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From: <BARONI@humnet.ucla.edu>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: 06/06/2000 11:37
Subject: trainspotter
> Recently, I keep finding this word everywhere: in magazines, postings to
> this list, dustgroove.com reviews, and, I was wondering: what does it
> mean? Where does it come from? (not from the movie, right?)
> Thanks!
> Best regards,
>
> Marco
>
It originally referred to train enthusiasts who would sit at train stations
literally watching trains go by. Some would write down the time that they
saw a given train go by.
I first saw the term being adopted by the NME in the late 80s to also refer
to music enthusiasts who exhibited similar detail oriented, anal behaviour
with regard to music.
Steve
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