I even have a fun time with the new internet jukeboxes. Sure – the sound almost always fills the room perfectly. Any club or bar with a new internet jukebox probably has invested in the dollars to add the appropriate amount of speakers to the room.

Sure – the internet jukebox has all the songs you could ever image. So does a record store. So does Apple’s iTunes Store.

But that’s not the point.

The point is the excitement and surprise when I walk in to a new club or restaurant – and spot a vintage juke box in the corner. Hurriedly, I excuse myself from the table to stroll by and check out the box – Show me what you got…

The jukebox was always an extension of the club owner. The jukebox mirrored the mood and motif of the bar you were standing in. One could almost decide how a guy voted just by looking at the menu playlist in front of you .

Not anymore. The internet has everything.

And it breaks my heart.