Mainly Rock

I had this in my room at the time. I wish I still had it… http://www.lagarden.de/starschnitt/1981/1981.html#75

I wear music T-Shirts all the time (on the weekends). It’s just too bad that “normal” people don’t usually get the statement about my superior music taste.. Ask the indie professor: What does your gig T-shirt say about you?.

I have a personal story about the Go Betweens and their first album Send me a Lullaby but it’s not very interesting. Probably more interesting are Roberts Foster’s “10 Rules of Rock and Roll” Never follow an artist who describes his or her work as ‘dark’ The second-last song on every album is the weakest [...]

I wonder if anybody actually does this on a regular basis… How To Pirate Vinyl Records I guess you have to do Side A and B separately.

Now that’s a nice idea: Jeff Mills latest release, The Occurrence, is pressed on a hybrid CD. One side is just a normal CD, the other is a 5″ vinyl pressing which you can play on a turntable. How cool is that? http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/06/10/a-vinyl-and-cd-release-on-one-disc/

I have fallen into the trap of spending money on Hifi equipment some time ago and people generally don’t really understand why I would be doing that. The following is a very true statement to describe the situation: I know some of you are thinking you can’t hear the difference. The thing about quality audio [...]

BoingBoing quotes the opinion of an ethicist (?) who says: Buying a book or a piece of music should be regarded as a license to enjoy it on any platform. I very much share this point of view. If you have bought the vinyl record, downloading the mp3 for free is acceptable. The interesting distinction [...]

Don’t miss it: To Have & To Hold – Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo. via hb.hifi

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax on one day… Totally crazy! “a few more of the festival dates still in the works, you can be sure these shows won’t be the only ones” So it could be Reading Festival, although June and August are far apart… Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax ‘Big Four’ Tour PS: No, [...]

At this stage, I would say that the announcement by Hifi-company Linn to stop CD player production is probably as much a publicity stunt as it is truly reflecting the market. It works though, because I wasn’t aware of their Digital Stream players before. Anyway, I wanted to comment on somebody else’s comment on the [...]