I feel the same way, scratching my hairy backside and rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. Where have I been for the last seven or eight years?
A more apt metaphor for me might be "the prehistoric caveman discovered frozen and awakened in a new world".
What brings this on, you ask? My record player broke last week. Yes, you read that right: my record player - the same one I've had since I was twelve years old, twenty two or twenty three years ago, broke. The iPod, and emusic, have taken its place. I just figured out how this stuff actually works before starting this ost about a week ago. I can't believe I haven't been doing this forever.
I'm sitting here listening to the London Symphony Orchestra play Beethoven VII. If I want , I can switch immediately to Gary Karr playing the Downey Concerto, Yoam Goilav's recording of the Koussevitzky Concerto, or Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart". Or one of the fifty or sixty hours of music that's already on the ipod (unbeknownst to me, my wife has been uploading the CDs I bring back from the public library for the last couple of years, so we have tons of music already on there). Or, I can go search out something I haven't listened to before on emusic (I signed up for a 75 download per month plan, which ought to be enough). I can do this all while I'm lying on the couch.
This is crazy.
Who knew?
Welcome to the 21st century, Mr. Haskins.
By the way, emusic is great. they'll give you twenty five free downloads when you sign up for the service, while you're trying it out. They have a huge collection of classical, jazz, independent, indie-rock, punk, world music . . . it's all very exciting. ONce you download the track as an mp3, you own it, and are able to burn CDs or share the music with no restrictions, all for a reasonable monthly fee. Worth every penny. So, I'll be trying to sell you on signing up for emusic. Here goes:
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