i think someones suffering from what toffler called 'future shock'...

=)

> From: atomly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:02:56 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [313] ANyone know about Finalscratch (maybe OT)
> 
> Have any of you ever released a record, though?  There's something so
> visceral about it that uplading an MP3 to a website can't replace.  When
> I make a track and upload it to my site, that's cool.  When I master it,
> send it off to have it cut and get back a test pressing, there's just
> something amazing about it.
> 
> When you press vinyl, you get a real feeling of acomplishment- you feel
> like you actually produced something real.  It's like having a craftsman
> type job versus working in a service industry.
> 
> In the same way, there's something much more rewarding about finding
> Shari Vari in the cut-out bin at a store than there is about downloading
> it from some 16 year-old's FTP site.  And on top of that there is the
> fact that MP3s have no real packaging.
> 
> Sure, it's a bull-shit, old-school elitist attitude, but it does have
> some validity to it.  About two years ago, I would've been sitting here
> arguing for MP3s and the digital revolution, but there's just something
> that's not the same about it.
> 
> I also find it ironic that one of the biggest supporters of Finalscratch
> is also one of the strictest about the form of his releases...  Richie
> is a nut about being in control of his stuff (anybody remember the
> incident with Free Radio Furthur recording his set?) so it seems kind of
> amusing that he would support something like this.
> 
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