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Looks like we are all Devo - CBS reports that vinyl is having a resurgence - which means the vinyl fetish is going mainstream.
Just as DJ’s were getting comfortable with digital, too.

 

This documentary tells the story of Paul Mawhinney and Record-Rama, the largest collection of vinyl LPs in the world.
Mawhinney was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years he has amassed what has become the world’s largest record collection. Due to health issues and a struggling record industry Paul is being forced to sell [...]

 

Vinyl Record Day is August 12th, the anniversary of the day that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877.
That’s right - people have been spinning disks for over 130 years. That’s an amazing run for a technology.
According to organizers:
It is the goal of VRD to establish August 12th as a day for friends and family [...]

 

Cartoonist Robert Crumb knows a bit about what’s creepy, and he’s got a great take on the strange obsession of record collecting (which I admit I have!):
“Collecting is creepy. Record collectors put each other down for their various fixations. Everybody is convinced that his way of collecting is superior. They look down on casual collectors, [...]