This is the time of year when the supporters of self-help, the boosters of betterment, the promoters of purposefulness, and everyone else who exalts in the ethics of uplift, start hymning the glories of making New Year’s resolutions. Oh, joy. The general belief is that the start of a new calendar year affords a kind… Continue reading Glancing Backward, Musically Speaking, in Order to Look Ahead
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Laughin' and Tumblin', Dazed and Wicked: More Musings on Music and Record Collecting
Around the turn of the new year, I began a voyage of rediscovering, if you will, a process of returning to and continually seeking (and finding) new things within my vinyl record collection. It all started when I received a newfangled turntable last Christmas, which allowed me to begin pulling records off the shelf again,… Continue reading Laughin' and Tumblin', Dazed and Wicked: More Musings on Music and Record Collecting
Infidels, Excess, and Howe: More Recollections from the Record Collection
Several weeks ago I began rediscovering the contents of my vinyl record collection, which had remained stacked and silent on my shelves for several years, until the arrival of a working turntable in late 2008. I wrote about that experience here. Since then I have continued to pull out records at random, dust them off, give them a… Continue reading Infidels, Excess, and Howe: More Recollections from the Record Collection