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A Shift in Music

Jake Shears | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Rdio, Music-Subscription, Music Industry, Vinyl, Music Industry Change, Vinyl Records, Record Stores Nyc, Cds, Record Stores, Video, Entertainment News
Jake Shears

There's clearly a shift in the way people are buying music now and I can't help but think about how that affects me as an artist.

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Record Store Day 2012

Amber DeGrace | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Record Store Day, Records, Music, Record Stores, Lp, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Culture News
Amber DeGrace

Vinyl. You either get it or you don't. If you do, get out there and participate on Record Store Day! Grab some good stuff, take it home, and enjoy listening to your bounty.

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Israeli Photographer Takes Classic Paintings For A Spin

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Photography, Jan Van Eyck, Tamir Sher, Video, Don Delillo, Remix, Vinyl, Vincent Van Gogh, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Israeli photographer Tamir Sher decided to use his old record player to remix the classics. Except instead of taking an old Zeppelin LP for a spin, he...

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Celebrity Collector: Alan Swyer

Reyne Haines | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Baywatch, Reyne Haines, Vinyl, Buddy Holly, Celebrity Collector, Collecting, Collectors, Record Collectors, Celebrity News
Reyne Haines

I caught up with Alan Swyer, producer of films such as The Buddy Holly Story, HBO's award-winning Rebound, and the TV series everyone loved to drool over, Baywatch. He explained to me how he often takes a walk down memory lane, one song at a time...

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Attention Vinyl Lovers: DC Record Fair Set For Sunday

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Best of DC, Video, Riot Act Comedy Theater, D.C. Record Fair, Penn Quarter, District of Columbia, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Dc Around Town, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- D.C.-area residents will have an opportunity to expand their vinyl collections on Sunday. After two recent fairs at Artisphere in Rossyl...

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Are You A Fan Of Electronic Music? Listen To How It All Started

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: The Daphne Oram Tapes, The Daphne Oram Tapes: Volume One, Oramics, Daphne Oram, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Electronic Music, Music, Electronica, On Our Radar, Culture News

Even if you don't know who Daphne Oram is, you probably hear her influence in the music you listen to. Oram, one of the early pioneers of electron...

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Retro Music Apps Aren't Just a Novelty (for iPhone and iPad)

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Music Apps, Iphone, App, evolver.fm, Boombox, Vinyl, Ipad, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

The iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphones may not be the best-sounding portable devices we've ever heard but they can pull crazy stunts like pretending to be a cassette player, vinyl turntable, or boombox.

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Nick Mason: Pink Floyd Ready to Empty the Vaults

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Wish You Were Here, David GIlmour, Nick Mason, Vinyl, Wembley Stadium, Anthology, Dark Side of the Moon, Drums, Feminism, Remastered, Spotify, Stephane Grappelli, The Wall, The Beatles, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd, Live Tracks, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Pink Floyd fans are about to shine on like crazy diamonds. The iconic English psyh rock group is about to empty the vaults on rare and live tracks as part of a massive campaign their music company EMI are about to launch.

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Plastic Wars: Science Loses in Renewed Campaign Against Plasticizers

Jon Entine | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Plasticizers, Poison, Outgasses, Dehp, Plasticisers, Toxic, Vinyl, Children?S National Medical Center, Chemophobia, Pvc, Friends of the Earth, Endocrine Disruptor, Offgassing, Phthalates Children's Toys, Outgass, Phthalates, Outgassing, Bund, Green News
Jon Entine

No science based agency in the US, Europe or elsewhere has found direct links between phthalates and human health. But this doesn't stop some groups from plying on consumer fears.

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Regas Christou Files Suit Against Beta Owner Brad Roulier

Backbeat | Dave Herrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funky Buddha, Vinyl, Two:AM, Regas Christou, Beta Nightclub, Denver Nightclub Lawsuit, The Church, Beta Denver, Denver News

Hot on the heels of a profile in 5280 magazine, nightclub impresario Regas Christou has made some real news: He's filed suit against Beatport, Brad Ro...

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An Annual Music Hajj in New York

Alex Vadukul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Leo, Music Festival, WFMU Radio, Vinyl, Record Fair, New York News
Alex Vadukul

The WFMU record festival is an annual three-day hajj for the music obsessed, hosted by the popular independent New Jersey radio station of the same name.

