Two seemingly unconnected news stories: Statistics Canada releases the first data from our 2016 census, as the fallout continues to settle from the bankruptcy of Canada’s biggest chain music retailer, HMV. That still is pretty nearly the only music in which I have any interest: somebody or other’s back catalogue. I’m the sort of person who couldn’t enjoy music made when I was 35 until I turned 40. HMV and other chain stores always seemed to be saying: You can now buy old classic records that made back their costs 20 times over before compact discs even existed. If it were me, I imagine I’d feel it was almost worth it just to see the damn stores close already.

Source: National Post February 08, 2017 20:26 UTC