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Occasional Reflections on Sound, Music, Record Collecting and Looking for What’s Next
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.
The rules of Scratch Ticket Radio are simple. During a trip to a record store, I put aside $10 to specifically spend on a few used 45s. The $10 limit is firm, so I end up with different amounts of records depending on their prices. Consistent with the gambling analogy, I do not listen to them in the store before I buy them, and I cannot select 45s by artists that I already know or that contain songs that I am already familiar with. Then, once I have them home, as if taking a quarter to a scratch ticket, I listen to each song to determine its quality. If I come out with more keepers than duds, the ticket as a whole can be considered a winner.
Six of One, Half Dozen of Another
As it turns out, I happen to know a few people who are musicians. Over the years I have found that when we talk about music, it is typically in a rather ad-hoc fashion. For that reason, I have decided that I would like to create opportunities for deeper conversations by asking my musician friends to highlight and discuss six songs of theirs and six songs by musicians who have inspired them. Hence, six of one, half-dozen of another.
The 100 Best Records In My Collection
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).
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