring a black and white photo of MF DOOM with his iconic metal mask.

Madvillain - Madvillainy (Audiophile edition)
Couldn't pass up on this one when I spotted it last week, so happy I grabbed it!
#nowspinning #vinyl

Photo of a vinyl record in its sleeve. The album is GNX by Kendrick Lamar. The cover features a black and white photo of Kendrick posing in front of a Buick GNX.

Photo of a vinyl record in its sleeve. The album is It Is What It Is by Thundercat. The album cover features a dark and moody photo of the artist's 3/4 profile.

New additions to the vinyl collection!

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

Another day I haven’t inherited a charming yet battered bed and breakfast by the sea with a dark history only I can uncover

Must be doing something right as a parent, quality time with 14 year old kid is sitting on the couch knitting and crocheting while listening to hip hop vinyls.

A knitting project in progress, showing part of a colorwork pattern in dark green and light brownish gray, featuring motifs of fantastical winged creatures and botanical elements.

Photo of a book page with the following verse from the Kalevala: Quick the wizard, Kullerwoinen, Wanders o'er the pine-tree mountain, Hastens through the forest homeward, Drives the wolves and bears before him Toward the milk-yards of the hostess; To the herd he speaks as follows, As they journey on together: "Tear and kill the wicked hostess, Tear her guilty flesh in pieces, When she comes to view her cattle, When she stoops to do her milking!"

Using my current knitting project to break the ice on here I guess, the pattern is 'Metsän väki' from the book Knitted Kalevala II by Jenna Kostet, based on this verse from canto XXXIII of the Kalevala.