Original image by There Stands the Glass.
I place the over/under line on the number of compact discs I own at 5,000. Not only are there too many to count, the prospect of making the effort is depressing. A substantial portion of the square footage of my home is dedicated to the outmoded media format. Yet I just can’t stop accumulating. My local library system’s retail outlet sells CDs at ten cents a pop. How can I resist? Worse still, a radio station recently offered sealed classical box sets for $5 each. Consequently, I’m now the shamefaced owner of 23 CDs of vintage piano recordings by Claudio Arrau, Dino Lipatti and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.