Kelly Clarkson: Read The Liners, Kids

At the What’s the Download Rap Session, ‘American Idol’ season one champ Kelly Clarkson offered a passionate plea for more young people to experience going out and buying actual records. “Even when I was a kid, I loved reading the liners!” she said. “Liner notes are like studio musicians’ résumés, and you only see them when you buy the record. People say they’re tired of hearing the same formulated thing, but you’re not paying newcomers the means to where they [have the financial freedom to experiment] because of the [illegal] downloading.” Read more.