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How I Spent My Winter Vacation (pt. 2)
By now you know I'm a pretty hardcore music collector so it shouldn't be a total surprise when I reveal that my friend David and I spent a fair amount of time scouring thrift shops and garage sales during our long weekend in Palm Springs last week. The weather wasn't so great anyhow so I didn't feel a whole lot of guilt about not sitting by the ( Read more... ) -
How I Spent My Winter Vacation (pt. 1)
By now you know I'm a pretty hardcore music collector so it shouldn't be a total surprise when I reveal that my friend David and I spent a fair amount of time scouring thrift shops and garage sales during our long weekend in Palm Springs last week. The weather wasn't so great anyhow so I didn't feel a whole lot of guilt about not sitting by the ( Read more... ) -
GET ON THE GOOD CHICKEN FOOT
Starting the New Year on an up note, I found a copy of "The Best of Chickeman" at a thrift shop today, a record I never knew even existed. I have a 7-inch promo radio show from the 60s but apparently this was put out by various regional radio stations that syndicated the show. Mine says "WPTR Presents...." (as opposed to this one I found on the web ( Read more... ) -
12 Holiday Tunes You May Have Missed
Inspired by Liner Notes' holiday playlist blog (which uses my Colored Vinyl Christmas Tree on it!), I made my own little list of musics I go back to a lot at this time of year. There are too many great holiday songs out there to make a definitive list and I'm sure I missed some which will make it onto next year's playlist. But here are 12 holiday ( Read more... ) -
Why Did I Go?
Call me fan boy. Call me music geek. Call me obsessive. Call me completist. All these terms are accurate. Yesterday I played hookie from work (one of the benefits of being self employed -- I only answer to myself), walking about 2 miles to Amoeba Records and arriving about 4 hours early before a much anticipating album signing session by the ( Read more... ) -
Recent Reviews: Peter Gabriel, The Kinks, The Dead
Some recent reviews
Peter Gabriel's New Blood Blu-ray Disc
http://www.hometechtell.com/technologytell/article/love-hz-peter-gabriel-new-blood-unconventional-mix-unconventional-show-/
The Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society 180-gram Green Vinyl UK Pye Records label reissue
http://www.hometechtell.com/technologytell/article/kinks-village-green- ( Read more... ) -
Take Paradise & Put Up a Parking Lot
I found a neat old board game at a garage sale today which (according to the Wiki) is from 1954 by Milton Bradley. I paid $2 for it and couldn't pass it up. Why? Its the essence of pop culture from a time before I was born, and it really reflects that post WW II, baby-booming, escalated-consumerist mindset that we are just starting to get over ( ( Read more... )
