http://danwiencek.net/blog/arts-media/merry-christmas-music-biz-love-the-beatles/ And you know that can't be bad. Fri, 18 May 2012 15:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://danwiencek.net/blog/arts-media/merry-christmas-music-biz-love-the-beatles/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Matt Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:49:02 +0000 http://nonsuchworks.com/?p=53#comment-1683 What an amazing post. You totally nailed it. I not only gave up buying CDs a few years ago, I sold all the CDs I owned, which gave me cold sweats for a while, and still does occasionally. At the very least, I may regret down the line not saving the CDs I absolutely loved--all my Elvis Costellos, for example. This is a release I am excited to buy, but I will do exactly as you say--I will rip it to mp3 immediately at a pretty high bit rate, then store the CDs in a box somewhere, as an archival item/collectors fetish object, and possibly never touch them again.   What an amazing post. You totally nailed it. I not only gave up buying CDs a few years ago, I sold all the CDs I owned, which gave me cold sweats for a while, and still does occasionally. At the very least, I may regret down the line not saving the CDs I absolutely loved–all my Elvis Costellos, for example. This is a release I am excited to buy, but I will do exactly as you say–I will rip it to mp3 immediately at a pretty high bit rate, then store the CDs in a box somewhere, as an archival item/collectors fetish object, and possibly never touch them again.  

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