The first of my vinyl memories posts caused a tiny flurry of excitement so I thought I'd make it a weekly affair - as I go through the collection deciding…
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My friend Gary Lucas has posted an archival tape of an abortive recording session featuring the future Vin Diesel and the beats of the late latter-day cult figure (and all-the-time…
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I was privileged to be asked by Spin.com to cover the Steve Reich 75th Birthday Concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night. It was splendid, really. (That's the group So…
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I've been carting around boxes of vinyl records from flat to flat and house to house since I was a kid. Lots of my records were bought from the plentiful…
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I've been listening to a lot of music, both old and new, lately, and wanting to write about a bunch of it, even, but I haven't been as completely delighted…
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I can't be the only one who noticed this, but I thought I'd mention this unusual circumstance: the announcement today of the 25 recordings selected for the National Recording Registry…
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