Hey, Kim Commando here. You know me. Kim Commando today, Commando Show, commando.com, Tech Refresh.

Now, this is a special bonus edition of Tech Refresh. It's one of our best ones from the archives, and I think you're really going to enjoy it. So sit back and enjoy. You're going to learn a few things. I bet you're even going to laugh at a few of my corny jokes, too. Wow, 21% increase in sales.

What is going on with this?

I'm talking about CD sales.

Listen to this.

The Recording Industry Association of America, those are the big dogs.

They say that revenue from CDs grew by 21% to $584 million in 2021.

Okay, I'm talking about compact discs. So you might be wondering, like, why are CD sales on the increase? I had to look this up myself. They say it's all because of the pandemic. A lot of record stores, they opened back up, and artists sold music at shows again after COVID because everything was put on sales. So that's why the sales were down, but now they're up. You know, CDs can be really useful. I don't know if you know this, but a lot of people are using CDs. They put them on boats to scare away the birds and maybe in trees. There are countless pages on the internet of people that are using CDs for crafts, like making like Snowman decorations. Yeah, it's really crazy.

I mean, the other night, I couldn't find my pizza cutter because I'm moving.

You know, you can't find anything.

So I used my old Brian Adams CD because it cuts like a knife.

Oh, I know.

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