I think I’m going to abandon my iPod in favor of a Walkman. There was nothing like the whir of a tape player and the click of a button to remind you that sometimes the listening to music takes some work. Patience, strategy, and care are required when you don’t have the convenience of “auto shuffle” or even “advance track” buttons. The album and mix tape as ideas in their most concrete form kind of died with the CD player and I’m ready to bring those back a little bit for myself. I think I’ll be okay if i don’t have a month’s worth of music at my fingertips all the time. Convenience breeds disillusionment and all that.
We’ll see if this idea works out.
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