November 20th, 2003

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Warren Zevon’s Last Album

Having been more or less MP3-only for the last three years or so, I just bought my first CD in a coon’s age. I felt slightly nostalgic when I smelled that new-CD smell, and enjoyed the smooth pleasure of the plastic hinge.

Though I’ve never been a big fan, I bought Warren Zevon’s The Wind. It’s a critical success, and was intriguing if for no other reason than he wrote it knowing that he was dying of inoperable lung cancer. It’s a lovely, spare album with an impressive list of guest artists and Zevon’s trademark black humour. The final song, Keep Me in Your Heart, is unadorned, beautiful and rivals Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt for its haunting quality.

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Larry
November 20th, 2003
7:28 pm

I’ll never go mp3 only. Yes, I’m a Mac booster, but the iTunes store is not for me.

There’s something about possesing the physical packaging, especially when care has been put into its production. For example, every Lexoleum release is embossed, engraved, or die cut. No matter what Todd says about the comic book that comes with Kid Koala’s Some of My Best Friends are DJs, it’s those touches that make owining the CD worthwhile. For a humours view of my compulsion, check out the Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror X.

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harp
November 21st, 2003
10:18 am

I love store-bought music too, the sound quality of MP3s is a pain. Plus, I like hearing a whole album from the type of music I like…a lot of music now is only geared at duping you into buying a disc with only a few good songs. But I rarely buy CDs anymore due to the record companies having no idea what’s going on and doing stupid things like ‘Copy Control’.

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