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Records Aren't Just For Hipsters Anymore

Dave Tomar | Posted 05.18.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Record Sales, Album Sales, Vinyl Revival, Music, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Entertainment News
Dave Tomar

There are a million reasons why vinyl went out of style and most of them have to do with convenience, not just in how we listen to music, but in everything we do. I'm as spoiled by modernity as the next guy. But maybe not everything should be so convenient.

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Jack White Goes Vintage

Reuters | Posted 04.20.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Jack White Nashville, Jack White, Video, Record Store Day, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Reuters, Jack White Nashville Store, Jack White Vinyl, Entertainment News

By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, April 20 (Reuters) - Rock musician Jack White celebrated Record Store Day on Saturday by giving customers a ...

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Good News For Hipsters

Posted 04.10.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Jack White, Blunderbuss Vinyl, Video, Mumford & Sons, Spiritualized, Radiohead OK Computer, Vinyl, Jack White Blunderbuss, Vinyl Albums, Vinyl Records, Abbey Road, Abbey Road Vinyl, Vinyl Record Sales, Vinyl Sales, Entertainment News

Here's some good news for the music industry: Last year's vinyl-record sales were the highest they've been in 15 years. The International Federati...

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Amazon Just Made Buying Vinyl Records Even Cooler

AP | Posted 06.04.2013 | Technology
Read More: Amazon Vinyl mp3, Amazon Music, Video, Vinyl Records, Amazon Vinyl, Amazon Vinyl Records, Amazon Records, Amazon, Technology News

SEATTLE — In an odd combination of old and new, Amazon says that every time a person buys a vinyl record from its online store, it will give tha...

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LOOK: Homeowner Finds Safe Filled With Treasures

The Huffington Post | Michelle Manetti | Posted 03.20.2013 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Reddit, Secret Safe, Vintage Records, Treasures in Safe, Home Finds, House Finds, Hidden Safe, Vinyl Records, Reddit Safe, What Was in the Safe Reddit, Safe Found in House, HuffPost Home News

Turns out there's more to a 200 year old home than just history. Rare Beatles records, for starters.

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Freegal: Emphasis on the the Free Public Library of Cool

The Los Angeles Public Library | Posted 04.30.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Slidepollajax, Downloads, Drm, Oldies Music, Libraries, Vinyl Records, Los Angeles, Indie Music, Music, Freegal, Los Angeles Public Library Music, Music Industry, New Music, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles News
The Los Angeles Public Library

I write here about my experience not as an administrator since I am not one of those, or even as a librarian although I am one of those. I offer this opinion only as an impenitent bin rat that has collected songs going back to the original days of vinyl.

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The Real Clive Davis: Dishing the Skinny with Don Silver, the Man Behind the Man

David Henry Sterry | Posted 04.27.2013 | Books
Read More: Aretha Franklin, Vinyl, David Henry Sterry, Don Silver, Vinyl Records, Coming-of-Age, Grateful Dead, Kelly Clarkson, Clive Davis, Music, Arista, Books News
David Henry Sterry

Now that Kelly Clarkson has called Clive Davis a liar and a bully, and revealed that she felt violated by his account of their relationship in his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life, I thought it would be interesting to get the perspective of a man who worked under Clive.

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3D Printed Records by Amanda Ghassaei 

designboom | Posted 02.26.2013 | Arts
Read More: Design, Records, Music, 3D Printing, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Arts News
designboom

'3D Printed Records' by Amanda Ghassaei      In an attempt to create a technique for converting digital audio files into 3D printable 33 rpm recor...

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A Night Out: Jazz And Fried Chicken At MONO+MONO

Gastronomista | Posted 11.28.2012 | Taste
Read More: East Village, Cocktails, Lets Bring Back, Kimchi, Fried Chicken, Cocktail, Retro, Vinyl Records, Korean Food, Soju, Jazz, Nostalgia, Pork Bun, New York City, Restaurants, Taste News
Gastronomista

Head over to MONO+MONO, order a soju martini, request a song from the band and enjoy the analog.

