I added another great blog to my reading list this week when I came across The Lost Turntable. The Lost Turntable is a digitally remixed slice of vinyl heaven for all of you 12 inch lovers out there. The Lost Turntable is described in the headline as “The Imported Out-of-Print 12″ Extended Remix B-Side of […]
Category: Vinyl
I think I figured out why the record industry is in trouble
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 […]
Good Listening: The Brought Low
So I mention The Yayhoos in one of my recent posts, and lo and behold, the spirit of the Yayhoos saw fit to deliver a genuine real rock and roll band to a club right down the street from my house last night. I walked a quick block from my house to The Hi-Fi Concert […]
A really cool tattoo for all of you vinyl lovers
I’m in Minneapolis for work, and was in a cab tonight, headed back to the hotel after dinner. My fellow vinyl loving friend and co-worker Michael made note that he thought that the cab driver had a tattoo of one of those old 45 adapters. After taking a closer stealth look, he determined that that […]
Good Listening – Indigo Girls – In Cold Storage
I remember the time when I came so close to you Sent me skipping my class and running from school And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool What makes me think I could start clean slated The hardest to learn was the least complicated Indigo Girls – Least Complicated Young love. […]
A recommendation for the new album from Tom Petty and Mudcrutch
Before I get into this, I’d like to throw a brief recommendation towards the new tunes just posted by one of Detroit’s greatest rock and roll bands, the Dirty Americans. Surf on over, and give ’em a listen. I just wanted to put up this post in case you’re feeling any skepticism about picking up […]
Record Store Day and how I managed to miss it
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 the week, […]
The World’s Greatest Record Collection
Sometimes you run across something like this Ebay posting, and even though you are very satisfied with where you are in life, an Ebay listing like this will make you wish that you had a spare 3 million dollars sitting around to spend. The World’s Greatest Record Collection The gang over at the Steve Hoffman […]