In a message dated 7/11/04 3:43:25 PM, zorn-list-request@mailman.xmission.com writes:
I do all my cd buying online, Ive agreed to 50$ a month on music, its not nearly enough. Theres nothing like getting discs in the mail, the anticipation, the opening [tearing off that damn ultra sticky tape along the top] taking in the album art and sounds, driving anywhere and cranking it.
hi jason maybe it's a thiung for drivers but for me the joy is being in a small store, a place that attracts people i can talk to about music, where i can get suggestions or where they get to know my taste. it becomes a social outlet; a musical equivalent of the old barbershop. for me this place is downtown music gallery, for jazzfreeimprov whatever stuff, and a few other places for rock/rnb bootlegs. although for ambient and noise, the web-only manifoldrecords.com is amazing in that the owner, vince, gets to know the customers tastes and makes suggestions. steve koenig n.p. or about to be: robert rich. open window. soundscape007.