End of Summer, end of an era
With summer winding down, many in Portland are witnessing the closing of an icon - Music Millennium on NW 23rd. This bastion of music goodness from the old days has succumbed to the market and is being forced to close their NW 23rd location. The last day is August 31 and they plan on going out with a bang. Beginning today @ 5pm, Thursday @ 7:30 and Friday at 1pm, there will be live performances by some great bands including Stars of Track and Field and Floater (schedule after the break.) Also, they are pricing everything left to sell - 40% off all cd’s, dvd’s, cassettes and vinyl. Wow. This may be the time to stock up on cassette tapes. You know they are coming back.
It is sad to see them go. They are victims of a changing music culture in America. I’m glad that the east Burnside location is still there as they had some choice vinyl last time we visited. Farewell NW 23rd Millennium.
Schedule of live music:
Wednesday:
5pm: Keele Goodwin
5:30: Lael Alderman
6pm: Derby
7pm: Charmparticals
7:30: UHF
8pm: Oh Darling
Thursday:
7pm: Ruby Red
Friday:
1pm Army of Me
2pm: Hide and Go Hustle
3pm: Jack McMahon
4pm: Old Believer
5pm: Adam Mackintosh
6pm: They Shoot Horses
7pm: Jim Brunberg
8pm: Stars of Track and Field
9pm: Floater
i see a future for vinyl record stores. CDs? no way. whats the point? paying for digital information just seems silly these days.
Paying for any digital information is silly? Because you can steal it? Very nice…
huh? stealing? i should clarify what i mean about CDs and digital information…
i think it is not silly to pay for convenience and service, but it is silly to pay for the information itself.
for example, i subscribe to a pay music service (emusic). it has a great system for browsing music, recomending music, user reviews, etc. thats what i pay for. quality assurance. good downloading bandwidth. thats what i pay for.
the files themselves i think are secondary. for example, currently you pay for downloads, but i see a future where wireless technology gets to the point where most music will be streamed.
so right now, why pay for a CD?
its just not a good product. first of all, its not a good way to financially reward the people who made the music- musicians/engineers/etc make pennies from those sales (if they make a single cent. currently, lots of bands loose money releasing a CD)
tell me how a CD isn’t silly? tell me how consumers should pay for someone to ship something (i think the cases and the CDs are often made in another country as well) all over the world and charge us for the shipping, handling, warehousing etc?
doesn’t it make more sense just to pay for (or have advertising pay for) a service that tracks what you listen to and distributes the money between the service and the artists?
it would be better for the artists, better for the consumers, and better for the planet.
oh, crap, one more point.
the knee jerk reaction to equate new methods of music distribution with “stealing” is something that the music industry itself is pushing.
first of all, its legally wrong. if there is a crime (and most often there is not) the crime is unlicensed use.
second of all, they are just spreading industry FUD. trying to keep their outdated business model alive. it has nothing to do with morality and properly compensating the artist.
its just about their business.
Does anyone know what the last song Floater player (cover song) was?
I remember the song, but I can’t for the life of me find the album (I’m pretty sure I have it, but I have over 500, so it’s hard to tell with obscure stuff sometimes)
Much Obliged!