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Side One Track One

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John Laird runs Side One Track One from my favorite city, Austin, Texas. It’s my old stomping grounds having lived in San Antonio for seven years…I played shows there, dropped a small fortune in music and media there, and shot part of my as-of-yet-unfinished documentary on America and the Iraq war there. So I gotta give John Laird props if for no other reason than he’s music blogging in one of the greatest places in the world to run a music blog from. In case you have been living under a rock, Austin is the live music capital of the world and it’s fertile territory to be a creative type in.

Side One Track One doesn’t seem to be exclusively about vinyl, but I was sucked in by the cool turntable graphic and the content of the posts themselves. I’ve been kicking about off and on at this great music blog, and I’m happy to recommend this one.

Too bad John didn’t start this one back when I was playing gigs with Pink Filth, Crevice and with my solo project Paisley Babylon in Austin…but alas SOTO was started in 2006, a few years too late for me to hobnob with SOTO at the late, great 33 Degrees, Hole in the Wall, Sound Exchange or any of the other fun Austin places that have slipped into history. Check out this great Austin-based blog, if for no other reason than the fact that he rails against Pitchfork. I was an instant fan after reading that…

The Yellow Stereo

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While The Yellow Stereo isn’t completely vinyl-centric, I really enjoy it and thought it would be fun to share. Anybody who has the patience and endurance to cover Pitchfork deserves their props, and besides all that, TYS is pretty sweet. The Yellow Stereo does give mentions to new bands releasing stuff on vinyl and that’s more than enough for me, especially when there is plenty of free music on offer to help you decide which indie bands to support this week with your MP3 purchases.

The thing I like most about this blog is that the About section reveals TYS to be a fellow traveler: “(The Yellow Stereo is) A place for friends to keep up with a lot of the music I was listening to. Usually it would fall upon deaf ears, but I figured someone out there liked the same music as me.”

This sums up the purpose to Turntabling.net quite well, and a lot more succinctly than my own About section! Please drop by The Yellow Stereo and have a look, it’s well worth the time. If I could remember how I stumbled across this one, I’d give props…