Comments on: Record Store Day: Do Hipsters Hate iTunes?

By: the ferd

the ferd — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:13:03 +0000

"Here’s where your wrong:
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3. i-tunes has a very limited scope of music, mostly major label or bigger indie label artists."

unintentional hilarity? i think so. granted, itunes is vastly inferior to the amazon store, as pointed out above already.

and steve, methinks your offbeat sense of humor is lost entirely on these people. c'mon, people. you know you take yourself too seriously when...

By: nw dc

nw dc — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:12:12 +0000

Record store day is great and everything but I couldn't stomach digging in a store crowded with DC hipsters who came out of the woodwork to get the new limited edition beardrock 7". Still, kudos to the stores participating and the people who put all this on.

Viva la Vinyl!!!

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By: Gazubu

Gazubu — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:37:08 +0000

I have a nice vinyl collection and ride a mountain bike.

By: Tuyet

Tuyet — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:17:48 +0000

I might have better respected your argument had you not in the first sentence reverted to shallow generalities about people who buy records and/or are supportive of locally owned record stores. Also your phrasing of "fixie riders" makes you sound like a fucking grandpa. "Darn those kids and their fixie bi-cycle machines!"

By: DJStylus

DJStylus — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:06:51 +0000

I'm a DJ, I ride a fixie, I'm not a hipster, and my vinyl collection is in the mid four figures.

The main thing that will keep me from hitting up Record Store Day this year is that I'm running out of space.

And I prefer Amazon over iTunes for paid downloads.

By: Dscprlnt

Dscprlnt — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:11:17 +0000

funny, i worked at a record store in DC for about 5 years and not a single record store owner that i know, rides a fixed gear... most record store owners (as in vinyl records) and collectors are out of shape nerds like myself.

Here's where your wrong:
1. Hipsters don't really care about music, they just go to shows to "look cool" and get laid. Therefore, they rarely buy music.
2. Fixed gear/single speed riders are for the most part either messengers, hipsters or sporty people, not record collectors.
3. i-tunes has a very limited scope of music, mostly major label or bigger indie label artists.
4. Indie stores will not be around forever unless people continue to buy records. If an entire new generation is raised on iTunes and iPods and other iCrap... indie stores will disappear. Luckily there are "snobs" like me that love the sound/look/smell/feel of a vinyl record.

itunes sucks, mp3s suck.. they're good for travelling, but any serious music fan understands that records are where it's at, as do most decent musicians.

By: TomHandy

TomHandy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:59:29 +0000

Seriously - it's bad enough to hear the major labels complain about iTunes and digital music stores, but now the hipsters and indies need to complain too? Guess what - I don't have a lot of cool hip music stores around me, so the avenues for finding and buying a lot of cool indie music are limited for me. Even if I do hear some cool band or read about it somewhere, it is much easier for me to open up iTunes and buy it and have it right away then think about the next time I'll be at some cool record store and hope they have it.