That thing you could've sworn you existed, remembered existed and how it has now turned into a great wonder of a chase to acquire again after so long. What is that thing for you?
Mine is discovering what music was played during an old internet radio show I still listen to was. The episodes I'm listening to are 21 years old now and for years I wondered what specific tracks were played on that show that I so want copies of. In one of the episodes, the host mentions that the backing music is from Digitally Imported now known as DI.FM.
However, that doesn't do me any good since newer music is played now on that platform and with no hint or source telling me what tracks were played on that show in show notes or even word of mouth, I've no hope in tracking them down. So for so long, I've had to listen to this show's episodes almost religiously, just because of the music that was played.
And my only hope now is tinkering with audio tools so I can figure a way to rip out the parts where the hosts are talking so it is just the music, then go around online asking people who're more expert on the genre than I am to tell me, then find them and download them.
It hasn't even been that long, but there was a couple that started building their own homestead in Spain or Portugal (I think) on YouTube. They had laid out the foundation and layout, gotten a mini excavator. They had already built it renovated a sorry of workspace.
I can't for the life of me find it anymore. Searched on YouTube obviously, tried finding it in other ways. Tried more generic search terms (maybe it wasn't in Spain/Portugal after all), It doesn't seem to exist.
There's actually enough channels like this that I think it qualifies as a genre. They kind of give me "tradwife" vibes so I don't really watch them, but it seems like quite a few are in France for some reason (maybe some government program where you can get these properties cheaply).