Melting Sun
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2009-07-01
Farewell
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今天出门溜达，发现楼下的正版唱片店赫然打出最后20天经营的公告，于是，我所知道在这个文化沙漠般的城市里，最后的一家正版唱片店就这么倒下了。虽说，平日不管怎么对阉割过或者自作聪明的大陆版CD嗤之以鼻，但是好歹这间唱片店也陪我度过了七年多的时间，也算是我在这个永远都称不上家的陌生城市里的唯一消遣。索性挑了几张陈旧的中文唱片，以作纪念。回家翻了一下，居然80％都是台湾滚石出品。
无独有偶，上个月我在瑞典著名CD网购网站dotshop.se的自杀性关门促销活动中，买了九张唱片，华丽的完成了我在这个名站第一次也是最后一次的狂欢购物。
如果80年代那首欢快的'Video Kills the Radio Stars'是对新科技娱乐时代来临的夹道欢迎的话，那么诸如Napster/Itunes/Ipod/Emule等诸多科技利器的出现，则是对这场盛宴提前敲响丧钟。唱片业陷入一片萎靡，人人钟情于下载，恐怕那些唱片公司的总裁也在干着同样的事情。所谓不破不立，或许暴风雨过后的重新洗牌，一切都会出现新的生机。这个时代，不再有英雄，人人都可以抱着一台mac折腾出一些讨好的indie音乐。可是，我们的的确确需要英雄，毕竟不是每个人都真的那么天才。Michael Jackson的死，大家到底是在怀念这位巨星，还是在怀念自己那段再也回不去的good old days呢？其实有偶像，真的是个幸福的事情。
台湾金曲奖20年，除了一派萧条和不济的场面之余，给滚石唱片总经理段钟潭颁发的特别贡献奖，无异于给满布皱纹的老脸扑粉，那些逝去的痕迹只会越来越重。滚石只存在于80－90年代，就像我们心目中的4AD和brit-pop，黄金时代永远都在昨天。
（提到金曲奖，看看娱乐之余总会有惊喜。两年前的林生祥的那首种树，音乐超越语言后，打动人也是如此简单。今年，排开自慰式自high唱歌的卢广仲不说，林宥嘉现场唱的李泉写的那首歌《眼色》倒是着实惊艳了一把。说到李泉，他那一身自傲的学院派创作和态度，其实连他自己都把握不好。在我看来，除了范晓萱，也只有林宥嘉能把那些曲高和寡的曲调唱的如此自如。当然，这个异常年轻的歌手，在稳定音色和形成个人风格之前，还有很长的一段路要走。但是，包括他唱的creep，着实都是惊喜，也算是一片颓靡中看到的一丝希望。）
我记得十年前，买磁带或者CD在同学当中，是个很酷的事情；如今，如果你还在买CD，总有人会诧异的说：‘疯子，你居然还买CD，我的APE比你CD音质好多了……’。好吧，你是APE,你们全家都是APE...
可是我仍然在义无反顾的买着唱片，以至于身边的人包括我自己都对这种行为恨之入骨。大把大把的血汗钱，买来一堆塑料，舍不得拆封仍然听着mp3。也许我这个人过度的怀旧了，或者我只是很迷恋这种实体化的商品。不知道以后唱片公司以U盘的形式发行音乐，我是不是还会如此般的飞蛾扑火……
我总幼稚的觉得，我哪天不买唱片，我喜欢的那些乐队和歌手就会饿死。其实，我这一根稻草岂能救起整个危机。此时此刻，不如存好零用钱，以更快的速度攫取并且快速删除那些免费又难听的mp3，这样才有成就感，这样才有生杀予夺的权力感。
明天，你们家那儿的唱片店关门了么？
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Dotshop to close down
20/04/2009, 15:25
// For immediate release //
It is with sadness that we today must inform you that we are closing down our operation. The sales have dropped radically due to all the illegal file sharing going on, and we can no longer survive.
We have learned many things and we are proud and happy to have been able to represent so many great labels and artists, and we would like to thank each and everyone of you for a good collaboration and for the good music you have released. We wish you the very best of luck and fortune in the future.
We sincerely hope that all artists and musicians around the world start to speak up and fight for their professions and careers, or else we are afraid it's all gloom and doom from here. Unless you find a way how to monetize chaos.
This whole scene we are witnessing is a circus where pirates have hi-jacked concepts that are too important to be misused the way they are: democracy, freedom, bright future. These entities, it seems, are beyond their grasp and comprehension, as they truly have absolutely nothing to do with piracy.
File sharing without the permission of the owner of the copyright is a real killer. It is killing us. And it is killing the labels we work with. It is a fight for our livelihoods, and for free culture. Because without a strong copyright law we risk to be caught in a patronage and sponsoring web (and that is a kick-back by 200 yrs). We need copyright laws. And we need people who respect the law and pays the author.
We wish that everyone had the same respect for the creator as the many customers of Dotshop. And to all of you, our loyal music loving customers from all over the world - we thank thee graciously for your support, love and intelligence. Thank you!
You will all have a final op to purchase great music. Starting in May we shall have a BIG SALES CAMPAIGN to empty our shelves. This campaign will go on until we have cleared the shelves or till the end of August, whichever occurs first.
Anders Bersten, on behalf of team Dot.
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评论
人老了买不动了……
其实，自从好几年前美亚的倒闭我就差不多预见到这以后的发展趋势了。。。
你的问题，就和吸毒一样。老人家了，上瘾的是鸦片，人家新生代，都开始淘汰K粉了。
嘿嘿，CD价格虽高，但是我在世界各地都部有眼线帮我买碟了，绝对只买相对最便宜的，嘿嘿。
等我回去了帮你找……
那些台湾歌手我也是才认识……
嘿嘿，其实碟还是要买的。等我到了欧洲了告诉你，到时候去帮你找。<br />
不过现在cd的价格越来越高，他们就指望从我们这些善良的人身上多捞一笔了……