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Irrationality

July 24th, 2014 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Bernhard
    Bernhard
    July 24, 2014 at 1:33 am | # | Reply

    Hey! A dealer selling CD’s!
    And at a con with a “No Bootlegs” policy, no less!

    • Langland
      Langland
      July 24, 2014 at 6:42 am | # | Reply

      They could legal copies of soundtracks to popular video games or anime series.

      • Bernhard
        Bernhard
        July 24, 2014 at 12:38 pm | # | Reply

        Guess I phrased that poorly. I was merely commenting on the lack of dealers selling CDs these days, when once they were abundant.

        *sigh* I miss the old days. When fansubs were multigenerational VHS copies, a lot of things were dub-only, and $40 for two episodes was considered an acceptable price.

        On second thought, I only miss certain, overly romanticized elements.

        • EcchiKitty
          EcchiKitty
          July 24, 2014 at 9:12 pm | # | Reply

          Agreed. Some parts of Cons Of The Past were pretty awesome… but as a whole, the modern stuff is better.

    • Dessa
      Dessa
      July 24, 2014 at 12:34 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, besides the fact that a Pioneer/Geneon released a number of Jpop and anime soundtracks, and there’s a number of game soundtracks available in the US, a lot of groups also import Japanese CDs. As long as they’re not Son May or Ever Anime or one of the other bootleg groups, there’s no reason to question CDs being at a convention.

      • Bernhard
        Bernhard
        July 24, 2014 at 12:41 pm | # | Reply

        I really need to be more specific when I’m waxing nostalgic 😉

        • Trae Dorn
          Trae Dorn
          July 24, 2014 at 2:13 pm | # | Reply

          Yeah, the “Stubble Guy’s” table has CDs because I used to sell (legit, imported) CDs at cons.

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