I have a decent sized collection of records coming in currently at 429 12” + a handful of 45s, singles and a stack of odd but cool postcard records. I’ll think of a random number, then look it up on a spreadsheet with my current inventory that’s sorted A-Z by Artist. Today was 222 so I’m currently listening to King Gizzard and the Lizard’s Polygondwanaland. How do you pick what to listen to?
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Open the Discogs app to my collection.
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Shake my phone.
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Rock on.
It does what?! I’ve been happy enough using the web UI, but now I suppose I have to download the app 😂
Yah, when you shake your phone it randomly takes you to one thing in your collection. I keep that up to date, so it works well.
Turns out it has the same feature for the wantlist — in case you don’t know what to buy next, I guess? Please tell me how to spend my money, Discogs! 😂
That’s actually pretty cool
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I’m all about vibes, tbh. My main motivation for vinyl vs cd is if I plan to actually sit and enjoy it, or if it’ll be background.
Hell yeah King Gizzard
I go by mood and what I’m about to do, then I go for the one I didn’t listen for a long time, or the one I’m singing in my mind. Apart from that, its times that I just go through my collection and pick one random.
My collection is only like a third of yours, so it’s easier to keep an overview of things. And still I can squat in front of the vinyl shelf for several minutes without deciding 😆
