About 12 years ago (when RR was practically my second home) my evenings were spent in the sweet spot of the listening room. Today I mainly listen to online radio (morow.com baby!) while working on the computer. I had no kids when I found RR, now I have 2 and spend my evenings with the family. When I was growing up I imagined my adult life would be spent listening to music all night on ever higher quality sound systems. Today the main stereo hardly ever powers up.

RR used to cost me hours of the day...discussing the meaning behind an album, bashing the blues in fun (I still keep in contact with YECH), and discovering new music that ends up costing me money. I'd spend all night listening to music and re-listening to certain things to post my thoughts the next day on RR. Why are there so few discussions here today? Have they moved to other social media? Are the collective habits of music lovers changing? Or am I just an old fart too lazy to voice provocative music related posts?

tj