Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

One thing before we start the show.

I want to let you know about a special interview you'll hear at the end of this episode.

It's with a host of a brand-new podcast called ArtCatex, the Architects of Art.

The cool thing is this show is hosted by Director X and Tash Critchlow, two of the biggest music video directors on the planet. These guys are

responsible for game-changing videos from artists like Drake and Coldplay and Kendrick Lamar and so many

more. Hope you enjoyed the discussion. I sure did. That's coming up at the end of this episode.

All right, let's get on with things. A little while ago, I finally carved out some time to finally

file some records and CDs. I'd been procrastinating, but I finally summed up the discipline

to get it done, get that stuff off the floor and onto the shelf. And honestly, it was a

task that should have taken, I don't know, 15 or 30 minutes. But it ended up taking a lot longer

than that because I kept stopping to examine the artwork and the liner notes of almost each and

every compact disc and final album that I picked up. I'd forgotten how much I was into looking at my music

collection. What was the artist trying to get across with the artwork on the front? On the back,

on the inside. Unless you're still buying physical music products, this is an experience that has

been largely expunged from music culture. Yes, there are digital liner notes

and digital artwork, and maybe you're curious enough to check out the fields and the metadata

after a right click on the file, but it's just not the same. If you're of a more recent generation,

there's a chance that you've never bothered with artwork and liner notes

because, well, you've always lived a digital life. You have no idea what I'm going on about.

But if you are into vinyl and CDs, you'll understand how much things have changed. Yes, yes,

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