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DukeJob · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Everywhere

hey Entrailicus, do you like Mars Volta or do you just like that picture? If your a fan, do you listen to Sparta as well? And, were you an At the Drive In fan? I'm kind of a music nut Smile

turkishlover25 · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Charleston, IL USA

Hey, I actually like listening to Mars Volta, though my first experience with them was vodka-induced Wink

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

turkishlover25 · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Charleston, IL USA

Throw in some Dali works and WOW... quite an evening Cool

brissygirl · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Brisbane, Australia

Speaking of music, I'm a bit of a music nut too, and one of the things I'm most worried about with my planned move to Istanbul is how I am going to feed my music addiction... What are the CD shops like in Istanbul? Or am I going to have to get used to buying music from the net? My music tastes are along the lines of At the Drive In etc...

I'm not one of these people who want to move to a new country and pack my current life up and bring it with me - I'm really excited about it all, but the music thing is the one thing I'm a bit nervous about... am already busy loading up my MP3 player...

yaramaz · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:34 pm Post subject:

I have acquired a lot of very cool, very affordable music since ı moved here four million years ago. One of the great things about Turkey is the plethora of (*cough*) not 100% legal copies of cds and dvds to be found on the streets and in certain not entirely reputable places in Kadık�y, Beşiktaş, etc. As well, there is good, affordable adsl here so you can download to your heart's delight. And, well, there is a lot of very very good local music which sells for about 10ytl for a legal cd in the shops (as opposed to the aforementioned not so legal cds).

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

And did you know that a Virgin megastore is opening up?

howmucharefags · Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 299 Location: Eskisehir

Where?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Istiklal. they've(Turkish partners) just bought a building and plan to open early 2007, so a little bit of a wait.

DukeJob · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Everywhere

[/quote]...I'm not one of these people who want to move to a new country and pack my current life up and bring it with me - I'm really excited about it all, but the music thing is the one thing I'm a bit nervous about... am already busy loading up my MP3 player...[/quote]

We're in the same boat...I've loaded my I-pod and laptop with music already. I'll be there soon (feb 21st) and i plan on still downloading music off the web (illegally of course) I do that soooo much already that a move to Ist. won't change my routine Very Happy

I had over 1000 cds in my collection not to mention what i downloaded off the internet...so if you have good taste, maybe we can swap some stuff too Wink

I've just started getting into the Turkish music...sounds good so far.

P.S. Entrailicus/turkishlover...i saw mars volta live! Bit**es! Very Happy

DukeJob · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Everywhere

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brissygirl · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Brisbane, Australia

Thanks for the advice - I feel much better now Very Happy

Dukejob, I'll have to get some tips at some point about music on the 'net - you see I am one of these old fashioned gals who loves to own the CD - I'm only just starting to dip my toes in the waters of internet music.