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I bought a 2006 Acura TL a little over a year ago for $1000. Me and my dad had to put a little work into it but I love early 2000s luxury sports cars - it’s super fast, has a moonroof and only plays CDs and Cassettes, no AUX - which has led me to start buying CDs again. I love going to a thrift stores and finding Smashing Pumpkins or Alice In Chains or some shit for super cheap.
Jan 7, 2025
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I bought a 2001 Honda Accord for $1000 in 2015 and it was the greatest experience of my life. Nothing hits quite like the adrenaline felt when your car stalls at 60 MPH northbound on the taconic state parkway.
We only spent 4 months together but me and that Honda have enough memories to share to last a lifetime
Mar 24, 2024
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Idc there’s something so chic about my car that costed me 2k and is paid off and so gently used by its previous owners. Having a CD binder in the car makes me feel like my mom. 10/10 overall.
Mar 8, 2025
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It was love at first sight. I purchased my L.A. car for under $10,000 with only 70,000 miles on it and was basically in mint condition. I love this era of BMW: boxy but sexy, sporty and dynamic. It's the same car Dionne drove in Clueless, but the black-on-black version. My favorite place to drive it is through Beverly Hills (ALWAYS take Canon with the top down…). I loved its '90s interface so much that I had my guy, Avi, figure out how to install bluetooth while preserving the CD/tape console for its appearance. If you are ever shopping for a used car, particularly of a European vintage, you have to go to Avi. He's the most honest dealer in L.A. and he loves restoring old models. Whenever something little breaks or acts up on the beemer, he fixes it and doesn't even charge me. The day I bought it he told me "I would rather fix it for free than have some other mechanic fuck up my work. We're in this for life." I think relationships like this are so important.
Mar 3, 2022
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I feel like it sucks you out of the world. There’s a 12 hr long brown noise track on Spotify I listen to. It’s one of the best things I’ve discovered, especially on tour. It made me realize I’m kind of sensitive to noise and the brown noise helps with anxiety specifically associated with traveling.
Jan 7, 2025
directed by Bruce Weber, I watched this recently and it's one of my favorite music documentaries. Chet Baker has always been a huge influence on me. I’ve listened to slow jazz way before I got into slow core. This doc is free on YouTube and it’s an amazing and sad insight into his life. It juxtaposes the young handsome Chet on his way to the top with the old Chet in the 80s - the doc came out a couple months after he died - he’s reflecting on his life and his choices and it portrays him as a man who is lost in this dream world. It interviews his kids and his ex wives and lots of other people who saw his career form and fall apart. It’s a tragic story about talent and the harm of addiction. The cinematography is great too - there’s a shot it keeps going back to of Chet Baker as an old man in the back of a convertible with the wind blowing that I love.
Jan 7, 2025
there is one I have where the color of the light resembles a candle glow and it’s the best way to read. I bring it when I’m traveling. It's a lot better than the reading lights on an airplane or the bedside lamp in a hotel.
Jan 7, 2025