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5Ws/1H (January 1-7, 2013)
I'm probably too tired to do this, so let's get right to it, shall we?
Who? R.E.M. and Los Lobos. Last Saturday evening, I had the opportunity to make a quick trip to my favorite record store, the Princeton Record Exchange, which is in Princeton, New Jersey, about an hour and 20 minutes away from my house. Due to that distance, it is an indulgence ( Read more... ) -
5Ws/1H--2012/Post-Holiday Edition
Sometime early last year, I had the idea that it would be fun to have a regular update entry on this blog called "5Ws/1H" to cover the who, what, when, where, why and how of my life at that moment. This idea really appealed to me, so I'm going to try to bring it back for 2013. A shout-out to Brian for his subtle encouragement to keep this blog ( Read more... ) -
Rich's Daily Record 001: 333 Words About Tom Jones Sings "She's a Lady"
Here is an experiment. Using my highly classified techniques, I'm going to pick a vinyl record album from my collection, give it a listen, then write a little bit about it. I've occasionally done this before, but here's the experimental part: since were talking about 33 1/3 RPM albums, each of these entries will be exactly 333 words long ( Read more... ) -
The Copco Lake Guys and the Art of Time Standing Still
You've probably seen the story this week about the five guys who took a photo of themselves at a lake back in 1982 when they were 19 years old. They have restaged the photo every five years since then ( Read more... ) -
5Ws/1H (6/2-8/12)
Several months ago, I posted a couple of weekly entries I called "5Ws/1H." The point was that, calling on my journalism degree, I'd begin posting entries that answered the essential questions: who?, what?, when?, where?, why? and how? for that particular week. I really liked those entries, so here's another, covering the past week.
Who? Jamie ( Read more... ) -
Rich's 47th Birthday Year-by-Year Record Album Marathon
I just woke up on this, my 47th birthday, with a cool idea. I'm going to start listening to one album from each year since 1965, the one in which I was born. I'll report the results throughout the day right here on this blog (and on Facebook as well). Each of the records will be a favorite of mine, though not necessarily my favorite from that year ( Read more... ) -
K-tel Presents...Dynamite!
Earlier this spring, I had an opportunity to write a proposal for the esteemed 33 1/3 book series. Each book in the series is a short volume written about a specific record album. I proposed writing a book on the 1974 K-tel compilation, Dynamite!, which was one of the first albums I owned ( Read more... )
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