Monthly Mixtape: August
Better With a Friend Every mixtape I have made so far has been for my own personal amusement, but I do make tapes for friends. This months mixtape was made for a friend had...
Author: Jose Diaz
Five for Five: More Singles for Under a Dollar
Variety is the Spice of Life Another five Friday month, another edition of Five for Five. This week we’re looking at some 60’s classics and some catchy dance music. Keep an eye out for...
Narrative: Collecting Vinyl During a Pandemic
Vinyl in the Era of Coronavirus At the beginning of the year, I was optimistic to think that I would be spending my weekends travelling around Ohio interviewing the owners of my favorite record...
Analog Adventures: Manchild
Phum Viphurit Manchild (2018) About the Artist The term manchild is not always nice. William Faulkner first used manchild in his book The Sound and the Fury to describe the intellectually disabled 33 year...
Secondhand Joy: Records in Thrift and Antique Stores
Goodwill Hunting Imagine it is 2005. You’re a teenager getting into new kinds of music and have always liked the idea of vinyl records. You have a $20 bill in your pocket, and to...
Monthly Mixtape: July
Run For Cover Summer is heating up and that means it’s time for a new mixtape. This month’s theme is cover music, songs that were originally by one artist and done by another. Many...
Review: The Exchange
A Great Deal of Entertainment Nothing quite beats a local record shop. The personality of the owner and staff shine through in every aspect of the store, from the music playing to the...
Analog Adventures: Let the Sun Talk
Mavi Let the Sun Talk (2019) About the Artist Mavi is a brilliant young rapper, recently graduating from the prestigious Howard University with a degree in neuroscience. He embodies the idea of the eternal...
Record Store Day
A Reason to Celebrate During the decline of physical media in the early to mid 2000s, there were winners and losers. In the winner’s corner you have digital music services such as iTunes and...
Monthly Mixtape: June
The Times They Are a-Changin’ Originally the playlist for this month was supposed to be about the moon. It was to correspond with the full moon tonight, but a lot has changed since I...
