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November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

How Do You Find Music? How Does Music Find You? How Has That Changed?

Do you ever stop to consider the changes that have been made to the way you find music? Is your approach still the same? Surely it’s changed, you’ve changed formats, the formats have changed – in terms of delivery approach, in terms of regularity, in terms of how and when you receive them – as […]
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November 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player – Strange Revelation

Last night I found an old DVD player – I remember buying it a few years back, using it for a while, but it wouldn’t play any multi-zone discs and so it was tucked away in a cabinet. I bought an even cheaper model ($19.99 in a supermarket) and that one works brilliantly; plays everything. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Albums, Back To The Future, Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player - Strange Revelation, Barb Jungr, Burns, Burnt, CD, CD Player, Christopher O'Riley, Copies, David Axelrod, Discman, DVD, DVD Player, Favourites, Felix Da Housecat, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, LP, Madlib, Music, Music Collection, Nostalgia, Quasimoto, Range, Records, Strange Revelation, The Black Crowes, The Dukes of Stratosphear, The DVD Player as CD Player, Vinyl, XTC ·

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August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Shelf Life: The Order – or Lack of Order – In Your Record/Tape/Book/CD Collection/s

A friend visited at the start of the year – in town for that Webstock caper. We only catch up once a year or so these days, but as with all of the people I’ve stayed in touch with since school, half our lives ago, we make up for lost time instantly. There’s no awkwardness. […]
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April 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

An Owner’s Manual For Your Music Collection: Are You The Stereo-Nazi In Your House?

I was reading The Drumset Owner’s Manual: A Heavily Illustrated Guide To Selecting, Setting Up And Maintaining All Components Of The Acoustic Drumset by Ronald Vaughan. Riveting stuff, obviously. But as an obsessive Wellington Public Library  visitor I am on something of a quest to read every music book that building (temporarily) houses – well, […]
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