mania is psychologically exhausting, having to reaffirm every decision and thought constantly to make sure it was sound and not whimsical. You have to audit every risk knowing that your gauge is broken. F all that noise, being stuck manic would require detaching the harness at the top of the tower.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > The guy is my age, healthy as a horse, no gray hair, seems happy and up > all the time. I dunno... > > *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> 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. > > > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
