I guess its just a matter of time, perhaps just a couple of very short years be fore CDs will be no longer available. I'm quite saddened by this inevitability. Online purchasing is way up again. I guess this is OK,but I suspect the vast majority of these sales are lossy files. I can't seem to find any stats. It's just a feeling I have.

The good news is Vinyl sales are up. Now this is very cool. Once CDs are gone I can go back to vinyl, YEAH ! See there's something about being able to, select, grasp,remove from case or jacket place onto your player, play, and listen that I like a lot. This seemingly meaningless activity has taken on some value for me. Playing music or should I say music files off your harddrive or server does'nt quite cut it for me,and I have a nearly a thousand gigs of of music.

Anyways here are some links
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/commen...sales-plu.html
http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090317a.html
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=16&cs=1
http://www.switched.com/2008/02/27/i...ue-to-plummet/