I just had my own, private little christmas eve in my livingroom in the middle of july! One should treat oneself once in a while...5 years ago I collected CD's fanatically, buying old "classics" and new stuff from bands I liked, basically I spent all my money on it (which isn't much when you're a student). But as internet capacity and my economical sense grew, I quit the habit of CD hoarding and kept to downloading the stuff I wanted to listen to instead, and cramming it into my iPod. I'm not going to go into a discussion about music and pirating. I just know that if I should've bought the albums of ALL the bands and artist I listen to or want to check out, which is quite a lot, I would've ended up as a homeless person with the biggest CD collection in the world. And that's just fact.
For the last few years I haven't bought any CD's at all. Mostly because there's no need for it, I rarely use CD's for anything. I have my iPod, which I listen to in my car, when I'm out walking, in bed et cetera, and when I'm on my computer I have the music on there too.
So, why did I get a big box of albums in the mail today?
Well. This is the part where I'm going to sound like one of them old music fanatics who HAS to have everything on vinyl because it just sounds better, or still collects vinyl or CDs because you can hold them phsyically in your hand. And I must say I see their point. An album you can hold in your hand means much more than files on a gadget ever could. There are a small number of bands in my life that in my eyes are "CD-worthy", meaning they're important enough for me to actually go ut and get their albums. I will more than likely not listen to these at all, they will be put lovingly and tenderly on a shelf as collectors items and my babies, so I won't risk destroying them. It's weird, after 10-15 years of listening to CD's I still have a knack for breaking them, mainly because I swap music a lot and can't be bothered to put them back in their cases. Or I accidentally step on the cases and break those in stead. The majority of the music I listen to will come from my iPod or my computer, it' easily accessible and more portable in that way. But I'll always cherish having the real thing. Hopefully I will have installed so much musical sense into my kids that I will have to hide my (by then vintage) CD's from them, so they won't break them. But secretly I'll love it.
And what did I buy?
All Depeche Mode-stuff, of course: The Sounds of the universe box set, four dvd's and almost their entire album discography, including a few remastered versions of the older albums. That's what you get for being a religious Depeche Mode devotional. Reach out and touch faith!
