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  Best Buy to Carry Vinyl?

  http://vinylcast.net/?p=115
  53 days ago in Vinylcast · Authority: 2

  The vinyl lovers on the net are all a flutter… but are they happy?  Sure maybe, maybe some like to be unique, but they cannot deny, vinyl records are coming back, but probably not taking over.  Best Buy announced that it would start stocking vinyl records at select stores recently. According to the Star Tribune: Toe-tappers snapped up nearly 1 million records last year, a 15 percent increase and the highest level in three years, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Though the LP never lost its luster to many audiophiles and the handful of independent music stores that kept healthy numbers of them in stock, mainstream retailers now are getting into the act. The most recent is Richfield-based Best Buy Co. Inc., which is launching a pilot project at an undisclosed number of stores. “We’ve got an executive here who’s basically responding to his own children and is sponsoring a test to see if there’s a market,” said Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson, 59, with a big belly laugh, adding, “As an old vinyl collector, this is close to my heart.” Amen, Best Buy!
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  Music Stuff Round-up: 7.6 - 7.12

  http://audiblevitamins.com/2008/07/12/music-stuff-round-up-7...
  57 days ago in audible vitamins · Authority: 2

  Elton John, Lou Reed, Tony Bennett and Bill Clinton are some of the guests already lined up for Elvis Costello’s new variety show, called Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…: Read Not wishing to follow the lead of Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin will not be lending their music to any video games anytime soon: Read This indie rock-themed coloring book looks like fun: Read The National have chosen their Mr. November: Read Shudder To Think will reunite for a short tour this fall: Read Due an increase in sales over the last few years, Best Buy will begin selling vinyl LP’s: Read Devo said no to McDonald’s but yes to a new toothbrush: Read
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  News Round-up: 7/9/2008

  http://blog.allmusic.com/2008/07/09/news-round-up-792008/
  60 days ago in The Allmusic Blog · Authority: 142

  Yes they can! On the heels of their recent reunion appearance at a Barack Obama fundraising event, D.C. rockers Shudder to Think (who parted ways in the late ’90s) have announced more tour dates. [Idolator.com] Facing similar gentrification issues that forced legendary punk club CBGB’s to shut down, L.A.’s Knitting Factory might also be forced to close its doors. [LAist.com] U.K. illustrator Andy J. Miller has designed an indie-rock colouring book with activities inspired by such artists as Sufjan Stevens and Grizzly Bear. [Exclaim.ca] My Morning Jacket are, like, so over their latest album. [NME] Given the recent increase in LP sales, Best Buy will begin stocking vinyl albums. [StarTribune.com] “Rock Band 2″ will feature several improvements over its predecessor, including wireless drums, softer guitar necks, a World Tour online option, and more. [MTV.com] The hair-metal festival Rocklahoma begins today, with veteran acts like Warrant, Ratt, and Queensryche scheduled to take the stage. [ABCNews.go.com]
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  a blast from the past

  http://rhymehistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/blast-from-past.htm...
  60 days ago in Rhyme in History · Authority: 1

  Contractive trends revive the past. Certainly, we see in expansive trends - especially near the culmination of an expansive trend - a surge in nostalgia. That is celebratory. In the contractive trend the past comes to the fore in a different way. People reject the technology, as discussed in several previous posts. They go back to the simple life. They want to get in touch with nature, the past, their roots. The old ways resurge in popularity. Here we see the revival of vinyl, which was always a superior sound to digital. "Holy crap: Best Buy will start selling vinyl records at an undisclosed number of test stores, the Strib's Jackie Crosby writes. Vinyl sounds "warm," and covers look "fun," one aficionado gushes. Rap and hip-hop deserve a lot of the credit. The local indies who kept the format alive say they'll survive the mainstream onslaught. Electric Fetus has tripled its vinyl section in 18 months." I predict a further trend beyond what can be explained by rappers or indie musicians. Hell, I want vinyl, too. This is similar to what we've been discussing in previous posts. The trends of opposite direction - expansive and contractive - form a whole. Our psychology and behavior changes in these two trends that raise and settle issues. Trends come in different degrees. Some icons, symbols, and issues are short lived, others are long lived. People are beginning to seek out the old ways, as with vinyl. (No, I don't think they'll want the 8-track player in their car; they're not stupid.) In the next few posts we'll be looking at how many people misinterpret trends as they make the headlines.
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  addicto | 07.08.08

  http://addicto.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/addicto-070808/
  60 days ago in · Authority: 3

