Celebrate Vinyl Record Day August 12th

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… Read More Celebrate Vinyl Record Day August 12th

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Robert Crumb On Record Collecting

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… Read More Robert Crumb On Record Collecting

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Celebrate Vinyl Record Day August 12th

Robert Crumb On Record Collecting