On Dec 2, 2016, at 9:54 AM, Ian Primus via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Last I checked, we didn't have reliable Internet anywhere in the available buildings, so streaming Internet radio probably isn't going to work. I can bring my boom box - but it only plays cassettes. Which means that either someone will have to connect something to it, or listen to all of *my* music.
Something tells me that musical tastes in our group differ far too much for this to go over well. Not to mention, there will likely be enough noise with the games going, and we really mostly have these events to talk to each other anyway.
So, I dunno. Up to you guys. I can bring the boom box and a few boxes of tapes, or someone else can bring something (I hear they have ways of playing music using only ones and zeroes now. Not sure if I trust that), or we can just skip the music.
I mean, if we're going to be properly vintage, I have a turntable and a pile of Pink Floyd albums. No RIAA preamp, though. I generally tend to agree that no one is going to be satisfied with any particular choice, so I'd second the assertion that we let the melodious sound of our scintillating conversation be the music. Either that, or someone should at least be thematically appropriate and bring a PDP-8 to play some music on through an AM radio. - Dave