Comments on Imagine Echoes: Record Store Day 2011

Bob/Jeff, It's getting a bit ridiculous. Thi...

2011-04-21T01:25:00.914-04:00

Bob/Jeff,

It's getting a bit ridiculous. This is precisely the kind of thing that contributes to the physical medium dying. It's like raising taxes on people who already pay them to take care of the people who don't. Everything's about profit, and I've been in a boycott phase for awhile now. I'd rather chew my teeth on what I already have than help continue this crap.

I think one of the problems is RSD is becoming too...

2011-04-19T20:21:47.529-04:00

I think one of the problems is RSD is becoming too big and people are exploiting it. I kind of think it's fun that there are only a few hundred pressing of each record. It makes finding each record a little more special. The problem is there are people who are scooping up every limited release just to flip for a profit. If people were only buying what they were interested in I think RSD could be so much better, but there's practically nothing that can be done to fix that other than press more of each individual title.

I realized yesterday, admittedly only because this...

2011-04-17T22:50:17.203-04:00

I realized yesterday, admittedly only because this year I "lost," that RSD is really a stupid idea. It turns something that should be kind of cool and communal into a competition. We race to the store in the hopes of beating some other collector out of the latest hyped product the labels throw at us. If I wanted a competition, I'd play sports.