[js1138]

I still have nearly 500 LPs tucked away, but I don't listen to them. Every once in a while I digitize one of the ones that isn't available on CD. A couple of months ago I found a spoken word recording of a Virginia folk tale that my father told for years. It was recorded at 78 rpm (approximately), and I no longer have a turntable that plays 78s. I digitized it at 33 rpm and used Sound Forge to speed it up. Lots of cool things already here.

[discostu]

I've got about 200, I didn't used to listen to them but then my wife got me a new turner, now I listen to them a lot. LPs are great, I listen to LPs at home and save the CDs for in the car, there's something about the tactile sensation of an LP that no other format will ever be able to compete with, I think that's why they're holding on and maybe even coming back with the hardcore music junkies. If there's a music format that will die it's cassettes, worse art presentation than CDs, worse sound than LPs, no amount of care can make them age well (eventually the glue holding that spongy thing in place dies no matter how careful you are), and no convenient way to sellect individual songs.

There is a lot of cool stuff already here, but my car doesn't fly and I don't have a jetpack, and because of that I'll never trust technology and social predictions.