I like Record Store Day more in theory. Walking around, leafing through stacks of records without any strategy in hopes of finding something you want. Not much can beat that. And then there’s the focus on vinyl and I love vinyl albums. The focus and rituals, the way you need to pay attention and interact to change side.

I do not like the whole limited edition spectacle though. make special editions only for record stores, fine, but please, the whole 500 copies on vinyl is pointless, stupid, and quite against the whole idea of getting people back into the stores and into vinyl or whatever. It does nothing but feeding hype and stupidity. (There’s no need for more of that, charging $75 for a simple 2LP is stupid enough. Yes Young Neil, I’m looking at you.) Music no one can hear isn’t worth shit.