Banal Stories #4: I was wrong

Here’s a list of classic/favorite records I initially disliked, but that I later purchased (or re-purchased) and cherished.

Big Star’s #1 Record/Radio City. The last CD I remember buying that came in one of the tall cardboard boxes. Purchased in early 1994 while I was at Baylor in Waco. Early in 2000 I scored an MP3 copy [...]

Obsolescence Plans

The downside is that people are encouraged to own far more music than they can ever give their full attention to. People will have MP3s of every Miles Davis’ record but never think of hearing any of them twice in a row—there’s just too much to get through. You’re thinking, “I’ve got ‘Sketches of Spain and [...]