Long Tail, Part 2

[elfs]

I thought of a another problem with The Long Tail: It comes at the same time as the iPod. One of the other things that the technology of the 80's and before forced you do to was listen to the same album over and over and over: let's face it, you put a tape in your Walkman and you wandered around, listening to it, extracting every nuance you could. The temptation to change albums was tempered by the pain in the neck swapping physical media necessitated. That's not true anymore; the cost of moving from one album to another is no more significant than hitting fast forward.

I can't figure out if it's a good thing or a bad thing that I'm made inordinately happy by the immediate discovery that I already have a copy of Sakuranbo Kiss, the Japanese anime "homage" to the badness of all things Microsoft. It's such a goofy song.

Comments

[leethomps.livejournal.com]

Hmm maybe I'm doing this wrong. But when I get a new album in digital format I still force myself to listen to the whole thing a few times. And I find that whlie initially one or two songs are my favorites, the number of cool songs seem to grow on me.

Yet more proof that I'm from outer space...

[areitu.livejournal.com]

I know that in some people, having an iPod causes Musical Attention Deficit Disorder. It sort of did, in my case.