The internet way just brings a new approach. I agree - thumbing through the used CD racks at Plan 9 in Charlottesville, VA was a favorite lunch time event of mine. With streaming and instant downloads the norm now - there are still challenges that only the connected net can solve. I was recently listening to a 3 piece folk group called The Road Dog Divas - a mostly short lived group which featured a musician who goes by the name Myshkin Warbler these days. I had their first CD but read online of a 2nd low run release. I reached out via email to one of the former members of the group (we're talking a group who last recorded 20 or so years prior). She replied back and offered up a download of the 2nd CD - along with a some fond reminiscence of her time with the band. That would not have happened in the used CD bin days - and probably not in those tiny lists in the back of GoldMine (you wouldn't be able to read those lists now Peter!). So sad yes, but just different.
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throw out the hardware, let's do it right
The internet way just brings a new approach. I agree - thumbing through the used CD racks at Plan 9 in Charlottesville, VA was a favorite lunch time event of mine. With streaming and instant downloads the norm now - there are still challenges that only the connected net can solve. I was recently listening to a 3 piece folk group called The Road Dog Divas - a mostly short lived group which featured a musician who goes by the name Myshkin Warbler these days. I had their first CD but read online of a 2nd low run release. I reached out via email to one of the former members of the group (we're talking a group who last recorded 20 or so years prior). She replied back and offered up a download of the 2nd CD - along with a some fond reminiscence of her time with the band. That would not have happened in the used CD bin days - and probably not in those tiny lists in the back of GoldMine (you wouldn't be able to read those lists now Peter!). So sad yes, but just different.
throw out the hardware, let's do it right
