Being immersed in technology and the internet for the last two weeks a particular segment of Weekend edition on NPR caught my attention and left me feeling a bit nostalgic for the "good ol' days" of music stores where one could "browse" the vinyl lining the shelves. I was always anxious to see what photo my favorite musical group had chosen of themselves to decorate the front of their albums.
MP3 technology, Ipods and online downloadable music will probably do away with the "walk-in" music store all together. We will have traded an activity that stimulated both the audio, the visual as well as the tactile experience for convenience. The connectivity will be changed and I'll be able to reminisce with my grandchildren about how we used to buy music in the "good ol' days".
I've tried to link the audio file to my blog so you can hear for yourself the story about the oldest record store that may die of natural causes:
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=7
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