Iʼll be in the Charo section
Saturday, April 1st, 2023 Alive 18,967 days
What? Doesnʼt every record store have an “Albums with Marlon Brando on the cover” section?
Showing blathrs with the tag “Records.”
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Radio and records
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 Alive 18,627 days
I found the record The Sound of Houston at the record store today.
In the early 1980ʼs, KRBE Radio held a contest where its listeners were asked to compose a theme song for the city. The winning entries were then pressed into a record, and 40 years later here they are today — in the value bin, priced at 99¢.
The songs are very very 1980ʼs. Lots of power ballads with saxophones, clarinets, and chimes. Surprisingly few have much of a country twang, but many would fit in with the local TV news themes of the era.
It seems sad that the heartfelt work of a dozen recording hopefuls has been reduced to just 8¼¢ a piece.
Listening with 2022 ears, none of them are very good. But they are an audio time capsule of a certain era, and a certain place.
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So expected
Thursday, January 6th, 2022 Alive 18,517 days
Things that sometimes donʼt work, or donʼt work as expected:
- Apple Music
- Spotify
- SiriusXM
- Amazon Music
- Pandora
Thing that always works exactly as expected: My wifeʼs vinyl record player.
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Worked for Tom Selleck
Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 Alive 18,421 days
They say you can find anything in a used record store. And I think I just did.
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