hooves on the turf

Morning Edition, April 16, 2007. CD sales are declining, but there has been a resurgence in vinyl. Audiophiles are drawn to records because there aren’t any anti-piracy restrictions and people claim they just sound better than their digital counterparts.

I’m about to listen to NPR’s Putting a New Spin on Vinyl Records, so before I tell you what their spin is, I’ll tell you what’s mine: if it weren’t for mp3s I share with my friends, I would not love so many bands and love them credibly. If we were to make enough money to spend on the amount of music we listen to, both live and in recordings, we’d probably have to sell off our indie souls. So, mp3s should be shared, there should always be a way for fans to get leaked albums in advance, shows should always be affordable, and all that good stuff. And vinyls should be bought. Show tickets should be bought. Other merchandise should be bought. Because, quite frankly, t-shirt I can wear, shows I can enjoy to death, vinyls I can adore, smell, touch and show off, but what the hell am I going to do with a CD?, other than give them as gifts because I want the band to make money.

Between mp3 and vinyl all other formats, except for tapes, but that’s for aesthetic reasons, don’t seem to matter. I didn’t buy music for a long time, but now music’s what I spend most of my money on because someone gifted me a record player, woo (though some of it, I’m sure, has to do with employment!). So I’ve set this site up to allow me to show what I own and what I’d like to own. Pictured above: Múm’s Summer Make Good- I own. Pictured below: Múm’s Finally We Are No One- my friend owns.