That would be an awful way to live On Jan 9, 2017 8:42 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> I know a guy that is unipolar bipolar. Only manic. All the time. Wears > you out being around him. > > *From:* That One Guy /sarcasm > *Sent:* Sunday, January 08, 2017 9:03 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead? > > Oakenfold commercial mixes are good for me. I'm bipolar (literally) so his > mixes in short bursts in a car, surrounded, mimic the upward transition of > a manic episode, without the obligatory terrible decisions and ultimate > regret. Occasionally it can even fully negate a downward spiral. Way > cheaper than lithium and the liver is preserved for more alcohol. > > On Jan 8, 2017 9:36 PM, "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net> wrote: > > I still try and buy CD's when I can... then I copy them to my devices > (phone, USB stick for the car, etc) and then I still have an actual medium > for any other device I want to put it on. > > Travis > > > > On 1/8/2017 2:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Those of you outside the US or with friends and relatives there, is this > just a US thing, that all music is either in the cloud and streamed, or > electronically downloaded to an iPhone/iPod like device? > > � > > Amazon pretty much killed off the brick-and-mortar record stores, but now > I find that even Amazon doesn�t seem too interested in carrying CDs.� > They may have recent releases, but otherwise what you get is other sellers > on the Amazon storefront.� And these other sellers are predominantly in > the UK, followed by Japan and Germany.� Which leads me to believe people > in those countries still buy CDs, maybe at actual record stores.� So is > this a cultural difference?� Or is the trend just hitting Europe and > Japan a little later than here? > > � > > One thing I miss are the EP singles, not the 2 songs on 7 inch vinyl, more > like 4-5 songs on a CD.� Often these were exclusive for Borders or Barnes > & Noble, or sent out to record stores to promote an upcoming album.� > Often they had bonus tracks or live performances that never made it to the > albums.� I still see a few of these for Barnes & Noble but from sellers > in the UK, leading me to� believe that even Barnes & Noble sells more > music at their UK stores than here. > > � > > How long before physical media for content distribution is totally > dead?� Already pretty much true for software and games, plus software > seems to be going to the subscription model (like Office 365 and Adobe > Creative Cloud).� I suspect music CDs may not be long for this world, > even though vinyl has made a comeback � how strange.� Will they stop > releasing movies on Blu-Ray?� Will they work out DRM so you can buy > movies via electronic download, or will all video be streamed from the > cloud? > > � > > Maybe what I�m missing is that most people today are never without their > phones, so that�s the only logical place to have their music.� I�m > probably a dinosaur, sticking a CD in the stereo, or grabbing a handful to > play in the car. > > > >
