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submitted 17 hours ago by dandelion to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

been thinking about all the little moments tucked away in my memories that are a world unknowable to those younger than me, so consider this an opportunity to reminisce over old times, but also to ask those about the times you did not live through.

I guess my question for those older than me is: before computers, how did you learn to do something?

Did access to knowledge change your life, was a constraint lifted when you no longer depended on having found the right books or people to learn tips on how to cook a new dish, or how to fix a plumbing problem, or how to plant a garden?

Was life more simple, did you have fewer problems to solve without technology in your life, or did technology make life easier?

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago
[-] Broken@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Big Star Radio City And while you're at it listen to all their albums (there's only 3...I don't count the 90s album) #1 Record is superior in a lot of ways and is phenomenal in it's own right. Third is an artistic expression that is its own animal. Beautiful and brilliant in the most unconventional ways.

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space 2 points 5 hours ago

V-3's "Hit Dead Center With My Disease", which is actually a trilogy. It was released only 3 years ago, but the music is mostly from the late 80s or so.

On top of that, I have a Live LP by Nirvana, I quite like it, too.

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago

From back then? The Lonesome Jubilee by John Cougar Mellencamp.

These days I just use Apple Music. Costs less than Spotify, pays artists more, and doesn’t finance the alt right. (Well except for that dumb participation trophy Tim Cook gave Trump.) Anyway, I pay for music because I love music, and I neither smoke nor drink, so it’s like, my vice, I suppose. That and coffee.

Anyway, I have access to all the music I had back then and since on the ~~handheld Mac~~ phone I carry in my pocket.

[-] memfree@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

For album art (by H.R. Gieger), Emerson Lake and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery. An almost monochrome skull folded out to reveal a monochrome woman, it included notes, band pics, and even the LP label had art.

photo of basic album assets

More complete details can be seen in these seller posts:

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Not a LP per sé, but

Killer Moses – Unseen EP

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