Digital Debris Part 2: Album Artwork

Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 5 a.m.

b'A little while ago, I carved out some time to finally file some records and CD\\u2019s\\u2026I\\u2019d been procrastinating, but I finally summoned up the discipline to get it done\\u2026and honestly, it was a task that should have taken all of fifteen minutes\\u2026\\n\\nBut it ended up taking longer than that because I kept stopping to examine the artwork and the liner notes of almost each and every compact disc and vinyl album\\u2026\\n\\nI\\u2019d forgotten how much I was into looking at my music collection\\u2026what was the artist trying to get across with the artwork on the front?...on the back?...on the inside?...\\n\\nUnless you\\u2019re still buying physical product, this is an experience that has been largely expunged from music culture\\u2026yes, there are digital liner notes and digital artwork and maybe you\\u2019re curious enough to check out the fields in the metadata after a right click on the file\\u2026but it\\u2019s just not the same\\u2026\\n\\nIf you\\u2019re of a more recent generation, there\\u2019s a chance that you\\u2019ve never bothered with artwork and liner notes because you\\u2019ve always lived a digital life\\u2014and you have no idea what I\\u2019m going on about\\u2026but if you\\u2019re into vinyl and CD\\u2019s, you\\u2019ll understand how much things have changed\\u2026\\n\\nYes, we must roll with the times, but the disappearance of old-school album artwork and liner notes has somehow diminished the music experience, just like how we\\u2019ve moved away from things like actual B-sides and bonus tracks\\u2026let me show you what I mean\\u2026this is digital debris part 2\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'