Every avenue you once used is still there man... if you were bypassing radio then you were putting more effort into finding shit then than the average person does now. Following a couple blogs and a good internet radio station would provide you with more than you used to get out of walking into a record store and searching through the bins. Of course if you were working in the store and had access to everything then this really is a case of you just being lazy... or just not interested enough for the effort. Blaming the availability is a cop out imo.
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Reunion Radio Podcasts
Bringing Together Five Decades of R&B/Funk/Soul/Dance

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