If you like the music, maybe you’d like to buy the … knife?
The relevance of the CD as a physical object connected to or expressive of music fandom is, obviously, on the wane.
But: Fans who no longer need to buy an object containing music (since music can be obtained in other ways) might still be willing, even anxious, to buy T-shirts, posters, and assorted object-packages that might or might not include a vinyl record, a book, garments, a compact disc (maybe even a blank one) and/or other collateral materials.
Earlier I noted Of Montreal’s effort to extend this notion to include such lifestyle products as a lamp.
More recently, special adviser to Murketing.com Cousin Lymon drew my attention to this: Khanate, in connection with its new release Clean Hands Go Foul, is selling things like CDs and DVDs and T-shirts and mugs. But also: knives. Here are some details on this $50 item:
8.75″ long hunting knife features a 4.5″ rubber grip handle and 4.25″ engraved stainless steel blade. Each knife comes with a ballistic nylon sheath and is boxed.
Are you Khanate fan? Then perhaps you buy an engraved hunting knife to prove it.