What a sad world we now live in.......

Our local Target does indeed have a small selection of Vinyl, and the one I just visited in Wilmington did as well.

However our local WallyWorld has NO vinyl or CDS right now, so NO hard music media at all.

Now that is just my WalMart I am speaking of, have not done  a nationwide survey... lol.

My smartphone let's me hunt for LPs with ease - no need to leave home! Yes shipping takes a few days to a week and patience is required. And I prefer original pressings, which the Big Box stores don't carry.

As a kid, one of my fondest memories was riding my bike to the local K-Mart and studying the cassette section.  I couldn't afford a CD player.  

I would spend an hour to pick out what I wanted that week and can remember the unmitigated joy of finding and hearing something spectacular for the first time like Black Sabbath's Sabotage.  And the sadness when you realize the failure in a purchase like Steelheart.  

In some ways I feel sad that those moments have been lost.  Good news is Barnes & Noble has blown out vinyl and cd sections and they are a great place to browse until they go out of business. 

And even mentioning K-Mart shows the times we are in.

Nothing wrong with the humble cassette tape either, I have hundreds of them and play them nearly as much as vinyl.

Agreed on Barnes & Noble and add Books A Million to that list too although I fear it is more to be "trendy" and attract some of the "hip" crowd than anything else.

But I will take it!