Lester Bangs' Basement:

What it means to have all music instantly available

by Bill Wyman.

Posted Tuesday,April 19, 2011,

Is there any song now that can't be found online? Lester Bangs, the late, great early-rock critic, once said he dreamed of having a basement with every album ever released in it. That's a fantasy shared by many music fans—and, mutatis mutandis, film buffs as well. We all know the Internet has made available a lot of things that were previously hard to get. Recently, though, there are indications of something even more enticing, almost paradisiacal, something that might have made Bangs put down the cough syrup and sit up straight: that almost everything is available.To be continued here