A case for supporting physical media

Physical media in a digital world

I recently had a friend cancel some plans because she knew her son was going to be irritable and she didn’t want to subject me to that. “What’s going on with him?” I asked. She has a three-year-old son, so I’ve seen him irritable. The wrong color marker is enough to send him into a tizzy, but she and I […] The post Physical media in a digital world first appeared on Clarkston News.

A case for supporting physical media

I never really understood the recent vinyl record resurgence, since buying them is far more expensive and far less convenient than streaming any song you’d like on Spotify or Apple Music. That changed this year, when my suitemates pooled their record collections in our common room. One of them showed me his collection, consisting of a mix of new hits, classics, old cult favorites and some that he simply liked the title or cover art of. We’ve had…