Digital access to legal music was fantastic at first. I loved the iTunes music store. Its immediacy, especially. After awhile, however, I realized that I missed owning something tangible to go with the new music. Liner notes, cover art, even the CD itself for playing on my stereo as one piece of connected art.

Now, I mostly just buy single tracks on iTunes, things that I would never to buy as part of a larger album. Everything else I buy on either CD or vinyl.