Happy Record Store Day

Personally, while I grew up with and love vinyl, I could give a shit about whether or not a song is delivered via vinyl or mp3 UNLESS it's a Ramones or Phil Spector song - to me, the Wall of Sound was made for vinyl, and the rest is just jerkoffs trying to make sure you know they're better music fans than you. Believe me, unless the Wall of Sound is involved, you're not missing anything on your earbuds. - XMASTIME

Matt Yglesias, in the still-oddly confusing to look at Ezra Klein website Vox, agrees:

Each format has its charms, and their overall differences in quality are often overwhelmed by differences in the quality of initial recording equipment, in mastering approaches, and in playback setup. But if you're a vinyl collector, you also shouldn't go around telling your friends how much purer your audio is. First off, that's generally dickish behavior, but more to the point it's false. Digital recording just is more accurate. That's not the only thing worth considering by any means, but it does make the puritanism of some vinyl true believers look rather ridiculous.

And of course there's the Michael Jordan of music snob record store dickheads, Jack Black!