I love music: I listen to various music and play piano. So does A.A. Though he doesn’t play any instruments, he loves music so much. Every weekend, he stays in his room and does something related to music: searching music; downloading music (of course he pays); listening to music, etc. Last year he purchased an USB turntable and has been collecting vinyl LPs.
We went to Record Exchange after watching a movie, “88 Minutes,” (which was O.K.) We (especially me) were not planning to spend any money on vinyl today, but somehow we headed to downtown Boise. Well, he bought a few of them and seemed to be satisfied. When we got in a car, first thing he said was, “I wish I could buy more. I have at least 2,000 LPs that are on my wish list.” I was like, “… it’ll take for a while to collect them, huh?” Then, I remembered I was thinking about what I should get for his birthday. Vinyl LPs! That will be a great birthday gift for him..but, wait a minute, I guess I don’t know what he wants, so I will probably get a Record Exchange gift card.
In the SPIN magazine issued May 2008, there is an article about vinyl LPs. Musicians are still making vinyl, and of course, people still love the noise from it. It’s cool to collect and listen to LPs lately. In this article, a sales and marketing VP Andy Kotowicz points out that “CD sales have dropped by 35 percent since 2000, while vinyl sales appeared to be upswing.” At one moment, people preferred clean cut, but I guess we still want to hear “noise.” I think this is like photos: lots of photos can be edited, but these photos are still expected to have “noise.” For example, photoshop has a tool to add noise on the clean and pretty photos.
Well, in this situation, I wonder how much time and money A.A. wants to spend and how many LPs is too many for him. Continue reading
