Buy vinyl, rip to digital so you don't degrade with multiple plays.
Stick your tongue out at the record companies who rob us of good music, rob us of cover art, rob us of value per dollar (i buy a 2 hour movie for 20 bux with scads of extra bonus stuff but i have to pay as much for a 45 minute cd of CRAP?!? (nb: this is presuming i'm buying the cd out of the top 40 bin at wal-mart and not direct from the artist at a con... ;) )) And they now decide that it should be illegal to rip your cds to mp3 format?
meanwhile both W and Hillary (mentioned for their high profiles) have publicly admitted to having Beatles tunes on their iPods which means CDs HAD to be ripped somewhere along the way...
After vacation in two weeks (okay, after that *and* after I've finished my office/studio/guest room redo) I'm going to start on the great Vinyl-to-MP3 experience. I cannot wait to get some of my stuff (like that Dory Previn) on the server so I can enjoy them more, and share them with Daniel.
*wiggle* I love vinyl! CD's have made a lot of things nicer and easier, but nothing will ever replace the joy of looking at an album cover & reading the back side and the inner sleeve after gently lowering the needle onto the record. Love, love, love. I remember my first experiences with albums like "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Thick as a Brick", and "The Beatles", and part of the love was the whole album experience.
CD. Because in an emergency you can smash a CD in half and presto! Instant edged weapon.
Well not really that easy - found out the hard way once that CDs are tough and take a good boot stomp to break them in half. But the resulting shards were pretty sharp.
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Buy vinyl, rip to digital so you don't degrade with multiple plays.
Stick your tongue out at the record companies who rob us of good music, rob us of cover art, rob us of value per dollar (i buy a 2 hour movie for 20 bux with scads of extra bonus stuff but i have to pay as much for a 45 minute cd of CRAP?!? (nb: this is presuming i'm buying the cd out of the top 40 bin at wal-mart and not direct from the artist at a con... ;) )) And they now decide that it should be illegal to rip your cds to mp3 format?
meanwhile both W and Hillary (mentioned for their high profiles) have publicly admitted to having Beatles tunes on their iPods which means CDs HAD to be ripped somewhere along the way...
oh wait. i'm starting to rant.... (slinks off...)
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*wiggle* I love vinyl! CD's have made a lot of things nicer and easier, but nothing will ever replace the joy of looking at an album cover & reading the back side and the inner sleeve after gently lowering the needle onto the record. Love, love, love. I remember my first experiences with albums like "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Thick as a Brick", and "The Beatles", and part of the love was the whole album experience.
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Well not really that easy - found out the hard way once that CDs are tough and take a good boot stomp to break them in half. But the resulting shards were pretty sharp.
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I've heard that