[The Soup Nazi]

Continuing the physical vs virtual discussion. From Robert Christgau's newletter (bolding is mine):

After decades of fielding promos, along with whatever you’ve acquired on your own, how do you manage your physical collection inside of a 21st century NYC? And are you happier now that most review content is sent digitally? — Joe Siiva, Atlanta.

With insufficient space and ever-increasing difficulty. Any intellectual my age [81] has to start pondering how to dispose of his library, but usually those faced with that ever-expanding dilemma aren’t also working full-time. I am. That said, it’s high on my to-do list and may even be something I want to write about. And I should add that as I’ve indicated before here, I much prefer physicals, especially CDs—in part because they’re simple to stick a bunch in a changer for an informal compare-and-contrast but also because, just as with e-books versus printed books, I find listening to streamed music different psychologically from putting CDs in a changer. In both cases I’m old enough to be somewhat disoriented by its lack of materiality.