How It’s Made on Making Vinyl Records

May 30, 2011

We continue our reports from Vinyl Road Rage tomorrow–there are plenty of record stores still to come from our road trip–but first, have a look at this fun clip on how vinyl records are made, courtesy of the Science Channel’s How It’s Made show.
Embedding was disabled so we can only link to it (see above) but [...]

Tracks, Bloomington Indiana

May 4, 2011

by Joe Wallace
Bloomington, Indiana has some great record stores. Since it’s a college town it’s not surprising that there’s a cluster of decent shops within a short distance of one another, and the town in general is worth a serious look if you’re on the road–vinyl junkie or not.
Tracks is a shop that wins early [...]

Backbeats Record Store, Rantoul Illinois

May 1, 2011

by Joe Wallace
I had been dying to check out Backbeats Record Store in Rantoul, Illinois since I read a very good online review of the store in 2010 while planning Vinyl Road Rage #2. I was never able to make the trip until this go-round, and I have to say I was not disappointed.
Backbeats is [...]

The View from Vinyl Road Rage

April 26, 2011

Here’s a collection of images taken along the way from Vinyl Road Rage. The record shop reviews begin with our very next post, so stay tuned for a long series of ‘em!

An absolutely fabulous find at the Columbus record store Magnolia Thunderpussy, which wins some kind of prize for the most uniquely left-field company name, [...]

Alex Day of Chameleon Circuit on Vinyl Records

April 11, 2011

Chameleon Circuit had not appeared on the Turntabling radar until just today when this fun YouTube video popped up. For anyone with a passing interest in Doctor Who, this band is probably already a known quantity–they write songs about Time Lords, the TARDIS, etc. and have dubbed their sound “Time Lord Rock”.
Anybody obsessed with both [...]