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Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 2:37 pm
by GatewaySnayke
I am about 70 miles from a place where I can buy music that isn't mass-produced crap. I went to Wal-Mart today hoping and praying that they might have the new Hold Steady or even The Replacements, but no. They did not. They had My Morning Jacket, but I don't think I like that band too much.

Rural Missouri sucks.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 2:47 pm
by heyzeus
That is why George W. Bush invented the internets.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 2:48 pm
by Popeye_Card
People still buy cd's?

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 2:52 pm
by Arthur Dent
Popeye_Card wrote:People still buy cd's?
Yup.

I've bought some stuff from Amazon MP3, but I generally burn CDs anyway, which meant I wasn't really saving much.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 2:53 pm
by GatewaySnayke
Popeye_Card wrote:People still buy cd's?
People still drive cars?

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 2:57 pm
by Popeye_Card
GatewaySnayke wrote:
Popeye_Card wrote:People still buy cd's?
People still drive cars?
I would have accepted "People still have VCR's?" as an analogy.

I seriously haven't even browsed a CD section since 2002. I thought most everyone got their music via interweb sources.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 3:00 pm
by GatewaySnayke
Popeye_Card wrote:
GatewaySnayke wrote:
Popeye_Card wrote:People still buy cd's?
People still drive cars?
I would have accepted "People still have VCR's?" as an analogy.

I seriously haven't even browsed a CD section since 2002. I thought most everyone got their music via interweb sources.
I wasn't using it as an analogy, I was saying that I (and a lot of other people) buy CDs for our automobiles.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 3:01 pm
by Popeye_Card
GatewaySnayke wrote:
Popeye_Card wrote:
GatewaySnayke wrote:
Popeye_Card wrote:People still buy cd's?
People still drive cars?
I would have accepted "People still have VCR's?" as an analogy.

I seriously haven't even browsed a CD section since 2002. I thought most everyone got their music via interweb sources.
I wasn't using it as an analogy, I was saying that I (and a lot of other people) buy CDs for our automobiles.
Isn't it cheaper to burn mp3's to CD's? That's what I've always done. Until I hard-wired my iPod anyway.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 3:04 pm
by Arthur Dent
Popeye_Card wrote:Isn't it cheaper to burn mp3's to CD's? That's what I've always done. Until I hard-wired my iPod anyway.
Not really enough more to cover the hassle, cost of blanks, storage mechanism, and the fact that you don't get pretty discs or liner notes.

Re: Rant: No Record Stores

Posted: July 28 08, 3:08 pm
by GatewaySnayke
I enjoy the package.