  Tenacious D ‘One-And-A-Half Songs’ Into Next Album Nickelback Inks Multi-Rights Deal with Live Nation Chloë Sevigny: Sonic Youth’s Ice Princess ‘Music’: The Newest Division of Corporate America Indie Label to Try Radiohead Model No Metallica, Beatles Yet for Guitar Hero … Led Zeppelin? Never Devendra Banhart, Gilberto Gil: Live Together Was Busta Rhymes Dropped by Interscope? … Usher Dropping Manager for Mom? … Usher vs. Timberlake Portishead Working on Fourth Album, Done Touring for Third Ludacris Inks Multi-Million Dollar Deal W/ AT&T Kanye West Denies Anger Management Rumors Dungen Finish Fourth Album Shudder to Think Reunite, Announce Tour Dates Sirius-XM Merger Update: More Drama Best Buys Tries Selling Vinyl Franz Ferdinand on Madden Soundtrack ‘Hip-Hop Mayor’ Has Rapper-Sized Problems Holy Crap: 50 Cent’s New Video Game Looks Awesome Cartel Splits With Epic, Signs With Wind-Up L.A. Prosecutors Charge Nate Dogg With Stalking Britney Shooting Video for Madonna Moody Blues’ First Albums To Be Reissued Sarkozy Selling ‘Three Strikes’ Plan to Europe Coldplay, Duffy Race to Set U.K. Chart Record ‘Free’ Bon Jovi Central Park Tickets Fetch Thousands On EBay Springsteen to Release Danny Federici’s Last Performance on New EP What Fred Durst is Like in 2008 Polaris Music Prize Announces 2008 Shortlist VIDEOS: Estelle Nas Feat. Keri Hilson Bloc Party Black Ghosts Albert Hammond, Jr. Killer Mike Feat. Ice Cube Death Cab for Cutie Fleet Foxes Brendan Canning TOURDATES: Juana Molina Avett Brothers Ice Cube TV on the Radio Ed Harcourt REFRESH FOR LATEST …
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  addicto | 07.08.08

  http://addicto.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/addicto-070808/
  60 days ago in · Authority: 3

  Tenacious D ‘One-And-A-Half Songs’ Into Next Album Nickelback Inks Multi-Rights Deal with Live Nation Chloë Sevigny: Sonic Youth’s Ice Princess ‘Music’: The Newest Division of Corporate America Indie Label to Try Radiohead Model No Metallica, Beatles Yet for Guitar Hero … Led Zeppelin? Never Devendra Banhart, Gilberto Gil: Live Together Was Busta Rhymes Dropped by Interscope? … Usher Dropping Manager for Mom? … Usher vs. Timberlake Portishead Working on Fourth Album, Done Touring for Third Ludacris Inks Multi-Million Dollar Deal W/ AT&T Kanye West Denies Anger Management Rumors Dungen Finish Fourth Album Shudder to Think Reunite, Announce Tour Dates Sirius-XM Merger Update: More Drama Best Buys Tries Selling Vinyl Franz Ferdinand on Madden Soundtrack ‘Hip-Hop Mayor’ Has Rapper-Sized Problems Holy Crap: 50 Cent’s New Video Game Looks Awesome Cartel Splits With Epic, Signs With Wind-Up L.A. Prosecutors Charge Nate Dogg With Stalking Britney Shooting Video for Madonna Moody Blues’ First Albums To Be Reissued Sarkozy Selling ‘Three Strikes’ Plan to Europe Coldplay, Duffy Race to Set U.K. Chart Record ‘Free’ Bon Jovi Central Park Tickets Fetch Thousands On EBay Springsteen to Release Danny Federici’s Last Performance on New EP What Fred Durst is Like in 2008 Polaris Music Prize Announces 2008 Shortlist VIDEOS: Estelle Nas Feat. Keri Hilson Bloc Party Black Ghosts Albert Hammond, Jr. Killer Mike Feat. Ice Cube Death Cab for Cutie Fleet Foxes Brendan Canning TOURDATES: Juana Molina Avett Brothers Ice Cube TV on the Radio Ed Harcourt REFRESH FOR LATEST …
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  Best Buy Going For Warmer, Fuller Sound [Spin The Black Circle [redux]]

  http://idolator.com/398104/best-buy-going-for-warmer-fuller-...
  61 days ago in Idolator, All About the Music... If Only It Were · Authority: 1,296

  Best Buy Going For Warmer, Fuller Sound Hey, independent music stores: Did you think for a minute you had the vinyl market to yourselves? With the vinyl market as the only physical portion of the biz that improved last year (nearly a million new vinyl albums were sold, up 15 percent), did you think the big boys wouldn't notice? Well, they have: Best Buy is looking into the vinyl biz, testing the format in several of their stores. Obviously, Best Buy doesn't expect record sales to become a huge portion of their business, but at very least, it keeps kids out of those pesky local stores. [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
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  Monday News Mash-Up

  http://blog.kexp.org/blog/?p=6384
  62 days ago in KEXP Blog · Authority: 80

  Black Swans violinist Noel Sayre passed away the morning of July 3rd due to a swimming accident. More information about services and donations can be found via the band’s website or by emailing the group. Sonic Youth are readying the release of Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth, the eighth release from the band’s SYR label. The album captures a 2005 performance at the Roskilde Festival that featured Jim O’Rourke, Mats Gustaffson, and legendary noise phenom Merzbow. Sub Pop, feeling its 20th Anniversary Festival isn’t enough of a celebration, is restarting their ever-popular Singles Club. The year-long subscription series promises a monthly release, with the Bay Area drones of Om kicking things off August 15th. A mysterious countdown greets visitors to Bloc Party’s website, fueling rumors that the band may deliver a preview of material set from their unfinished third album. The countdown’s end is set for 6 PM (EST)/3 PM (PST) today (July 7th). John Oates and his mustache continue to ride the wave of renewed popularity thanks to a proposed cartoon from independent publisher, Primary Wave Music. J-Stache follows the adventures of family man Oates as he’s coaxed back into rock stardom thanks to his Dave Attell-voiced mustache. The pilot episode is still in production. Consumer electronic giant Best Buy is getting back into the vinyl game, making the once-dying medium available at an undisclosed amount of stores. The warm crackle of the turntable held dear by collectors can now be discovered by a generation raised on iTunes.

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