by Jake Lessels
As you plug your earbuds into your iPod, think of how your parents used to listen to music. Your grandparents; was music even around back then? Your iPod has only been in existence since 2001. How did your older siblings survive without a constant flow of digital songs? Maybe you still listen to CDs too, but if you ask almost everyone in school how they listen to music, they will most likely answer, “my iPod.”
I’m sure a couple of my fellow classmates would agree that one of the best ways to listen your favorite old tunes would be throwing some vinyl on your old turntable. Listen to the whole album, front to back. I know, I know, this is taboo in our day and age, most of us are buying one song at a time on iTunes or downloading them illegally from Limewire or other sources.
You may think that records are a dying form of music entertainment, but records are still very much enjoyed by people of all ages. These nostalgic listeners still have respect for the retro form of entertainment. Records and tapes can still be found at stores, like Pitchfork Records in Concord, yard sales and the Davisville Flea Market. You can buy records for just a couple bucks, so why not dig your turntable out of the attic, drop some vinyl on there and enjoy. Records hopefully will never die out of popularity and people will keep on listening.
