During the years I wrote for Goldmine Magazine (1996-2006), I always wanted to delve into an article on the earliest sound preservation format – the cylinder record. Unfortunately, my editors at the time, while recognizing the importance of cylinder records and their existence from the 1890’s to as late as 1929, felt that the format…
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Recalling Blue Note Record Shop
WHETHER you collect stamps, coins, records or anything else, you never forget your first time. No, not that first time. Get your mind out of the gutter. For record collectors, I’m talking about the first record we ever bought – the record that would eventually be the rock upon which our holy musical scriptures are…
Read MoreA Prayer for a Flooded Record Collection
My friend Mark Pisani lost tons of records while he was on vacation. His loss affected me as well. Spin back to college. Mark and I attended Hamilton College, and graduated together. We were both part of the “Young Turks” who changed the college radio station, WHCL, from an afterthought to a broadcast powerhouse. Mark’s…
Read MoreRemembering Ruth Wallis and her naughty songs
It’s the late 1990’s. I should be home watching the Super Bowl. The Patriots are facing the Packers, and it promises to be a sterling matchup. But instead, I’m driving to eastern Connecticut, with the hopes of interviewing a singer whose most popular songs never received a stitch of mainstream radio airplay. A person who,…
Read MoreHow Grandmaster Flash Became my DJ Hero
DJ Hero, the brand new chapter in the Guitar Hero series of rhythm video games, came out last Tuesday. And it’s a blast. You get to be the DJ at the club, you get to spin a replica Technics turntable and scratch and cross-fade and mash-up, and it’s a blast. I really enjoyed playing the…
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