“ For people like Maclay, that futuristic aura hasn’t quite gone away. “I remember playing with my dad’s CDs when I was tiny, and then at school we’d put our projects on to CD-Rs to take home. But I never really owned any— by the time I was getting into music nobody bought them.” So when Britain’s high street stores stopped stocking CDs five years ago, like most people, he never imagined he’d miss them. “Even Dad’s getting rid of his now— I told him about the club, and he thinks I’m demented.”
Pitchfork: Poptimist: Poptimist #26
Imagining whether “CD culture” might also return in the future, and if so, what might drive it and what it might involve. The piece is dated March 2022, so with the exception of Oval, the people and situations described in this article do not as yet exist.
Source: pitchfork.com
