Great piece! Not sure if you're aware that Cancer and Capricorn are opposite (sometimes called polar) signs in the zodiac, which means they complement each other quite nicely, as they will try to achieve the same goal through diametrically opposite means. So it shouldn't surprise you to see some common traits. (If you're thinking WTF, well, in my teenage years I studied my fair bit of astrology, but I have moved on since then).
Now, as for crate digging, which is what, I suppose, I should be commenting on (as a representative of the Vinyl Room, not the Zodiac Room), I quite like the distinction you make between online versus in-store. There's an element of delayed gratification with both, but with in-store crate digging, you get this element of serendipity (among other things), which the online medium can't exactly replicate. A record you pick up in-store finds you as much as you find it, which adds, if you will, a little bit of mysticism to the whole adventure. What are the odds of finding that specific record you wanted... at that specific place at that exact time? Was it written in the stars? We should maybe check if the zodiac can give us any clues ;)
Great piece! Not sure if you're aware that Cancer and Capricorn are opposite (sometimes called polar) signs in the zodiac, which means they complement each other quite nicely, as they will try to achieve the same goal through diametrically opposite means. So it shouldn't surprise you to see some common traits. (If you're thinking WTF, well, in my teenage years I studied my fair bit of astrology, but I have moved on since then).
Now, as for crate digging, which is what, I suppose, I should be commenting on (as a representative of the Vinyl Room, not the Zodiac Room), I quite like the distinction you make between online versus in-store. There's an element of delayed gratification with both, but with in-store crate digging, you get this element of serendipity (among other things), which the online medium can't exactly replicate. A record you pick up in-store finds you as much as you find it, which adds, if you will, a little bit of mysticism to the whole adventure. What are the odds of finding that specific record you wanted... at that specific place at that exact time? Was it written in the stars? We should maybe check if the zodiac can give us any clues ;)