A Scorpions turntable? Yes.
According to people who track such things, global sales of vinyl has increased for 19 straight years. That’s not a fad. That’s a wholesale cultural and technological shift. Turntable sales
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When it comes to wearing out vinyl, all turntables are not the same. Check out this test.
Unlike a digital file or a CD, a vinyl record will eventually wear out after it’s played a lot. This shouldn’t come as a surprise given that to play a
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Random music news for Saturday, July 29, 2023
Need dental work? What about booking an appointment with this guy? And what about some music news for July 29, 2023? More music news? Look here. BONUS: Rick Astley’s “Never
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Love vinyl? Check out this video on how records reproduce music in stereo
I’m a big nerd when it comes to the technology behind music. This video (via Boing Boing) explains how dragging a needle through a groove pressed into a piece of
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Is this the most disturbing website on the internet? It just might be–and for reasons you don’t expect. Meanwhile, this site is wonderfully benign and useless. Please enjoy music news
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Funeral day with more than 4.1 billion people watching the coverage. Did you get the day off? Me, neither. I had to write music news for September 19, 2022. Chris
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This is why we can’t have nice things. We can have music news for May 28, 2022, though. The killer in the Ulvade school massacre blasted music while he went
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Looking for a new turntable? How about this Metallica-inspired model?
One of the better turntable manufacturers out there is Pro-Ject (I have one for my main stereo). They’re also pretty imaginative when it comes to design. Their latest is the
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, March 26, 2022
Uh, nope. And no thanks to this, too. I’d rather just read music news for March 26, 2022. If you were ever a fan of the old CFNY Spirit of
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, March 2, 2022
How would AI apply for a job as a musician? Like this. Let’s now try some music news for March 2, 2022. A Russian radio station that’s critical of Kremlin
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Peleton had a Sex in the City PR problem. Then they fixed it with Ryan Reynolds. Nice save. As for music news for December 14, 2021… Still no word on
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