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Hmm.. I'm pretty sure I've weighed in on this a million times but..
I still impulse-buy records used if i think they might be good.. the internet has helped me discovered lots of bands I never would have heard otherwise.. etc.
Of course, the internet takes away the feeling of "I wonder what this band sounds like" or "Let's go see this obsucre band play at the club down the street." There's no more wondering, no more mystery -- anything you wanted to know about a band is a click or two away.
I don't think the internet is a bad thing for music, movies, television, etc. though... however, I think as the internet continues to get more popular (yes, it's GETTING more popular every day, believe it or not there are people with no internet, hell my mom just got internet for the first time last year), all of us are starting to get a bit more.. withdrawn... more inward, I believe... especially with shit like World of Warcraft... I see, in 10 years or so, all of us just living from a computer, working from a computer, doing everything, EVERYTHING, even more so than now. Because if you really think about it, you can accomplish all those things now: sex (cyber) is online, any kind of entertainment is online, you can order food/etc online, you can work online now.. look for that to grow and grow and grow until none of us ever leave the house anymore. That, my friends, could be a very scary day.
But oh well.
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