The music industry will not crumble to its knees if its loses my infrequent custom, but it’s just possible that I’ve bought my last CD. The final straw? The forgotten frustration of removing the security strips. After months on my Amazon wish list, The Pretenders Loose Screw made it into my last order. The CD was loose in the box, but wrapped in plastic. Took a knife, but I got that off relatively easily. Then I had to peel off the adhesive plastic along the top edge. Argh. Several minutes later, I could actually play my new music. Petty, but I think about usability on websites, and those thoughts carry over to real-world objects, like CDs. Given that songs like “Gravedigger” on the new Dave Matthews solo album are not available via iTunes, I will probably find myself purchasing another physical CD at some point in the future, but it gets less likely all the time.