Vinyl Praise
“When he went home, he listened to vinyl.”
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Here’s a headline from the week that caught my eye: Steve Jobs Listened to Vinyl. At a recent technology conference, music legend Neil Young said what is perhaps the most powerful testament to vinyl I can imagine: “Steve Jobs was a pioneer of digital music. His legacy is tremendous. But when he went home, he […]
How I Got Interested in Vinyl
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009OK, for those of you who are new here, and don’t know much about me, I am not from the era of vinyl records. I was born in 1980, and sure, at that time, vinyl was the preferred playback medium, but I never really had much interest in listening to music until I was about […]
Vinyl Treasure Hunting: Great Music, Great Sound, Great Price
Friday, November 7th, 2008One of the things I absolutely love about vinyl is that I can get so many excellent used records for so cheap. A few weeks ago, I was in the vinyl section of my favorite music store in the area, Rasputin. I was looking through the jazz and rock sections, and while it was a […]
Vinyl’s Revival
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Ever since I first took the time to listen carefully to a record, I noticed that the sound quality was better than anything CDs, cassettes, and of course, MP3s had to offer. Being a music lover, I wanted to share with the world, and especially younger kids like myself (I’m only 28) the virtues of […]