Summer Anthem

Now that the Labor day weekend has come and gone, dragging the kids back to school in it's wake, summer is officially over. Through the years, certain songs have stuck in my head like summer anthems and when I hear them they instantly transport me back to those carefree days when life was much simpler. This year the aptly named "summer holiday" captures that spirit as well as any, not to mention the priceless vintage Oregon footage.

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?