Listening Station Eight began with an occasional newsletter of the same title, focused on my thoughts and experiences with music and audio. Over time, Listening Station Eight became more things, so I renamed the music newsletter the Audio Miscellany. I’m still sending them out via email, and I can add you to the mailing list if you let me know you want it (send email to – listeningstationeight@gmail.com). A link to each installment to date is provided below. I also put together a collection of pieces that you can download here, to read as a PDF or to print as a zine (assembly required).
Responding to a request from one of my kids, I put together a list of the 100 best records in my collection. The two key stipulations: 1) I had to have a physical copy, and 2) I couldn’t do it from memory. Everything on the list had to make it based on what I think of it now, not what I remember thinking about it at some time in the past. You can download to read as a pdf or to print as a zine (assembly required).
Individual Newsletters
Record Shopping in Shibuya (March 2023)
Lil’ Erik’s Foster Home for Records (January 2023)
Riding the Coattails of Somebody Else’s Obsession (May 2022)
The Gift of Little Mysteries (November 2020)
“It’s a Mean Old World to Try to Live In” – Thoughts on the Blues (October 2020)
Listening (May 2019)
Joining the Grand Conversation (January 2018)
Is This Real? (June 2017)
Which Side Are You On? (August 2016)
What Are You Listening to Now? (July 2016)
Where Does It Start? (June 2016)
Scratch Ticket Radio
I have another music-related project I call Scratch Ticket Radio. For this, I give myself $10 to spend on 45s at a used record store. The stipulation is that I can’t know the artist or the song. If there are more good songs than bad then the batch is a winner. My write-ups for these trips have a lot of links so that readers can check out the songs I ended up with, so rather than creating a printed collection, I made a pdf with live links. You can access that here. Individual pieces can be accessed below.
Scratch Ticket Radio: A Christmas Miracle
Scratch Ticket Radio: Jamaican Edition
Scratch Ticket Radio: Old Town Talinn
Scatch Ticket Radio: All You Can Eat
Scratch Ticket Radio: Albany Edition
Scratch Ticket Radio: Picture Sleeve Edition
Scratch Ticket Radio #6
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