Did Robin Williams have it? Was he like that all the time, or just on camera?
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 10:42 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - is the music CD dead? That would be an awful way to live On Jan 9, 2017 8:42 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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.
