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Yes to the physical

There's a lot of advantages to physically owning music. It supports the artist and ensures that the music remains yours even if it's taken off streaming or the platform closes down. Plus, vinyl and CD tend to have considerably better audio quality. If you can, it's always better to have the physical media

@ludwig

4d ago

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CD’s are the enduring future

like many of the other responses to this post, I think that having physical copies of media ensures that there is some enduring access. It’s archival. I would also add that having the physical copies enhances engagement with the media. This is of course a privilege bc physical media is usually more expensive than digital, but I do think that consuming Digital media is often more passive. Idk. I love my phone too (and Spotify and the internet archive and Gutenberg project). But after I started collecting CDs and physical books I became very interested in getting as much as possible out of them. listening to the same album in its entirety for weeks at a time. rereading a book (Seriously, I would rarely reread a book before). Also lending the copies to friends is the best thing in the world. Like being able to share and then discus- or even just the sharing. Whether or not you get it back it just becomes a gift. Which is nice. Anyways to blabber on this last point: I don’t think that you always have to personally own and keep forever all of the physical media you accrue. just going to a library does a lot of the same good (supporting local archiving + engaging with stuff my tangibly + media becoming communal). learning that many libraries still have VHS, CDs, and DVDs available to check out changed my life. ya.

@ummmvia

2d ago

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physical media

especially from smaller artists. when you go to a show, buy their CDs! buy their vinyls! this is their livelihood. support your local bands (if they sound good). and once you hear that shit on your record player it will sound 100x better than spotify. and you’ll have it forever (who knows what will happen to streaming).

@apinkdiamond

Sep 19, 2024

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My love mine all mine - mitski

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Scrap by calla henkel

impressively paced

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taking your nighttime walks down the streets where cats hang out

It feels extra magical to be out and about when you run into your little buddies and they joyfully roll around on the sidewalk.

@ainsley

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