from around 2002 to 2006 i collected about 200 or so CD's. i always used to dig opening up a new one and checking out the cover art, liner notes, and acknowledgements. not to mention it was the only way i could get the music i liked.
it was cool, but yeah, that was a while ago. i still have some of those CD's and i sometimes pull them out. it's cool because the music i download seems disposable to me. when a computer crashes i couldn't be bothered to go out and download something again. i just get new music out of the f***load that's available to me.
i do like having the original Company Flow, Error Era, Kool Keith, Pavement Special, Perfect Times, Blackstar, Things Fall Apart, Illadelph Halflife, Reflection Eternal, Cannibal Ox, Sensational etc. though (eBay holla back!) because those albums seem like period pieces to me and they were'nt made 'inside the download economy'. to me they're on some not-buying-art-supplies-in-order-to-buy-a-CD-off-a-friend-and-possibly-fail-cla** type shit:D.
(damn. i just realized i sound old in this post. on some "good ol days" shit
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all in all, these days i'm a an option 3 kinda dude. mostly buy if i really like it, and feel i want to support the artist. the trip is i end up hardly listening to the actual CD, anyway.
now vote people! don't be scared, your vote is your secret!