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Logan Square Gets Two New Record Stores

Chicago Reader | Jessica Hopper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Logan Square Record Stores, Chicago Music Stores, Chicago Music, Lps, Logan Square, Vinyl, Record Stores, Chicago News

"I've lived in Logan Square for about 20 years now," says Marc Ruvolo, cofounder of long-running Chicago indie/punk label Johann's Face. "There's no r...

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Amanda Palmer, Radiohead & Ukuleles

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Neil Gaiman, Vinyl, Vinyl Is Back, Vinyl Records, Sarah Palin, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Amanda Palmer, Radiohead, Entertainment News
Lee Stranahan

The next logical step for Amanda Palmer was to release an album of Radiohead covers performed on the ukulele and sell it online through a donation-based model. Plus a vinyl version.

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Books On Vinyl?

Telegraph | Sukhdev Sandhu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vinyl, Short Stories, Underwood, Jordan Crane, Books, Vinyl Records, Records, Audiobooks, Nathan Dunne, Books News

At a time when a) the MP3 has supplanted the CD as the most popular format on which to listen to recorded sounds; b) literature as a physical artefact...

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The Best Music You've Never Heard: 30 Years Later - Matthew Larkin Cassell

Daniel Werman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Matt Cassell, mp3s, Kon&amir, Music, Rare, Vinyl, Madlib, Mf Doom, Matthew Larkin Cassell, New Music, Entertainment News
Daniel Werman

It's pretty amazing what can stem from one guy sharing a simple MP3 with another.

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NYC Assignment Desk: Literary Death Match, Disco Cruise, Moby Awards

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cruise, Melville House, Book Covers, Moby Awards, Vinyl, Disco, New York Harbor, Sam Lewitt, New York, Publishing, Mike Topp, Wythe Marschall, Literary Death Match, Mike Edison, Drawing, Melissa Febos, Good Peoples Disco Cruise, The Drawing Center, Bowery Poetry Club, New York News

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assignmen...

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Vinyl Collectors, Book Lovers Get a New Place to Shop in N. Boulder

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Retail, Boulder, Vinyl, Books, Absolute Vinyl, Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys, Boulder-Retail, Little Horse, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

Absolute Vinyl has a friendly, relaxing atmosphere, and helps fill the gap left by the recent departure of Bart's CD Cellar in downtown Boulder.

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Downtown Boulder Losing Bart's CD Cellar

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cds, Bart's, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Boulder, Independent Record Stores, Boulder Retail, Record Stores, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

Retailers come and go in Boulder, but Bart's attracted many customers for its large upstairs collection of vinyl, both used and new.

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Paul Simon's Lyrics & The Case Of The Vanishing Compact Disc

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Sony Legacy, The Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, Clive Davis, John Mayer, High School Musical 3, Verve Records, Axl Rose, One Tree Hill, Joss Stone, Michael J. Fox, Compact Discs, Cds, Emo, David Archuleta, Philly International, Barack Obama, Barnes & Noble, Ricky Martin, Chuck Close, Taylor Swift, Napster, Led Zepplin, Coldplay, Borders, High School Musical 2, Superman, Joni Mitchell, Circuit City, American Idol, David Remnick, Graceland, Phillip Glass, Britney Spears, Lps, Paul Simon, Broadway, Neil Young, Random House, Singer Sowing Center, Jazz Music, Grammy, Classical Music, Concord Records, John Legend, David Cook, John McCain, Simon & Garfunkel, 45s, Vinyl, Beyonce, High School Musical, Starbuck's, Genesis, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Best Buy, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Emi, R.E.M., Itunes, Guns N' Roses, Matrix, Ume, Rhino, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.

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Goodnight, CDs, Goodnight: the Return of Vinyl

Marissa Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: mp3, Ipod, Cd, Music Business, Vinyl, Entertainment News, Merge Records, Insound, Vinyl Is Back, Lp, Sub Pop, Music Sales, Music, Ep, Media News
Marissa Moss

The once antiquated method of listening to music has been making a welcome comeback among both young and old music fans, especially in the indie-music realm. So why now?

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Typo Led To Vinyl Sales At Fred Meyer

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Meyer, Vinyl, LP, Vinyl Is Back, Vinyl Sales, Record Sales, Business News

PORTLAND, Ore. — It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition...

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