I am so happy about a couple points. 01) Chris from Regalia in the Fan Tan Alley set me up with a 45s record box. 02) Ditch Records on Johnson Street in downtown Victoria sells contemporary 45 singles! I had to buy some. In the end I settled on three. They’re cheap, but not free [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Playing 45s: Here’s your money back
Posted in music, tagged 45s, Big Black, Japandroids, Racer-X, Smiths, The Dead Weather, The National, Vinyl on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Playing 45s // Tommy James and Teresa Brewer
Posted in music, tagged 45s, Coral Records, Roulette Records, Teresa Brewer, Tommy James and the Shondells, Vintage, Vinyl on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Messing around with 45s I tracked down today, I wanted to share with you. I am sure if I keep jamming out 45s and records as my collection grows, I’ll come up with a craftier name, but for now I present, PLAYING 45s! nice. I just finished reading Tommy James‘ biography ‘Me, The Mob, and [...]
Defense Wins Championships
Posted in music, tagged Buddy Holly, Coral Records, DJ Labels, DJ Murge, Numark NS7, Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins on May 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My brother CJ got married last Sunday to his lovely Caitlin. The wedding was very fun. Good people, great venue and food, obviously a great party. I wanted to get CJ a record as a wedding gift and chose something that I could remember from our younger days. The album that came to mind was [...]
History’s Mechanical Marvel!
Posted in history 101, music, tagged and the Music, Boilerplate, Me, Roulette Records, Sad Robots, Stars, Steampunk, The Mob, Tommy James, Tommy James and the Shondells, Victoria on May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last weekend in Victoria was busy. There was the parade, the hordes of American band nerds, the cruise ships and holidayers, personally I had a wedding to attend and DJ and then there were the kids dressed as olden tyme Victorians crossed with Mad-Max. Steampunks. Taking my grandparents for a stroll around Victoria I noticed [...]
The hunt continues
Posted in music, tagged Band of Horses, Plants and Animals, Scheu Analog on May 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
ahhh, it happened today. My grandparents are in town for my brother’s wedding. They brought my little cousin Conner from Kamloops too. I met up with them this morning before the show to have a coffee. We walked the West Bay Walkway into town and I stopped by Ditch… and huzzah, new shipment of Band [...]
Open your ear hole
Posted in music, tagged Arcade Fire, Atlas Audio Video, Bob Lefsetz, Record Player, Rega, Scheu, Scheu Analog, The National on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Arcade Fire have posted a couple clips of their new single(s), “The Suburbs” b/w “Month of May.” They have a fun virtual turntable to listen to a small sample of each cut. Check it out! *** A little update on my quest to find a record player turntable DIY kit. Rega does not do [...]
Build it out of wood
Posted in music, neat-O gang, tagged Analog Apartment, Audiowood, Band of Horses, Ditch Records, Record Players, Rega, Scheu, Scheu Analog, Young House Love on May 19, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday I was hard at work (or uhhh hard at watching Zone Sound tech Russ) fixing my Kenwood amplifier and Hitachi Turntable. I am happy to report that the Kenwood sounds much better after cleaning the contacts and we eliminated a ton of the scratchy sounds it was having. The record player needs a more [...]
Analog YEAH!
Posted in history 101, life or something like it, music, tagged Alan Cross, Analog Apartment, Fuck Yeah Vinyl, Records on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading Alan Cross’ website yesterday and he found a great article with a very poignant quote. “I remember the first record I ever bought. Do you remember your first download?” – The Young Person’s Guide to Vinyl I remember the first three records I bought, on Compact Disc, with my own money, that [...]
MIX: 5 Candies
Posted in music, playlist, tagged Active Child, Baths, Fol Chen, Kisses, Kraftwerk, Numark NS7, Pallers, remix, Serato, Spirituals, The Books, The Man-Machine, Vestax VCI-300, Woodsmen on May 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A mix of songs of music I generally found as free downloads off http://pitchfork.com . I presented them at the Veneto Lounge (http://hotelrialto.ca) on the weekend. I normally pick songs that have similar BPM when I craft a mix because that is all I can do to blend them together. These songs are all over [...]
Download: Paper Cranes – Chivalry’s Dead (Remix)
Posted in music, tagged Paper Cranes on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Download: Paper Cranes – “Chivalry’s Dead (Arturo Remix)” Its pretty good!
