Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I took the train to go to the record store to find rare stuff. Spotify is way more convenient, but that wasn’t the point. The point was to get out and to feel like you’re hunting, to feel like you’re living your life. I’m going to the movies, I’m going to this show. What streaming has done ... See more

It was that golden time on the internet where new music was thrillingly accessible, but not abundantly so. The treasures still had to be sifted out, by those who cared enough to put in the hours; snuffling through the music blogs and the BitTorrents in search of our precious truffles like the trendy little pigs we were.

I can still remember the ban... See more