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Wes Mantooth · 03-28-2010, 12:57 AM

LOL at old folks hate that people can find good music and all that. Who's hating on it? Most of what I buy is usually from the Internet these days but lets face it clicking a mouse button and docking ipods just doesn't carry with it the same charm.

Besides it not about how much music you can get anyway (actually I used to get a LOT more music the old fashioned way, used record stores ruled), its about how you get it, its in the search and what kind of gems you can find hidden in the back of the shop. Can surfing around itunes carry with it the same joy as scouring record shops, yard sales and thrift stores for years looking for original 78's by Blind Willie Johnson or Charley Patton? Old 45 demos recorded by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker? Hand numbered and written 45's recorded by Black Flag recorded before Rollins joined? An 8 track of Never Mind the Bullocks? An original pressing of Love Buzz?

Spending the day with friends, traveling, getting your fingers dirty and sticky flipping through records is all part of the charm. Its just a completely different thing from buying music online in every way shape and form.

03-28-2010, 12:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	LOL at old folks hate that people can find good music and all that. Who's hating on it? Most of what I buy is usually from the Internet these days but lets face it clicking a mouse button and docking ipods just doesn't carry with it the same charm. Besides it not about how much music you can get anyway (actually I used to get a LOT more music the old fashioned way, used record stores ruled), its about how you get it, its in the search and what kind of gems you can find hidden in the back of the shop. Can surfing around itunes carry with it the same joy as scouring record shops, yard sales and thrift stores for years looking for original 78's by Blind Willie Johnson or Charley Patton? Old 45 demos recorded by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker? Hand numbered and written 45's recorded by Black Flag recorded before Rollins joined? An 8 track of Never Mind the Bullocks? An original pressing of Love Buzz? Spending the day with friends, traveling, getting your fingers dirty and sticky flipping through records is all part of the charm. Its just a completely different thing from buying music online in every way shape and form. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”