Is Analog Dead?

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I just bought my first music online, I have really been digging these guys (and they're about to hit the road). I know, I know, I am a little off the back in this regard. To my defense I have been downloading free live music for years here, and more recently here. But like a lot of people, I am slow to change and enjoy the interactive and informative nature of holding something physical in my hand while listening to a new “album” for the first time. Almost embarrassingly I admit, I still have all of my cassettes tapes, mostly bootlegs, something's Phishy and anything Dead. I pull them out from time to time just to hear the crackly white noise and the atmospheric magic that only exists in a good audience recording. But I wonder, is this form of audio slipping away for good...is analog dead?