ALL FLEA MARKET CDs ARE COUNTERFEIT
YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID Seriously, though - "I didn't listen to Ryan Adams because his name was so close to Bryan Adams, therefore I miss CD stores?" I give $20 a month to drip.fm, discovered through this very website. My recently-sold motorcycle had a Ghostly sticker on it. The recommendation engine of any tracker out there will dust the crap out of the recommendations of a CD store worker that you don't know well. There are aspects of the demise of the music industry that pain me, but con men hawking chinese rip-off discs at mercados is decidedly not one of them.
This story reminds me of why I like turntable.fm so much. It's a chance to share your music on a personal level and have others do the same. I've found more music I enjoy in the last year there than in all the years randomly dumping money into CDs based on their cover art or dubious record store employee recommendation (those that would deem me cool enough to talk to anyway). It's when I have a story to go with the music or a background on a song, then I go to spotify and find out more and explore deeper. I'll stick with the modern graces of technology.
I'll stick with technology too. BlueMojo introduced me to one of my favorite new bands in this post: What are the songs that fill you with joy. The band is Vetiver. sounds_sound introduced me to another new favorite Sandro Perri. Aside from the vinyl I collect, who needs record stores? Also, BlueMojo, I did pick up the Vetiver Vinyl! -Thanks again.
I don't really care about the death of CDs as a thing, but I suppose I sometimes miss browsing the record shop. It's a time wasting activity that has its appeal. I will be sad when books die. They are very dear to my heart, so I guess I can't criticize CD lovers. Although there are some key differences in the two.
There are two good record shops in easy walking distance to my house, so I guess I don't feel the pain of a lack of record store. They only sell vinyl, if you want to buy CD's I'm sure the Mexican grocery stores in the area could scratch your itch. the record stores in my neighborhood are pretty good, and one of em serves beer and wine.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/mississippi-records-portland
http://www.yelp.com/biz/record-room-portland
I'm starting to see more and more record shops starting to carry "vintage cd's" and people are collecting. Most are continuing their collections from when CD's were the dominant format -having never lived during that time. But I imagine soon, there will be CD collectors that hold no personal nostalgia for that format. They'll collect it as an artifact, to have something tangible. I wonder if someday bands will issue limited run CD's?