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The Case for Vinyl

Kayley Kravitz | Posted 11.25.2012 | Arts
Read More: Record Sales, Music Sales, Music Industry, Vinyl, Record Stores, Vinyl Records, Vinyl Is Back, New Music Vinyl, Arts News
Kayley Kravitz

There's nothing quite like the crackle of vinyl as the speakers warm up. Mp3 files are ridiculously compressed -- you don't get that with vinyl. It's one of the purest ways to listen to music.

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Another Chef's Blog About Something

Gayle Pirie | Posted 09.11.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Newspapers, Print Journalism, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Cds, Technology, Record Stores, Magazines, Family, San Francisco News
Gayle Pirie

I want magazines, glorious shiny magazines, and newspapers, expensive, dying newspapers, and I will have them.

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David Moye

RECORD BREAKER: You Won't Believe Where This Vinyl Record Lands

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 05.10.2012 | Weird News
Read More: Mike Jackson, Mike Wofford, Video, Tony Jien, Reef Coleman, Turntable Wizards, Jason Richardson, Weird Los Angeles, Vinyl Records, Weird California, Vinyl Record Tricks, Weird Photos & Videos, Weird News News

A group of college students in Pasadena, Calif., has found a new use for old vinyl records: As the basis for incredible stunts. Recently, the guys ...

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A Shift in Music

Jake Shears | Posted 04.25.2012 | Entertainment
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 06.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Record Store Day, Records, Music, Record Stores, Lp, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Home 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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PHOTOS: MAM Exhibit Worships Little Black Discs

The Huffington Post | Christiana Lilly | Posted 03.15.2012 | Miami
Read More: Record Art, Vinyl Records, Miami Art, Dario Robleto, The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, Rene Morales, Xaviera Simmons, Miami Art Museum, Soundbomb Bus, Miami News

Before MP3s, CDs, mixtapes, and 8-tracks, there were records. In a tribute to the bygone music relic, the Miami Museum of Art opens “The Record: Con...

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Disco and Deindustrialization: In the Mix With 1970s Pittsburgh DJ Terry Kicks

John R. Eperjesi | Posted 04.17.2012 | Home
Read More: Djing, 1970s Music, Disco, Winter-Music-Conference, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers, Vinyl Records, Video, Home News
John R. Eperjesi

The people of Pittsburgh did a lot more than just sing and clap their hands to Sister Sledge's disco classic "We Are Family." When the lights went down, they got up and danced.

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Attention Vinyl Lovers: DC Record Fair Set For Sunday

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.09.2012 | DC
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 | Home
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, Home 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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Music Sounds Better on Vinyl

Mona Elyafi | Posted 12.13.2011 | Technology
Read More: Vinyl Records, Vinyl-Records, Music Records, Music on Vinyl, Music Vinyl, Vinyl Is Back, Technology News
Mona Elyafi

Now I don't pretend to be a tech whiz by any means and I am sure I know absolutely nothing about how it all works and why, but the one thing I know for certain is that music sounds better on vinyl.

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Taming the Record Pile, One LP At A Time

Stylelist Home/The Huffington Post | Brie Dyas | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Life Hacks, Repurposing, Storage, Vinyl Records, HuffPost Home News

If you'll never in a million years convert your record albums to mp3s, you're in good company. But when your LPs start to overwhelm your shelf space, ...

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Amanda Palmer, Radiohead & Ukuleles

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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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Vinyl Is Forever: In Praise of Indie Record Stores

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Rolling Stones, Independent Record Stores, Record Store Day, Music Business, Sixties-Music, Punk Rock, Vinyl Is Back, Analog, Grammys, Pop Culture, Music, Rock, College Radio, Phonograph-Records, High Fidelity, The Beatles, Pop Music, Alternative Rock, Punk, Jazz, Vinyl Records, Mgmt, Music Industry, Top 10 Albums, Rock and Roll, Turntables, Recording Industry, Music Retail, Retail Sales, Technology, Amazon.com, Itunes, Entertainment News
James Rotondi

This piece was originally posted at the MTV Music Blog For those who only buy their music on iTunes, Amazon.com, or other online digital music servic...

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Books On Vinyl?

Telegraph | Sukhdev Sandhu | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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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Downtown Boulder Losing Bart's CD Cellar

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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