I can't understand the appeal of vinyl. Its such an elitist habit its gross.
I'm weird in this area because with music, I can't have the thing. Its sound, so for me, digital is logical. Where as things like the Kindle and eBook readers disappoint me. With a book, I can always go back and read whenever I want. I lose one book and I don't lose them all.
I could never really go back and listen to music without technology, and as technology advances, it becomes closer to a thing that I would value like the literary medium. (I'm comparing the two I guess, from here on in.)
The Kindle was created for ease of travel, but musical advances make it so that we can have a more intimate relationship with the music. Who hasn't listened to the same 5 to 7 seconds of a song over and over again in their car?
With music, if quantity was an issue, it was a minor one and certainly not the only one. Obviously, the forms aren't meant to be compared, but I think walking backwards with one has merit, the other has only nostalgia.
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