The Record Memorial

Alright, here's my idea for a little (Grammy?) Groskter Spring Theatre. Please, feel free to infringe on my ideas. In fact, I repeat, feel FREE.

When people die, people who are loved, flowers are left, mementos are left. I will never forget the memorials for John Lennon, Princess Diana or Jerry Garcia. To see that absolute sea of flowers for someone so poorly treated by a prince, pretty staggering.

Records have often suffered a less illustrious end. Disco deservedly died many deaths, but my favorite was the trashing of a mountain of records by some steamroller. They declared the death of rock 'n roll in the 50's the same way, though the Sun did anything but set. In '69 after the Summer of Love soured from excess, the Pranksters held a death of the Hippie procession through the Haight to try to stem the flux of unloved suburban kids. It marked the end of an idealistic but unsustainable era.

So, what do you think? The record album... is it dead yet? Not even Monty Python would call this one "not quite dead yet". Yes, plenty of trendy shops sell records. I'll keep my classics forever. Turntabulism is now a major at the esteemed Berklee School of Music... everyone will be scratching soon. Ok, maybe vinyl lives on... as an instrument or memorabilia. I do know audiophiles who swear by analog & tubes, some like vinyl too. There's something about the control of a turntable I enjoy...

But, when the 21st century rose, something died. This concept of having to go out and buy some object to store an hours worth of music...IT'S OVER! Yeah, it's sad for the record companies. Tough shit. You had your day, like trains and steel. So..... it's dead, final act, finis, finito, the death to end all death, the death from which RIAA will never rise... am I coming through? And, after mourning your sad death, after a long and profitable life, we shall rejoice as word, and music shall be spread far and wide through nice thick cables which need to be laid in red states.

So, to show our feelings....let's see a sea of records, say on the steps of the Supreme Court.... because, we don't need the records any more. They were nice, but, here, you and your paid politicians can have them back now. Orrin can use them to build Mount Hatchmore in Utah.

Or make a nice memorial in DC, maybe next to the Lincoln memorial. He liked freedom and hated slavery. DC is full of memorials.... maybe it's time for another.