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Entries tagged “CD”

IT'S LIKE THAT: Eulogy For the Virgin Megastore

By Jim Shearer on 04/15/2009
Filed under: IT'S LIKE THAT

Losing a record store is a difficult thing to go through, even ones founded by an eccentric billionaire. Yes, the Virgin Megastore lacked the ma-and-pa charm of an independent record store (if you couldn't tell from the latter part of its name)--the ones operated by college drop-outs, who know everything about anything and diligently hand-print band names on every CD placard in the shop. But, the Virgin Megastore never pretended to be a consumer electronics and appliance retailer masquerading as a place to get new music. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Virgin Megastore never wrote up the price... MORE »

Name That CD

By Jim Shearer on 03/30/2009
Filed under: HODGEPODGE

With CD's inevitably going the way of the dinosaur, 8-tracks, cassette tapes, Blender Magazine and Crystal Clear Pepsi; CD artwork isn't too far behind. Yes, album covers will always exist--even if they're just reduced to being a piece of clip art on your iPod screen--but what about artwork on the CD itself? MORE »

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