Nodding to computer radio,
\nlight years from the a.m. of my youth.
\nCousin Brucie fell, alas, to eight tracks.
\nVinyl beware of cassettes, forsooth.
\nReel to reel’s dying protests were tragic.
\nCD’s were the new audio rage.
\nQuality of sound touted as magic;
\nthis was dawning of new airwaves’ age.
\nThere have been a hundred more perfections,
\ntouted in the press and magazines.
\nOn the other side there are defections,
\nrejecting these shallow hipster scenes.
\nIn the end it all goes back to vinyl,
\ndespite imperfections in the grooves.
\nSomething in the turning seemed so final.
\nAs if music sensed our final moves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nodding to computer radio, light years from the a.m. of my youth. Cousin Brucie fell, alas, to eight tracks. Vinyl beware of cassettes, forsooth. Reel to reel’s dying protests were tragic. CD’s were the new audio rage. Quality of sound touted as magic; this was dawning of new airwaves’ age. 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