Buying CD's

[dull boy]

Do you?

[Certain]

Yes.

I don't own an MP3 player.

[Allen Knight]

Some times

[dull boy]

Why?

[Allen Knight]

Only if its a artist im a fan of just to help'em out n i like to let cds play thru in my whip

[Certain]

Why not? I used to buy 50-plus a year. Now I buy probably 10 or so. So far this year, I've bought:

Kanye West, Yeezus
Daft Punk, Random Access Memories
My Bloody Valentine, m b v
Chance the Rapper, Acid Rap
The National, Trouble Will Find Me
Prodigy and Alchemist, Albert Einstein
Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels
Deafheaven, Sunbather
Jason Isbell, Southeastern
Jay Z, Magna Carta Holy Grail
Justin Timberlake, The 20/20 Experience

I might buy Earl Sweatshirt's Doris.

It's nice that I now can easily listen to an album before buying it, but I like both the completeness of owning albums and supporting the artists I enjoy.

[dull boy]

Rappers/musicians make money off of touring. I'm surprised they still make CD's.

Why not? Because you could have saved $150 by downloading them for free.

[Split]

The only way I can run phone/ MP3 thru my stereo is one of those cassette adapters.. I usually just make cruise CDs with those discs that can hold like 60 songs/ have CDs from Newbury Comics

[Certain]

Originally Posted by dull boy

Rappers/musicians make money off of touring. I'm surprised they still make CD's.

Why not? Because you could have saved $150 by downloading them for free.

I suppose. I'm not that broke that $150 a year is a big deal, though. I like owning the CDs. At this point, I have so many that it's partially a completist thing. I own every album by dozens of artists. I'm going to keep that up for most of them.

[dull boy]

Collector. Yeah. I used to be that way. Had hundreds. Then all the cases got fucked up during a move. It's a novelty and aesthetic. Maybe I'm so hallow because I've untethered myself from all those things. I live in an apartment with a couch, a table, a bed, a TV and the stand it sits on. I own one bowl, spoon, fork, plate and shoe. Who needs two shoes? People are spoiled. I wear my one sock on my shoeless foot.

[Certain]

It's a much more utilitarian collection than posters or baseball cards.

[dull boy]

I miss my 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. card. I used to pull it out of the cardboard box I had my plastic sleeved cards in and just stare at it. Reading the stats on the back, and the description of this young up and coming prospect over and over. He had an afro back then.

[Just C]

ur strange

[Fart]

I buy blank CD's

[oats]

Nah. If I buy, I buy off iTunes. It was very relieving and liberating when my cd collection got jacked. I hate having things, I try to have as little as possible.

[Jim Blaze]

Never.

[Frank Metts]

Their use to be magic in buying a cd/cassette not knowing what to expect, having the store clerk remove that ungodly plastic security monstrosity as you salivate anticipating ripping the celophane off and listening to it for the first time, actually interested in reading the linear notes and looking thru the mini synopsis they usually printed inside

Sometimes their was extreme disappointment, maybe a song or two you really liked usually singles mixed with a big pile of nothing, other times you were satisfied finding a handful of strong listenable tracks and then their was the diamonds in the rough the ones that gave you chills, the ones were you found that track that you had to listen to again before you could move on and the rest of the cd was similar quality but their was always that one non single song that you felt more and it made you feel like Christopher Columbus like you discovered it and you wanted to tell the rest of the world about it

I miss the way music was ... yes I own an I everything ... and I legally dl all my music but even there you can preview every song ... just some of that magic is gone for me ... I do still buy certain cds from certain artists to rekindle some of that dull magic but itunes makes it so enticing because they almost always offer exclusive bonus tracks ... sadly enough cd stores get smaller and instead of expanding their shelves with new artist they add more accessories t shirts memorabilia candy collectibles etc etc

[dead man]

last CD i bought was probably around 2008

im trying to remember what it was..




idk. long time

[God Of War]

Originally Posted by Frank Metts

Their use to be magic in buying a cd/cassette not knowing what to expect, having the store clerk remove that ungodly plastic security monstrosity as you salivate anticipating ripping the celophane off and listening to it for the first time, actually interested in reading the linear notes and looking thru the mini synopsis they usually printed inside

Sometimes their was extreme disappointment, maybe a song or two you really liked usually singles mixed with a big pile of nothing, other times you were satisfied finding a handful of strong listenable tracks and then their was the diamonds in the rough the ones that gave you chills, the ones were you found that track that you had to listen to again before you could move on and the rest of the cd was similar quality but their was always that one non single song that you felt more and it made you feel like Christopher Columbus like you discovered it and you wanted to tell the rest of the world about it

I miss the way music was ... yes I own an I everything ... and I legally dl all my music but even there you can preview every song ... just some of that magic is gone for me ... I do still buy certain cds from certain artists to rekindle some of that dull magic but itunes makes it so enticing because they almost always offer exclusive bonus tracks ... sadly enough cd stores get smaller and instead of expanding their shelves with new artist they add more accessories t shirts memorabilia candy collectibles etc etc

I remember that jAy cd where he was like if you like me right now you going thru the credits or some shit like that I love tapes still got around 250 I also buy CDs still I remember used to join the clubs like bmg n shit to get 6 CDs for the price of 1 lol

[Jim Blaze]

I think the last cd i bought was watch the throne