Hi! I wrote a blog post on Scott's Music Shak today. It's about buying online music from independent dealers vs. Big Box sites like Amazon, eBay, and the like. I think I make some good points, but I'm biased. If you get a chance, go read it. And please, feel free to leave a comment. …
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Hi all! It wasn't too long ago that I wrote about my newish music selling business (Feb. 21), letting you in on some of the stuff I've been doing for the past six months, and providing links to my then-seven online shops. Well, I've made some changes. I've closed down two of the shops (on …
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Hi! Sorry it’s been so long. Obviously, per my recent posts, my life has changed a lot, and I have a lot less time and energy to blog. It’s not that I don’t want to; it’s just that between extremely poor health and other projects, it’s fallen down my list of priorities, unfortunately. I …
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The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World by Damon Krukowski My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is more than just a simple “back to vinyl” sermon, refreshingly. It’s a highly scientific and socio-psychological look at the history of recorded music, the transition from analog to digital, and what that means …
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My Favorite Songs by Decade Recently, Gretchen and I were listening to our favorite DJ, Richard Blade, on our favorite radio station, First Wave, on SiriusXM as he interviewed The Cure’s Robert Smith, one of my favorite singers from one of my favorite bands. Gretchen can’t stand him. Richard asked him an interesting question and …
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Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s by Tom Doyle My rating: 4 of 5 stars Man on the Run is an interesting biography of Paul McCartney and his family during the 1970s, as well as his band, Wings (one of my favorite bands of that decade). It is a long, thorough look …
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Wednesday, my favorite DJ, Richard Blade, on my favorite radio station, SeriusXM's First Wave, announced one of my very favorite groups would be going on a world tour and it had just been announced the day before. He read off some of the cities for where the Pet Shop Boys will be playing: four cities …
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