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the version of me from 10 or 20 years ago would be ashamed of what i listen to now... but that could also just be the natural effects of aging.
Another thing not mentioned is the fun in finding media itself. I went out with a girl I met at a record store once, and I’ve met several musicians when I’m out buying music. When you can get everything beamed directly to your house, you miss out on so many adventures. I imagine many marriages originated from chance encounters at Blockbuster. Instead of some cool college student suggesting an old 80’s film, Netflix t…
>Instead of some cool college student suggesting an old 80’s film, Netflix tells you to watch it’s new 50 million dollar movie. While I love the internet , the world feels less fun now. So many multi billion dollar companies nudging me in this direction or that direction… This is exactly what I haven't been able to put into words without sounding and feeling like a giant hipster douche. It's not about finding smaller…
I do what I can to try and reclaim my freedom, even if I can order junk from Amazon. I vastly prefer to support local retailers. This serves a couple of purposes, first, it keeps that kid working retail employed, second I might randomly find something else I need.
I might stop by a bar on the way back, I might met my next band mate.
Another thing not mentioned is the fun in finding media itself. I went out with a girl I met at a record store once, and I’ve met several musicians when I’m out buying music. When you can get everything beamed directly to your house, you miss out on so many adventures. I imagine many marriages originated from chance encounters at Blockbuster. Instead of some cool college student suggesting an old 80’s film, Netflix t…
I've never met anyone in a movie rental place.
I currently have a wide selection of music and can talk to folks about it if I want. I get recommended movies and shows through friends online.
I met my spouse playing a silly MMORPG some years back, and wound up moving to another country because of it.
In other words, for me, the world you describe is the one I actually found through the internet.
It doesn't even need to be physical media. I switched from buying CDs and ripping them to MP3, to just buying MP3, once I realised that the bit that I value most is simply having a finite music collection that I know well. I take my music collection with me by running a Plex server on a Raspberry Pi at home - some of it isn't available on streaming services. (A couple of albums aren't even available to buy any more,…
This doesn't really work if you want new releases or something specific of course, but I've rediscovered some great music from late 80s to early 2000s artists by browsing it periodically. And for $1 a CD, it's much easier to justify taking a risk on something.
TASCAM has just announced the 424, the first new Type II cassette in years. Cobalt, not Chrome Dioxide, which I can only imagine was pretty environmentally unfriendly.
I got back into analog media for a little while but stopped because the prices are just so ridiculous. A single Burzum tape costs more than £30.
Another thing not mentioned is the fun in finding media itself. I went out with a girl I met at a record store once, and I’ve met several musicians when I’m out buying music. When you can get everything beamed directly to your house, you miss out on so many adventures. I imagine many marriages originated from chance encounters at Blockbuster. Instead of some cool college student suggesting an old 80’s film, Netflix t…
>Instead of some cool college student suggesting an old 80’s film, Netflix tells you to watch it’s new 50 million dollar movie. While I love the internet , the world feels less fun now. So many multi billion dollar companies nudging me in this direction or that direction… This is exactly what I haven't been able to put into words without sounding and feeling like a giant hipster douche. It's not about finding smaller…
Going on a tangent, one advantage of the analog TV was that often one could watch a channel even in the presence of interference or a weak signal, whereas with the digital this is no longer possible.
Channel surfing is dead.
It doesn't even need to be physical media. I switched from buying CDs and ripping them to MP3, to just buying MP3, once I realised that the bit that I value most is simply having a finite music collection that I know well. I take my music collection with me by running a Plex server on a Raspberry Pi at home - some of it isn't available on streaming services. (A couple of albums aren't even available to buy any more,…
I could buy an album on MP3 for $10+ now, oooor I could go to the local Good Will regularly and pick up any CDs that look interesting for $1 apiece and rip those, then return them to Good Will when I don't want to hang on to them anymore. This doesn't really work if you want new releases or something specific of course, but I've rediscovered some great music from late 80s to early 2000s artists by browsing it periodi…
Nowadays, I'm very fortunate to have a decent bit more disposable income than I used to, so I'm happy to put some directly towards the artist. I prefer to buy from Bandcamp where I can, which seems to have the largest artist share (up to 100% on promo days!)