Instead, this has everything to do with hipness. Coolness. You know, the stuff that sells! Ask any chuck-wearing, record-store working hipster which is cooler: a huge CD collection, or a huge record collection? While people still buy CDs now, their appeal always seemed to be their portability and ease of use. Now that other techologies are surpassing CDs in that respect, I wouldn't be surprised if records out-lasted them. Records are a fetish item- a physical artifact that hipsters need to reaffirm their coolness with themselves and those around them. And don't get me wrong; there's no problem with that. In fact, I think that finding a rare record in the hipster circle would be akin to getting your Dell Axim to run Linux in (*ahem*) some other circles. Of course, there are exceptions- like the CD-R culture that's currently emerging; it's much harder for an indie band to get vinyl pressed than it used to be, but they still want to give the fans an artifact that they can touch and show off to their friends.
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And unlike drugs or surgery, pet ownership "doesn't appear to have any risks to it," he added.
Tell that to my couches.
Instead, this has everything to do with hipness. Coolness. You know, the stuff that sells! Ask any chuck-wearing, record-store working hipster which is cooler: a huge CD collection, or a huge record collection? While people still buy CDs now, their appeal always seemed to be their portability and ease of use. Now that other techologies are surpassing CDs in that respect, I wouldn't be surprised if records out-lasted them. Records are a fetish item- a physical artifact that hipsters need to reaffirm their coolness with themselves and those around them. And don't get me wrong; there's no problem with that. In fact, I think that finding a rare record in the hipster circle would be akin to getting your Dell Axim to run Linux in (*ahem*) some other circles. Of course, there are exceptions- like the CD-R culture that's currently emerging; it's much harder for an indie band to get vinyl pressed than it used to be, but they still want to give the fans an artifact that they can touch and show off to their friends.