After getting a link to a great (and CHEAP) site for music downloads I have been going nuts filling up my iTunes library, figuring I should take advantage because nothing this good ever lasts... So, I have been filling up my back catalog of artists that I wouldnt necessarily spring full price for. Therefore, for example,I am no longer content to own the CHANGESBOWIE David Bowie compilation, but now feel I must own every Bowie album I owned as a kid. (Bowie was my obsession as a kid, along with Charlie's Angels and JAWS. I wanted to be him for Halloween- see the posted pic of the "Aladdin Sane" LP cover for my inspiration- but my mother wouldn't let me shave my eyebrows off... I have since forgiven her...) Same with Alice Cooper records. Greatest Hits CDs may be essential, but replacing stuff I owned on vinyl in elementary school is like a bizarre trip down memory lane... Aside from the obvious nostalgia of hearing the more obscure tracks after 25+ years, I find that I really miss holding the record; the 12" square LP record jacket with the pictures and the liner notes, etc etc... So much for a format that was made obscure by cassettes (Ahhhhhhh, the 80s...), which in turn were eclipsed by CDs (Ahhhhhhh, the LATE 80s...), the rapidly vanishing format of a tangible medium. So, now we are all digital. And its all still good, and brings me up to speed. I am completely modern and of -the- moment, and am happily able to live in my past. With just a few clicks!
Duran Duran? 23 years was a long time to wait to own the SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER record, but I held out, and now it's mine. And under a buck, complete with album artwork! And no embarrassment on the checkout line at Sound Odyssey!!
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