Yeah, what's "hoary" about the "provenance" of a CDR? They are mass-produced discs of reflective metal, assembled in Chinese factories. They are burned on mass-produced Intel and Mac desktop computers, also assembled in Chinese factories.

What's "ceremonial" about them? I can imagine one could *contrive* a ceremony around their creation. But that's not saying much: one could do the same about any process. I could make scratching my arse a ceremony if I wanted to.

What's "essentially feral" about CDR production? It's merely the cottage-industry analogue of big-factory CD production: a process no more "feral" than my using a Black&Decker electric screwdriver to assemble an IKEA wardrobe last weekend.