In this section of chapter four Michael Rush speaks briefly about the internet although vast and global not yet affordable for everyone (222). As artists find new ways to distribute their artwork online. The book discusses various websites that artist constructed another piece of artwork for hosting their work. Similarly, museums seem obsolete because now artist have a way commissioning their work cutting out the middle man. And there no rules of how obscenity are pushed. Which good and bad for viewers and artist.
This weekend I went to an awesome record store in Seattle called Easy Street Records. Man oh, oh man was I was in vinyl record heaven, at first glance the store had some records, merch, and cafe. And I was a little excited to fully know to expect, so I checked out a few bins seeing that it was a marked sale. And some rows wrapped around the upper level which was small but it had a whole lot of vinyl records. Words cannot explain the feeling in a record store and a great one for that matter. But what made this store worth the trip was the number of rare records that you cannot find at Best Buy, Barnes n Nobles, Wal-Mart or Adventure Land Comics store. This place is my top favorite record store aside from RIP "Off the Record" which unfortunately went out business.
Not to disagree with Rush on this point, but clearly there's something different about viewing a artwork in person as opposed to via a display on your phone, no? What do you think?
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