There's always the past
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I keep getting reminded that there's an infinite amount of music from the past, present and future that I will most probably never, ever hear. If it weren't for places like Mog, for instance, my musical knowledge may never have grown larger than my peasly 4-500+ album collection.
The recent news that in America (the USA that is) all Virgin Megastores will be closed by the start of this summer. Being that there was only six of them, I believe, (with two of them being in my hometown of NYC) that's not such a crushing blow to the music industry as has been the thousands upon thousands of Independent record stores that started closing a few years back.
If you've been keeping up with the trend then you know that cd's are a thing of the past, a digital monster unleashed by the recording industry some twenty years ago that turned tail and buried it's teeth deep into the belly of it's master. Blah blah blah...
The best thing that ever happened to the recording industry will be the same entity that took it down, our beloved internet.
Lately I've been thinking that if it wasn't for this beast, if the music had stayed packed away in cardboard and plastic and cellophane then there it would have stayed to rot, but because of the advent of this digital age everything has been set free. It's all out there whether or not you wish to pay for it is up to you. All I know is that out of all of my "illegal" activity this past year the recording industry has still managed to get hold of about $1100 of my hard earned dosh and a good lot of that same $1100 went to bands that no record store, no matter how "ultra-mega" they were, would ever spare the shelf space for.
So, goodbye to my friends at Tower Records, I loved ya while I knew ya. Adios to HMV and a big sayonara to my Virgin beauties. It's now time for something completely different.
(Here's something from my most recent purchase, a band who never would have received any of my money if it weren't for "illegal" downloading. Yes, it's from the '80s. Yes, they're English and YES! it's more jangly pop. Would you expect much else from me?)
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Comments (9)
Lots o' truth in here..although as a former record store employee I still have a bit of sadness when a store closes. I haven't totally drunk the digital kool aid yet, but I am coming around.
You obviusly haven't discovered Dropbox, and some friends with ample collections. The ammount of music I've been turned onto through this and some other music geeks, is astonishing.
Thank God for sites like MOG (and others) for ---well, just what you said. There is so much good--and in some cases great--music that I would not know of if not for these places. It's a bit of a paradox, though, that we are seeing CDs now taken over by just digital mediums, because we like the easy access to new (to us) music, but at the same time, part of (most of) us has some yearning for the good old days of CDs (and LP records).
Anyway, Dachmo, I'm rambling.....thanks for sharing this band/song, which I had not heard before, and I really like!!
I'm so old school, I'm a 'hands on' kinda gal ... I can't live without my iPods, but with most 'new' music, I'll go with a digital download at first and if I truly love it, I'll buy the cd or vinyl later.
nice one D...this was one of those groups that were only available on cassette and to have the digital media rescue it from obscurity is one of the more positive things to happen. I would be sad if the one good record shop closed here. It has been around since the 70's when it was a head shop and is still selling vinyl.
I think the death of the behemoth's could be the best thing for the industry. Currently on Long Island, where I'm living for the time being, there is nothing as far as music stores go. When I was growing up here we had three record stores within a 5 min bike ride from my house, now the closest store is a 30 min car ride away. Bring back the Mom and Pops. Hell, if I had the money I'd open one up right now.
I agree with you on that. In the 60's and 70's there were stores in Detroit which would be similar to Walmart now that tried to cash in the vinyl but by the mid 70's most had left. All my life I have been able to go to a local music store. Its about the people in the store not just the music.
After listening to this a few times yesterday I woke up with it going through my head at 3am ... good find!
hey Dave, i could not log in and send my condolences before, and just wanted to say that i hope you're okay, or at least getting there, in the general scheme of things. take care, be seein' ya.