wetoshi on Nostr: Gifted my grandmother a vinyl player for Christmas after learning her old one was ...

Gifted my grandmother a vinyl player for Christmas after learning her old one was broken and she’d been wanting to listen to records she hadn’t listened to for years.

It dawned on me sharing something so simple became meaningful. Instead of something random, I discovered something joyous I could give her.

It also inspired me to dust off my record player, which had been packed away from a previous move.

Call it hipster, but there is something nostalgic and intimate about the slight grit and pop of the needle running over the record and going over to flip it once you’ve enjoyed one side.

With everything out there to get bogged down by, it feels incredible to be pulled into the moment by something simple, older and tactile.

I can’t help but feel so many things about modern life abstract us from being present in a beautiful, even if less than perfect, experience.

Corny post, but as I sit here listening to records I myself haven’t listened to in years, I’m transported to feeling of joy.

So that’s the post. Go enjoy some music you haven’t visited in a while 🧡 🎶