Re: (313) Trainspotting

[Jason Brunton]

Weird!  That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK).  
Trainspotter is an amusing derogatory term used to describe people who 
are  more interested in  the nuances and details of said pastime than 
the actual music itself- obsessions with labels, original pressings. 
catalogue numbers ad finitum.  It comes from the act of 
"Trainspotting"- an actual hobby where train enthusiasts stand in train 
stations and record the numbers of different trains and their types and 
compare notes.  I think most of us on the 313 could be described as 
trainspotters at one time or another :)

Jason

On 18 Jan 2004, at 23:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Where did the term "trainspotting come from?
I know there was a film - which I didn't see.
What does it mean?