Too Many Bad Pressings May 2, 2024 Vinyl & Music Has anyone else noticed a fair amount of bad pressings for new vinyl? I received a turntable for my 50th birthday in October and have purchased a Depeche Mode Violator at 34 March 19, 2024 Depeche Mode & Violator & Music Today is the 34th anniversary of the release of the Depeche Mode album Violator. What follows is a Frankenstein-esque patching together of various Now Playing: Violent Femmes Violent Femmes March 16, 2024 Now Playing & Music & Violent Femmes & Vinyl On Wednesday I rectified the fact that I did not actually own this record. My best friend in high school, Matthew, had this album on either Gear: Sony WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones March 4, 2024 Music & WFH & Gear & EDC Far too often I forget that I bought these for listening to music and instead over the last few years these have become my work headphones. Not for Now Playing: Bandcamp Friday Purchases March 2, 2024 Now Playing & Bandcamp Friday & Music March 1, 2024 was Bandcamp Friday. What’s that, you may ask? Check out my original post for more on what Bandcamp Friday is. Here are my purchases Now Playing: Depeche Mode A Broken Frame February 17, 2024 Now Playing & Music & Depeche Mode Cleaning up my office today because if I don’t then things will begin to run amok. Thought I would listen to this album today while I did said OCD.106 “Mixtape” Closed and Completed February 14, 2024 Music & Mixtape & OCD.### I am Gen X and as such very much grew up making mixtapes for friends/family. As technology progressed this evolved to making mix CDs, and then, Now Playing: Bandcamp Friday Purchases February 3, 2024 Now Playing & Bandcamp Friday & Music What is Bandcamp Friday? Well, Bandcamp is a website where independent (and yes, some established artists) can sell their music directly to their 2023 Year In Review: Music, part 02 of 02 January 21, 2024 Music & Year In Review Another caveat: most of these songs came out in 2023 (some just barely, like “Flowers”) but some I only just discovered in 2023, so I counted them. 2023 Year In Review: Music, part 01 of 02 January 21, 2024 Music & Year In Review For the most part these are mainly albums that came out in 2023, but there are a few that came out previously that I only just discovered in 2023,