Guardian writer Owen Adams listened to old garage rock MP3s more than new records in 2007, records that only a "select few" knew about when they were (almost) new. Which made them special! Perhaps his complicity in enjoying the Internet's bounty made him feel guilty, because now he's really worried about, you know, all this musical freedom of choice and dangerous aesthetic input available at the touch of trackpad. Because if records were scarce once again, surely we'd have better music than this pluralistic crud we're listening to now. Duh?
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