So I somehow missed the memo on this last week. Probably because I was too busy worrying about whether or not I was getting paid. This morning I wandered over to Amazon to check to see if they made the downloader available and it was there! Of course, nothing ever seems to work exactly as I expect, so it was supported on Fedora 8 rather than Fedora 7, so I started digging around to figure out if I could run in on F7 so that I don’t have to re-install my lappy to test it out. Once I got it working (instructions here), I was off to make my first digital download of music. Many have been doing this legally for a while, but I completely refuse to lease my music from Apple and use iTunes, so I’ve yet to pay and download any music until today.
Before I began to shop for something I decided to sit back and think about the first purchases of this type that I made in the part. I’m sure many remember the first LP, Cassette Tape, or CD they ever bought, and I have been thinking about what my first digital download will be for quite a while (I’ve had a while since Amazon has been taking it’s sweet-ass time getting the Linux downloader working).
Will it be some crappy pop music like my first CD– which I think was the classic CooleyHighHarmony by Boyz II Men. (Stop laughing I was in eighth grade and they were popular at the time. My second purchase was much better.) Or will it be something a bit more classly like my first Cassette Tape (which I think was this).
As I go to my browser to buy some interesting music, I notice a new tab is open — and it’s a page on Amazon indicating that they noticed I got the downloader installed and wait to test it. So I click the link and realize I’m already making my first download (for free). So before I know it Energy by The Apples In Stereo is being pushed to me by Amazon. It looks like my first digital audio purchase is following in the steps of my previous purchases — pop crap.
Oh well, hopefully my next purchase will be a good one. Maybe a classic like this or something more sophisticated like this (since it was the first song Jennifer and I danced to as a married couple). Maybe I’ll let you know later today. I’m sure the seven people that read this blog can’t wait to find out!!!
