LISTEN TO SOME JAZZ - IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
Check out this little beauty I bought for Dominic yesterday....
yes it's a record player and I totally blew my kids minds with this beauty. It's so funny to me that they have never seen one or heard one play...EVER. I had to explain to Kyle that when I was younger I had records and not CD's and iPods like he is use to and let me tell you I blew his mind with all my knowledge, or well I'd like to think so, maybe I just blew his mind with how old I am but whatever.
Dominic has been wanted one for a very long time but I was not all that into it until last month when we flew to Pennsylvania to visit some friends and while we were there we got to listen to their amazing collection of records. And amazing can not even begin to describe it...it was mind blowing really. While we where up there they took us to a cute little flea market kinda store where Dominic promptly bought about 10 records...to which I was all like this is cool but how the hell are we going to play these once we get home?
So for Christmas I was on a hunt to buy him a record player/turn table. I hunted and hunted and could not find the right one or one that was not so bet up and looked like once I got it home it would just fall apart and not play anyway. But then I found this beauty here at Target and headed out on Christmas Eve (because I love to shop under pressure and all) to get it and of course they were sold out but gave me a rain check and yesterday I collected. I picked it up, came home and got it all set up and had a record playing when he walked in from work....and let me tell you I swear I wish I would have had a camera because the look on his face was priceless!
Last night we spent hours listening to jazz...and OMG let me tell you it was truly amazing. I have such a new found love for Louis Armstrong....man that guy was so talented and the music coming out for the record player it truly awesome. If you have never experienced jazz though a record player - you must - it's just one of those things I can not explain you must hear it.
What an awesome gift and lesson to your son! Such fun, I have always loved the sound of those playing.
How awesome! Thanks for the sweet comment!
My siblings and I actually bought my mom one for Christmas this year after finding a bunch of albums in her basement. I was amazed that my kids had no idea what it was and cracked up laughing when my youngest asked how to "skip to the next song". I'm totally with you on the jazz too. Awesome!