Post #538214 by Dr. Zarkov on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 10:12 AM

I don't own an iPod. I have friends and relatives who swear by them, but I don't like the compressed sound. I buy CDs and own thousands of of them -- see here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drzarkov/2303138830/ And that includes the Tikiyaki Orchestra CDs. On my radio show I use the sound of crashing waves on Track 13 of Stereoexotique playing behind me while I talk on the air.

I am buying music CDs over the Internet from Amazon and specialized sites like Cord Records, but it breaks my heart that stores selling CDs have dwindled in number. However, in my trips around the country I have found a few stores that sell mostly used CDs and have made some wonderful discoveries that way in places like Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Berkeley (Amoeba and Rasputin are the biggest stores I've found and they are located only a block apart from each other).

BTW, the wooden cabinets in this picture hold my LP collection, which I haven't added to in years (note the framed Exotica LP covers on the left-hand wall): http://www.flickr.com/photos/drzarkov/2303115352/