Having a big old clear out this year. Need to downsize the house in the next year or so.
 
The vinyl's gone, the cassettes are gone, so are the VHS tapes. Still got hundreds of music mags, 'Q', 'Mojo' 'The Face' etc, going back to the early '90's. What the heck am I going to do with them? Can't face EBay, it'll turn into a nightmare ('item doesn't match description, half the crossword was filled in' )
 
I'm 6 miles from 'Scotland's Book Town' but none of the bookshops want them, even for free. Are they headed for a landfill?
 
 

jamesg1213
I'm 6 miles from 'Scotland's Book Town' but none of the bookshops want them, even for free. Are they headed for a landfill?

That's just wong on so many levels.
(I'll get me coat)

Libraries might be interested in having them or colleges/uni's with music programs.
 
You could also put them up as a lot on ebay essentially just to get the cost of shipping covered and some nerdo would likely give them a good home.
 
I too hate seeing material like that just go to a landfill.
 
edit: Sorry... missed the part about not wanting to deal with ebay but you just put it up for 99c (or I guess pence) "AS IS" with something in your description just stating you don't want them in the garbage and don't really care about making money.
 
Some studios might like to have them for reading material in the crapper too. Maybe they'll let you look at/play with the shiny knobby things while you're there and/or you can make some new music friends.

No, please, carry on Ed. I don't really want any suggestions, just some side-splitting comedy gold and brilliantly chosen uploaded pics that we all laugh at...every...single...time...for...years...
 
Perhaps a pun or two about 'clear-out?' That might get the ball rolling.
 
Hehe..Jaymes sed 'ball'...
 
Etc...

Beepster
Libraries might be interested in having them or colleges/uni's with music programs.
 
You could also put them up as a lot on ebay essentially just to get the cost of shipping covered and some nerdo would likely give them a good home.
 
I too hate seeing material like that just go to a landfill.

Library is a good idea Beeps.

if you don't read them regularly, 
throw them away.
 
it's just boneheaded to hold onto stuff you do not use.
it's called 'pack rat syndrome'.
 
 

I'm actually not familiar with those mags so maybe I'm mistaken in thinking they are "recording" related. Perhaps more music culture mags.
 
Still good stuff for libraries or any music nerdy places. I love reading old mags of any kind. It's a cool peek into the past. Even just the ads are interesting to me. I'm weird like that though.
 
;-)

batsbrew
if you don't read them regularly, 
throw them away.
 
it's just boneheaded to hold onto stuff you do not use.
it's called 'pack rat syndrome'.
 
 

I think that's what James is attempting but without letting them go to waste.
 
When I was a little snerpwapper various family members would give me subscriptions to Guitar World/Guitar Player. I cannot for the life of me recall what the heck happened to those collections but lately I've been kind of wanting to check out all those moldy oldies... if just to compare how I viewed the content back then and how I view it now.
 
Looooooots of hair back then. lulz...

I chucked out a load back along. A least my local authority took them for recycling not landfill.

batsbrew
if you don't read them regularly, 
throw them away.
 
it's just boneheaded to hold onto stuff you do not use.
it's called 'pack rat syndrome'.
 
 

Yes, thanks for that. Which is why the LPs, cassettes and VHS have gone.
 
I'm not a compulsive hoarder or 'pack rat', or even a collector. I just have stuff I need to offload, it's that time of life.