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  • I think there’s something to this. Even if the album isn’t great, simply sitting with it and experiencing it is instructive.

    It’s strange to think, but in the late 90s, albums were a bit of a cynical play. “I like this band or performer, let me get all that they have to give. I will spend $20+ on an album where a $5+ single might have given me the best they had to give.”

    Which is not a knock against the concept album. I quite like those. The Who; or more recently The Mars Volta.

    But wrapping around to my point about slow tech — if you put an album in a CD player and listen to it start-to-finish — has something been gained? I would say yes. This is what the performer wanted you to hear. Good or bad.











  • Slow tech. I recently transferred my music library from my laptop (mostly ripped CDs) to my phone. Love having offline access to my music. Listening to entire albums. Not paying money to Spotify that shills for ICE and is ripping off artists by creating AI music.

    Going to buy a cd player and/or cd-rom and buy more CDs, or buy digital albums directly from artists.

    A lot of people are buying iPods to do something similar, but your phone will do the same thing if you just remove the streaming apps.