1575 Buy it, burn it, return it

Some of you seem to think you need a thousand tunes on your iPods, or that you need to burn those CDs on your shelves to your computer. This is a phenom that has really passed me by. Who would want all that noise all the time, she wonders. I've noticed in the last 5 years it is increasingly difficult to understand what someone is saying if music, TV, or yard crew are in the background. Head phones, which I use occasionally while walking, are really irritating. My theory is your brain only can process so much sound in your lifetime and continue to make sense of it, so all that extra noise ends up growing nose and chin hairs. I think people now in their teens and twenties will probably be experiencing this by the time they are 35. So look out, kids. Anyway. . . Wall Street Journal featured a story on some music store owners who decided they'd have to join the downloaders or lose their business. Sort of like our church adding yet another X-Alt service to our already crowded worship schedule to satisfy worshipers who want damaged ear drums and racing heart rates along with their Bible.

"earlier this year, the four-store chain [Scotti's Record Shops] announced its new "Buy It, Burn It, Return It" policy. Customers can buy a used or new CD, take it home, listen and, if they want, burn a copy to a computer. Within 10 days, they can return the CD for 70% store credit."

They're running into legal problems, but maintain they need to remain creative or go out of business. Story here.