December 2008
1 post
Mel Torme →
A little story via Andy Ihnatko @ http//tinyurl.com/9z35vu:
November 2008
1 post
Music Organization
I don’t own a ton of vinyl, but my collection is slowly growing. I’ve picked up a dozen or more new records in the last 3 months sense my wife bought me a new player (we had left our old one in PA, too big to move). I’ve acquired old albums from my parents house, including childhood staples like Sesame Street, and some of the gospel music my father used to traffic in. I’ve...
October 2008
2 posts
“10/3 Daily Deal: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane. Everyday low price $5.99,...”
– Did I buy this? I sure did.
Great deals at the Amazon MP3 Store
We’ve been writing a lot about vinyl here so far, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight the Amazon MP3 Store Deal of the Day. One featured album every day gets a sale price anywhere from 1 to 5 dollars. And the albums on sale have been surprisingly good. Today’s offering is a good example: Exodus by Bob Marley and the Wailers, for the dirt cheap price of $1.99. At that price I...
September 2008
9 posts
Rookie Mistake
Hey, when you buy used records at a flea market, it should go without saying that you ought to check INSIDE the jacket to make sure you’re getting the right thing. Otherwise you may think you’re getting Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and in reality come home with Magical Mystery Tour. Theoretically, of course.
Paraphrased Conversation In Which I Am Stupid
More or less the contents of an email exchange.
Me: Hey Abe! What do you use to store your records? I don’t have anything good.
Abe: I use one of these (not the exact one he sent)
Me: I have one of those, but because its not RIGHT NEXT TO MY RECORD PLAYER I hadn’t thought of that.
10 minutes later, my records look great on that shelf. Ours is black and has 5x5 cubbies.
Liner Note
By the way, you’ll notice the template (and even the title!) changing on occasion. This may happen again, until we really get satisfaction. Drop us an email if you love or hate any particular iteration.
You Must Choose...
More and more I find myself in this discussion with people: You can get a computer/album/car/whatever cheaper than that one, but is that really what you want? WalMart has made a lot of money on the idea that what people really want is just lower prices. All the time. And for some things, that can be true. Why buy laundry detergent for $9 if you can get it for $7? As a user of Apple computers, I...
“Vega once went to listen to the final mp3 version of her song. She could not...”
– Suzanne Vega, the mother of the mp3
Convenience isn't everything
Remember in the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, when Violet Beauregarde got turned into a giant blueberry? That happened because she chewed an experimental (and, as it turned out, dangerously flawed) stick of gum, which provided the complete taste experience and full nutritional value of eating a three course meal, specifically a roast beef dinner.
Imagine what it would be like if...
Oh, Hey
Another thing: I really got into vinyl because it was cheap. We’d go down to the local record store and pick up Frank Sinatra or some old country oddity for $3 a whack. So as I try to back-fill my cultural literacy (I’ve never owned a Beatles album until this week!) you’ll see a lot of old stuff that I somehow have missed out on.
The cool thing is that history has a way of...
Track One
Lately I’ve been finding music all over the internet. I’ve also started buying vinyl, as have many others.
This is my current process for finding new music:
1. Hear it somewhere for free. PandoraJam, LaLa, tuneage.tumblr.com, a friend.
2. Find more like it.
3. Make a decision.
If its holding up after multiple listens, I’m going to throw down my cash. But not all music is...