Guitar players love to talk about guitars and accessories nearly as much as they love to play. In the new documentary Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks the World talk they do about the Cry Baby pedal, otherwise known as the “wah wah.” It’s a fantastic doc about the intersection of creativity and technology in [...]
As the annual Record Store Day celebration gets closer (April 17th!) the interwebs are buzzing with news of special vinyl releases from old and new (and occasionally dead) artists. Most are limited editions that will likely sell out quickly. These are some of the ones we’ll be looking for: Bruce Springsteen: 10″ live with versions [...]
The first record Annie ever bought, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy from Elton John is a concept album that tells the story of the musical partnership between Elton and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. The package it came in was pretty impressive! Buy Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy on Vinyl at Amazon
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So the big music news of the day seems to be- it wasn’t Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger afterall! Supposedly it turns out that Carly Simon’s Your So Vain was about David Geffen. Rolling Stone sleuths out the story, but I don’t think the facts are quite that conclusive. As far as this from the [...]
The northeast is snow-shocked, with more on the way! Stuck at home, what better excuse to sit around and listen to records? What will you pull out of its sleeve? I think I’ll start with the Beach Boys Endless Summer compilation to escape the chilly northeast for a couple hours!
Hope you like the new look! I’ve been coding my little fingers off for the last few weeks, whenever I could find the time. Check out our new feature, The Bin, for the occasional tidbit related to vinyl records and the music we love. Better yet, subscribe to our RSS feed (in a reader or [...]
For years this was Annie’s favorite record- and hearing it again, it may still be! With Hotel California the Eagles departed from their earlier country-influenced sound and created one of the most enduring records ever made.
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May The Circle Be Unbroken – The Continuing Success Story Of Vinyl – NME Online With the most space-efficient way of presenting music now reached – the MP3 – there won’t be any more formats being created. Thus we can now look back at all of them – eight-track cartridges, cassettes, MiniDiscs, CDs and so [...]
After a long hiatus, we’re back! We both count Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town among our favorites, but it turns out we have some very different opinions on what it’s all about! Trying something a little new with this episode- let us know what you think .
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Thanks to our friend Patty for pointing out this story!
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