JoeThePop
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Probably 90% cloud server streaming at this point. I love it as a means of music discovery for building my own playlist.
But for me there is still something satisfying about the ritual of playing physical media. I spend all day on a laptop for work, so playing CDs is a nice disconnect from that. And when I pick out a CD, I reminisce about why I bought that particular CD, and what was going on with my musical tastes at the time.
Last night I was listening to the original motion picture soundtrack of Singles, which came out in 1992. Back in 92, seeing Soundgarden and Alice in Chains perform in a bar in the movie sent me searching for the soundtrack. Now, almost every time I listen to it, I replay the scene in the diner in my head—Matt Dillon, with Eddie Vedder and other members of Pearl Jam, reading the scathing review of Citizen Dick’s latest album. Or the scene where Matt Dillon, with Chris Cornell standing next to him, demonstrates for Bridget Fonda the stereo he has put in her car as a gift, and promptly blows her windows out.
I guess I am much more intentional with my listening when playing CDs, and that leads to the memories. I will never give up my CDs while there are still players to be had. And boy, used CDs are bargain right now.
To each his own.
And like John, I dumped cable TV, probably about 3 years ago now. I have an antenna in my attic for local channels. I get 69 channels, and though probably at least half of those are crap, I'm not paying somebody for the privilege of not watching them. Currently have Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+. Probably going to cancel Netflix soon, as we find ourselves hardly watching anything on it anymore.
But for me there is still something satisfying about the ritual of playing physical media. I spend all day on a laptop for work, so playing CDs is a nice disconnect from that. And when I pick out a CD, I reminisce about why I bought that particular CD, and what was going on with my musical tastes at the time.
Last night I was listening to the original motion picture soundtrack of Singles, which came out in 1992. Back in 92, seeing Soundgarden and Alice in Chains perform in a bar in the movie sent me searching for the soundtrack. Now, almost every time I listen to it, I replay the scene in the diner in my head—Matt Dillon, with Eddie Vedder and other members of Pearl Jam, reading the scathing review of Citizen Dick’s latest album. Or the scene where Matt Dillon, with Chris Cornell standing next to him, demonstrates for Bridget Fonda the stereo he has put in her car as a gift, and promptly blows her windows out.
I guess I am much more intentional with my listening when playing CDs, and that leads to the memories. I will never give up my CDs while there are still players to be had. And boy, used CDs are bargain right now.
To each his own.
And like John, I dumped cable TV, probably about 3 years ago now. I have an antenna in my attic for local channels. I get 69 channels, and though probably at least half of those are crap, I'm not paying somebody for the privilege of not watching them. Currently have Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+. Probably going to cancel Netflix soon, as we find ourselves hardly watching anything on it anymore.