I've been of the opinion that vinyl should die for along time now. Not a popular opinion I know - but for fecks sake, we are into TECHNO! That has to do with "technology". So you would have thought people into techno are into pushing new technology to its limits, like really going out on a limb and seeing what can be done with all the different little gizmo's available to us.

Instead, alot of the techno scene seems to be totally hung up on the OLDEST way to record and play back music - records. Fair enough, stick with what you know and all that, but I reckon some of the stuff thats coming out now, and some of the stuff that will be out in 5 years, will allow those willing to embrace it to blow everything else out of the water.

I don't reccomend having record burnings or anything, and I intend to keep my records and turntables for a long long time, but we musn't be afraid of something new, especially when its such an improvement.

Here's another thought - I'll bet alot of musicians couldent even bear the thought of a synth when they first started appearing. But the idea of a synth/keyboard or whatever is accepted by all now - and pianos are still going strong. So perhaps there is room for everything. In fact, you still come across the odd harpsichord - and they were outmoded hundreds and hundreds of years ago.