RIP Ryuichi Sakamoto
Before there was a National Lampoon - there was MAD MAGAZINE.
As sad as this is, it brought back fond memories being a youngster in the late 60’s, reading my cousins’ stash of Mad Magazines. The humor was considered low brow by my parents, but we loved it and got it. Who could forget Spy vs Spy, the cold war comic making lite of a subject that frightened so many of us at that time.
What, me worry?
RIP Ahmad Jamal
Clever.
This line caught my eye:
“buy-to-own rather than buy-to-listen”.
Reminds me of so many other fads that trend along with certain age groups.
For instance, toys in the Stars Wars and Star Trek vein, high end/ limited run sneakers, baseball cards, and my favorite as a kid - coin/stamp collecting.
Consumer culture is interesting to say the least.
Agreed, it’s not surprising. I’m a big CD collector and remember an article not too long ago about how CD’s were still selling well in Japan. Turns out most of the sales were driven by fans of pop groups that purchased them and never listened to them. They would often purchase multiple versions of the same release because each featured a different member on the cover.
CDs are rubbish. No one wants them.
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…and as long as people keep thinking that, I get to buy them all cheap on Amazon/eBay 
Agree whole heartedly. I amassed a fairly large jazz and world music CD collection from the various thrifts stores in Manhattan. Five dollars or less for outstanding recordings by phenomenal artists. Before that, when vinyl was declared “dead”, I purchased hundreds of classical albums for pennies. And these were records held by music lovers who kept them in excellent condition. It’s funny how music gets “recycled”.
Re-used?
There are quite a few different discussion starters but one that caught my imagination is “I just collect them and put them on my wall…”. Album art is part of LP appeal. I like the idea of displaying albums for their artwork. Grow a collection with a rotating display of some subset of the collection.
Ah yes, I stand corrected. 