Addicted To Vinyl

So I was catching up yesterday on about a month’s worth of Pop Candy, and came across the following link of greatness, brought to us by the fine folks at Stereogum.
It seems that Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen felt that Huey Lewis would have the goods to deliver a new soundtrack smash ala “Power of […]

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I spent this past week in Minneapolis for the annual Conclave radio convention.
Unlike previous years, I really didn’t go to a ton of the panel discussions/sessions this year, because I had a pretty full schedule for work.
Lee Abrams gave a speech, and having worked with Lee briefly at one point when […]

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This particular entry covers a topic that is near and dear to my “child of the ’80s” heart:
The lost art of making a mix tape.
I’ve been meaning to write about mix tapes for a while, and had a particular angle - a whole new way in 2008 to make a mix […]

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Ah, the record store, my first true love, and a relationship that remains true to this day. I worked at a record store as recently as 2006, when I picked up a Saturday shift to have fun and talk music. I saw it as a good potential opportunity to blow off steam from […]

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Nine Inch Nails mainman Trent Reznor continues to be one of the most innovative artists in the music industry today. It’s a title that in my book, Reznor has had a nearly constant grip on for nearly 20 years now. In 1997, the NIN track “The Perfect Drug” (from the Lost Highway soundtrack) […]

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So I get a call from my dad while I am at the radio station yesterday, asking me if I would have time to bring some stereo equipment out his way. I drove out, dropped off the stereo equipment, and we set out to grab a bit of late lunch. I had Jackson Browne’s Solo […]

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