This article got me thinking about how much music I download, and how much it’s influenced my buying habits. I figure I’ve bought the following CDs this year only because I heard about them online and sampled the MP3s:

• The Drive-By Truckers – Decoration Day
• My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
• Metric – Old World Underground
• Ted Leo – Hearts Of Oak
• The Walkmen – Bows And Arrows
• The Long Winters – When I Pretend To Fall
• The Von Bondies – Pawn Shoppe Heart
• Matt Pond PA – The Nature Of Maps
• The Arcade Fire – Funeral
• Kasabian – Kasabian
• Mirah – C’mon Miracle
• Sea Ray – Stars At Noon

I also figure I’ve bought at least twice this many because I suspected I wanted them, and just downloaded the MP3s to be sure. So I spent ~$175 that I wouldn’t have otherwise spent, and I bought a few dozen more discs to boot. The way I see it, the only people losing here are second-hand CD joints.