I was invited over to a friend’s place to dig through some records. His father had died of dementia recently, and he had invited a bunch of guys over to dig through the collection, to give us first crack at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The collection was vast, and while the paper sleeves weren’t in the best condition, the records were all in pretty decent shape. Definitely playable. The collection had a ton of jazz and R&B, and a lot of big names and a LOT of not-so-well known ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s something about estate sales, and open houses, that expose a little-examined fact. We are welcoming other people’s stuff into our home. Their keepsakes are our decoration, their playthings our decor. In this case, their music is now mine, and I took a minute to recognize what that meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the surface, it’s just a transfer of ownership. A “this was yours, now it is mine.” But you’d know if, say, you were keeping something associated with a bad memory or something that used to belong to a person you don’t want in your life. On the other side of the coin, you’d welcome a memoir of someone you loved, or someone with whom you made a good memory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I go through these records, I will say a prayer of thanks and a note of reverence for those who have come before and those who made this possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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