To celebrate the new year, the end of summer, strikes in France or as the kids say, “whatever,” I took the day off and made a trek way uptown to the Whitney Museum. Prime reason was to see the Christian Marclay exhibition… read more >>
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trickle-down donations
Just back from Ohio, ARC picked up portions of two recent donations that have been, and will be, given piecemeal, over the past and future years. And what meals they are! The first was the first donation of approx. 1,200 LPs, part… read more >>
Polish Music
As I’m heading back to Poland (Ohio) see me Mum, a flurry of old friends have surfaced. Turns out it’s about the same time as a reunion of my elder brother’s high school class. You may think that Poland Seminary High School… read more >>
Oh No, we gotta listen to ALL of them?
Freddie, who does the weeding @ ARC, was comparing our three copies of the LP “Combo” by Henry Mancini and His Orchestra ( RCA Victor Records, LPM-2258 , 1961). We sell third copies, keep two of everything. Well why not hava… read more >>
The Oldest Playable Phonautogram. Ever.
The New York Times has a new article about the newly recovered, mid-nineteenth century recordings of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a Parisian “tinkerer” who invented a recording device called the Phonautogram YEARS before Edison (that bad bastard) ever even thought about… read more >>
Happy Birthday, The CD.
Today is the 25th anniversary of the compact disc. Although there seems to be some consensus that today is indeed the CD’s silver anniversary, astute readers may note that different sources disagree over which one of the above three CDs was… read more >>
Garage Sale Find
Last week the Baroness Von Oomph and I made the scene in the swingin’ Finger Lakes region of New York State. If you are a fan of Coneys (local white hot dogs) root beer, drive-ins and very skinny lakes, go there. Nuff… read more >>
Gore Verbinski, Pirate of 1980s Punk Rock
The other day I was cataloging a box of 80s punk and metal records (lots and lots of bad 80s metal from Metal Blade Records) and came across this record: Not a bad cover, I s’pose. Anyway, it stood out because it… read more >>
The Boys in the Backroom
Every year there is a major music industry trivia contest organized by Rich Appel up at Sony, and a cast of indefatigable characters in-and-out of the music industry. They have a lot of fun and the event raises money for good causes…. read more >>