Everybody piles on Kiss for this dynamic, but tell me honestly The Rolling Stones aren't the same way.

I know that the overt commercialism of Kiss rubs many people the wrong way. I have a greater tolerance for it; some stuff I'm cool with, some stuff I think "Gene, you've gone too far".

Ehh…his comments regarding the people not named Gene Simmons are all tinged with his overt dislike of Gene, which as always comes through in full resolution.

Look man, give me a break, somebody just chili-fied my parents!

When people admit Radiohead is overrated?

Ask Gene Simmons, he might be able to help you out.

I'm guessing you don't really know much about the various Kiss lineups over the years. There have been three distinct iterations, so while the brand/band has been going strong, only Stanley and Simmons have been constants.

Let's make this a regular feature, Rabin ragging on something Kiss related every quarter. Because his commentary doesn't come off as petty and childish every time.

If you watch that Gibney documentary, Armstrong does come off as a major asshole who is dead inside. I was never emotionally invested in the Armstrong story, but having watched the doc, I wanted to kick Lance in his one remaining testicle.

1) Swan Song! Hell yes! Loved that book even though it was essentially a cover of The Stand. Some really vivid images.

I suppose you could hang RickCo's "goodness" on the fact that they weren't kidnapping the Hilltoppers to get more supplies.

Somebody else in this discussion referenced this article. So yes, record companies contributed to their own demise.

"External storage is incredibly small, fast, and reasonably priced these days, compared to the nightmare of the old CD wallet"

"CDs perhaps the most literally as they sorta work like punchcards."

Good to know, but I suspect that codec isn't as common as MP3.

Buy speakers and a turntable and a receiver again? Nope. I'm not going back.

Well that's interesting. While both storage formats store digital information, the portability and accessibility of CDs make them seem less digital than the very same 1s and 0s on an ATA hard drive tucked away in your computer.

Funny you mention this.

It can be two things! Bam!

I still stubbornly buy CDs. If I'm learning a song for a band I'm in, I'll download the single from iTunes, but if it's a new release from an artist I care about, CD it is!