Top 33 1/3 Acceptable Reasons To (Finally!) Sell Your Record Collection
So you think you're indie. Well, why don't you prove it? That's the provocation set forth by Chunklet Industries whose writers have penned the ultimate litmus test for indieness everywhere: The Indie Cred Test. The book is a series of ruminations, reports, and quizzes that aim to put your indieness to the test. It's a DIY affair after all. The Atlanta based group raised the necessary cash via microdonation site Kickstarter, eventually reaching their goal and hitting the presses. The book hits the stands April 12th, but LA Weekly has an EXCLUSIVE excerpt from the book specially picked for you.
Here are Indie Cred Test's Top 33 1/2 Acceptable Reasons to (Finally!) Sell Your Record Collection:
33 1/3. It's 1987 and CDs just came out. Duh.
33. You finally realized you'll never get into John Zorn and Johnny Paycheck.
32. All you need is fuckin' Led Zep 4 anyway, man.
31. You found a dead cat under your picture discs.
30. Your employer at the record store has started paying in vinyl. It's a wonderfully vicious cycle.
29. You heard on NPR that it's no longer hip to like music "that much."
28. You've decided once and for all to not be a loser.
27. To subsidize a hipper, more cred-worthy record collection.
26. They sound all poppy and scratchy.
25. Some French guy wants to give you a house for it. [Ed.'s note: well played, Indie Cred Test, well played...]
24. It's just a buncha fuckin' jazz.
23. Your wife needs that closet for her shoes.
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