Vinyl

Lots of Awesome Links

Posted on February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 by Sam Kornstein in Links

At least in my opinion. They’ve been piling up: 1. What a prank call proves about Wisconsin 2. “I don’t want to marry someone if I don’t have a job first” 3. The Wrong Answer to Climate Change 4. The Onion on Opting Out of Google 5. Who Doesn’t Love Stop Motion? 6. What Motivates Employees? (Not Money) And these are from my Mom (she sends me lots of interesting stuff): 7. Find You Some Vinyl. It’s a new “search engine” exclusively devoted to finding the best deals on vinyl records, and here’s an article about it. It’s still under development, but it looks like it will be a great resource. 8. Could Biologists Avert the Next Banking Crisis?

More Vinyl Recommendations

Posted on January 3, 2011January 3, 2011 by Sam Kornstein in Music

From the comments of my previous post on vinyl, Gabe Francis adds some great recommendations: Here are a few vinyl records I can’t stop listening to: 1. The Best of Nina Simone 2. Remain in Light by Talking Heads 3. Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan 4. Post War by M Ward 5. Moon Pix by Cat Power Gabe and I met this past summer in Costa Rica while he was working there as a Kiva Fellow. For those who don’t know about Kiva, it’s a community-based micro finance organization that connects potential lenders around the world, such as you and me, to low income individuals and organizations that need small loans. Unlike donating to a charity, when you give money

Sunday Spins

Posted on January 2, 2011January 3, 2011 by Sam Kornstein in Music

I’ve been listening to a lot of vinyl lately. After years of procrastination, I finally put together a proper stereo system and picked up a new turntable. It’s been great. There’s something extremely satisfying about listening to records. It’s not just the warmer sound of vinyl (although that’s certainly part of it), but I think an even bigger draw is the routine. These days it’s just too easy to toss on Pandora or a playlist with a few hundred songs. And then you can go do something else. The music becomes background noise. Listening to records is different. The couple minutes it takes to pick out an album and put it onto the turntable is an investment. It’s small, but you’re not