Secondhand Joy: Records in Thrift and Antique Stores
Goodwill Hunting Imagine it is 2005. You’re a teenager getting into new kinds of music and have always liked the idea of vinyl records. You have a $20 bill in your pocket, and to...
Category: Analog Adventures
Monthly Mixtape: July
Run For Cover Summer is heating up and that means it’s time for a new mixtape. This month’s theme is cover music, songs that were originally by one artist and done by another. Many...
Review: The Exchange
A Great Deal of Entertainment Nothing quite beats a local record shop. The personality of the owner and staff shine through in every aspect of the store, from the music playing to the...
Analog Adventures: Let the Sun Talk
Mavi Let the Sun Talk (2019) About the Artist Mavi is a brilliant young rapper, recently graduating from the prestigious Howard University with a degree in neuroscience. He embodies the idea of the eternal...
Record Store Day
A Reason to Celebrate During the decline of physical media in the early to mid 2000s, there were winners and losers. In the winner’s corner you have digital music services such as iTunes and...
Monthly Mixtape: June
The Times They Are a-Changin’ Originally the playlist for this month was supposed to be about the moon. It was to correspond with the full moon tonight, but a lot has changed since I...
Five for Five: Five Singles For Under a Dollar
No, this is not a fast food pitch. This is a format I will use to highlight some stellar vinyl bargains everytime there are five Fridays in a month. These five 7″ singles are...
Narrative: Technics SL-B2
You Spin Me Right Round What is the appeal of collecting records? This is something I ask myself every time I put an album on the turntable. Is it the convenience? With some of...
Analog Adventures: Whack World
Tierra Whack Whack World (2018) About the Artist To say Tierra Whack is simply a rapper is underselling the creative genius that she is. She says that her last name stands for “Wild, Hype,...
Color Records and Sign Value
Color as an object Few things are as effective as color when it comes to nonverbal communication. Venomous and poisonous animals warn potential predators of the imminent death that awaits them if they make...
