Why It Matters

I’ve collected things as long as I can remember. Most of those enthusiasms have been short-lived, like my childhood baseball and comic book collections, but some have stuck with me for life. My oldest collection has to be my records, given that I still own albums that I had as a preschooler.

Collections are great, but it’s really all about the act of collecting. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a bird spotter or a crate digger, it’s the hunt that makes it fun.

So here’s to you, collectors:

“Hoard of Hope and Plunder,” The Billy Shinbone Show.

“The Bill Harper Collection,” Beastie Boys.

“The Teardrop Collector,” Love and Rockets.

https://youtu.be/9by84AOSXjI

“Collection of Goods,” Collective Soul.

“The Collector,” Nine Inch Nails.

“The Debt Collector,” Blur.

“The Love Letter Collection,” Jamie’s Elsewhere.

“Greatest Hits Collection,” The Weakerthans.

There you have it: eight songs for your collection. What did I miss? I’m listening.