After the ad (yes, we dislike this too) this YouTube video featuring the I Love Vinyl folks, is pretty awesome. Enjoy the vinyl love!
Turntabling will have a MAJOR vinyl blowout for two days at StudioLab, located on the 5th floor of the Bridgeport Art Center. Saturday December 6 and Sunday December 7 are the dates for the Renegade Craft Fair which has found a new home at the Bridgeport Art Center. Those two days are artist open studios and Turntabling will be set up on the 5th floor in StudioLab, which is run by Joe Wallace who, coincidentally, also runs Turntabling.
There will be TONS of RARE VINYL and a lot of good discount finds and even a “pay what you prefer” bin. This is going to be a MAJOR sale of Turntabling stock and also includes rare CDs and much more. You do not want to miss this rare, one of a kind event featuring some of the most rare soundtrack and other vinyl finds we’ve got.
That’s SATURDAY and SUNDAY December 6 and 7 2014 on the 5th Floor of the Bridgeport Art Center located at 1200 W. 35th Street in Chicago in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
Unfortunately there is NO ATM in the building however, Turntabling is proud to use Square and does accept credit cards. See you there!
Every once in a while it seems like a good idea to talk about why vinyl records are awesome, why it’s a good thing to collect vinyl and what it means to live the vinyl lifestyle.
Not everybody who buys records is into “living the vinyl lifestyle” but for me personally, this is something I’ve made a massive part of my life. It’s part of my livelihood, it’s part of my creative process, and buying/playing/selling/trading vinyl takes up a big chunk of my day.
Why?
It’s not just about supporting artists that I like, or supporting record stores that have become local institutions in my city, or even just about finding and sharing new music. It’s also about the idea that vinyl records represent something important–people who have decided to make their lives about something more than just a 9-to-5 job or the day-to-day nonsense we’re all plagued with.
It does’t matter if you’re a record seller, a concert-goer, a music reviewer, a vinyl collector or the musician making the music that gets immortalized on vinyl–together we all make this community of people who have found a common joy that is represented by LPs, 12-inch singles, 45s and seven-inch singles, liner notes, artwork and all the wonderful experiences that go along with these things.
When you play a record, go to a record shop, attend a concert, buy a band t-shirt, etc. you participate and contribute to this bigger thing that arose around all of these separate activities. It makes the whole thing possible. It doesn’t matter so much about the genre of music, the location of it, etc. etc…it’s more about the doing and the sharing.
How cool is that?
I love nothing more than coming into my office, turning on the lava lamp and the turntable and relaxing into some strange new vinyl find I discovered earlier in the day. When I list these things for sale, I’ve not just gone out and scoured the earth for them, but I’ve also curated my offerings in my own way–I put my own spin on what I have collected and offer for sale. There’s a fun connection you make with people who share your love for these things.
That’s what keeps me coming back again and again to collecting AND selling–I love making those connections between people who love the kinds of vinyl I too am obsessed with.
Buy a turntable for someone as a present–you could be unlocking a whole new world they never even knew existed until they were faced with the challenge of finding something to play on that new machine.
–Joe Wallace