Addicted To Vinyl

I had the day off on Monday - something that I really didn’t brag about in advance, because I value my safety….can’t have any of my fellow friends or co-workers after me to kick my ass, ya know? But yes, it was the glorious 5 day weekend that is coming to a very sad […]

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Greetings kids!
I know I’ve been a tad silent in the past couple of days, and I’ve got a good explanation for that. Assuming that I start getting mail again someday (long story,) I decided to go ahead and finish up Andy Taylor’s Duran Duran book, so that I can start to power through some […]

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AC/DC says that you can only buy their albums as a complete package, not track by track.
Lefsetz says that’s crap.
My blood started to boil when I read the quotes. Because these rich motherf*ckers, who happen to have made some great music, are living in the nineties and ONLY care about money. There’s this […]

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A few weeks ago, in one of the more brilliant PR moves of the year, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne quietly launched a new website www.everythingthathappens.com to announce his new solo tour, and a forthcoming album collaboration with Brian Eno.
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, the new album from Byrne and Eno, is now […]

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Bob Lefsetz writes:
Is Kid Rock selling a hundred thousand CDs a week because his album is not available on iTunes?
Last year, Jay-Z famously refused to sell his new album at iTunes because he thought it would break up the flow, that it needed to be heard as a whole. Despite being available digitally at […]

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Thanks to Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio for posting the following New York Times article about the disappearance of liner notes on his website.
Before we get to that, I’ve got a bit of commentary…
I’ve become very digital in the past couple of years, after many years of maintaining an anti-Ipod stance, being all about holding the […]

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I was in a record store last night (Gem City Records in Dayton, OH) and was looking at their massive (yay!) vinyl section when I saw the following item:
Disturbed - Indestructible
180 gram half-speed mastered double vinyl release, etched vinyl on the fourth side.
(Purchase from Amazon)
Okay fine, probably a wise move to sell extra units 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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So you’re a Nine Inch Nails fan, and as you’re waking up your week officially begins with the Monday morning announcement that there is a new Nine Inch Nails album available for download.
For free.
Reznor writes:
Click HERE to get the new full-length nine inch nails record: the slip
(thank you for your continued and loyal support […]

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This one is for the vinyl junkies. I read the following dispatch of email replies to Bob Lefsetz with interest. In particular, take note of the forwarded email from legendary mastering guru Bob Ludwig.
In reply to Sound Quality
Here are the replies.
In particular:
Michael Fremer:
A) Blu-ray is not a disaster. In fact, what’s […]

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