But only if you don't download the album to your device. If you do that, on a revolving basis (as I and everyone I know does), then you're front loading the minimal carbon footprint that is far lower than buying a physical copy.
EVERYTHING is really complicated when you get down to the...
Well it obviously has its caveats but "On a per-unit basis, streaming has a far lower carbon footprint than any physical format. Estimates put the carbon footprint of an hour of media streaming at around 55 grams of CO2 equivalent, while CDs are over three times that, and vinyl and cassettes...
Sorry, I wasn't accusing you of dismissing personally, more about the article itself.
And I guess I'm generationally somewhere in the middle. I have great memories of going up to HMV on Oxford Street and spending hours going through the albums and leaving without any pocket money left. I also...
Easy to dismiss the current experience with nostalgia. People today listen to a wider variety of music more often and engage with it in different ways often more direct ways.
That it’s no longer “physical” is not better (well maybe it is for the environment) or worse than what came before...
She is a superstar and her reinvention as more than just a popstar is remarkably impressive.
Had the pleasure of being at Bon Iver last Wednesday and he brought her out to perform their duet from Folklore, "Exile". It was brilliant, and the crowd (who wouldn't really be her "normal" audience)...