Jumped the Snark presents, with pleasure, the latest thoughts from Mr. Kieran Walsh:
They were shiny. They were round. After breaking the dorm room mirror I used one to comb my hair for an entire semester of college (true!)And, now, suffice to say, they’re pretty much dead.
I’m referring, of course, to the Compact Disc.
Oh, you can still find them. Most of the big music stores are closed, of course. No more Tower Records. Alas, Sam Goody. Whither Virgin…
Yes, strictly speaking, CDs are still out there and, as long as what little I understand of economics still holds true in our increasingly bizarre post-TARP universe, they should be for a while.
But in terms of the popular imagination—in terms of being the de facto medium for pre-recorded music—the Compact Disc is history.
Read on: Kieran mourns the Compact Disc by mining thrift stores to put together the list of the Top Ten Used CDs.
Filed under Kieran's Korner, Lists, The Roaring 10s!, TV Killed the Music Video Star, Tyranasaurus Sex
Tagged as A Clockwork Orange, Adam Sandler, Andy Dick, Babylon Zoo, Beethoven, CD, Celine Dion, compact disc, Cranberries, Down Under, Extreme, Foolish Games, Free to Decide, iPod, Jewel, Little Miss Can't Be Wrong, Lou Bega, M.C. Hammer, Men at Work, Monty Python, More Than Words, My Heart Will Go On, Pieces of You, Pink Floyd, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, Pornograffitti, Prince, Regretfully Yours, Right Said Fred, Sam Goody, Sears, Smiths, Spin Doctors, Sucked Out, Superdrag, TARP, The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes, The Top Ten Used CDs I found available in the charity shops on 23rd Street, The Wedding Singer, Titanic, To the Faithful Departed, Too Legit to Quit, Tower Records, Twisted Sister, Virgin Records, Wish Book
They were shiny. They were round. After breaking the dorm room mirror I used one to comb my hair for an entire semester of college (true!)