Recorded Music Is Everlasting and That’s a Problem Argues ‘Decomposed’
Kyle Devine’s Decomposed is a landmark contribution to musicology, offering a sobering but sorely needed account of recorded music’s environmental consequences.
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Black Vinyl: Confessions of a Music Collector
When I touched a copy of the Beatles’ Rarities from the odd, older man’s box of records, the hair stood on the back of my neck. These are the tales of a record collector.
‘Designed for Hi-Fi Living’: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America by Janet Borgerson, Jonathan Schroeder
A colorful new book celebrates the midcentury rise of the vinyl format and its attempt to reflect and inform modern American life.
Stream of (Music) Consciousness
The 'Marshall McLuhan' message borne by the MP3 revolution is clear: music is endlessly plentiful and entirely disposable. So what's the message of streaming?