Vinyl Retail Comeback?

Apparently retailers are giving vinyl another shot, thanks to the recent re popularization of the medium.

CNN has the story.

I think it's pretty cool. I'm not a collector, but I have heard collectors said how hard it is to get records, so I think this is a positive for all involved.

Blink 182

For shits and giggles I threw Blink 182's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket into my stereo the other day. I hadn't listened to it in a long while and for some reason had a jones to listen to grown men sing about being teenagers. Anyway, after a couple listens I realized I don't hate Blink 182 as much as I thought I did. I think I grew out of their juvenile antics and incessant gross jokes and just gave up on them musically as well.

I realized in listening to them though, that for the one or two lame-ass songs about poop/sex/farts/etc. that they know how to write songs. The fact that I hate Tom Delonge's whiny voice does take a little away from his songwriting skills, but that explains why I hate Angels and Airwaves and couldn't care less about him. (Never mind the fact that he's also a serious head case now.) Mark Hoppus on the other hand, I still love the man. His voice is solid, he writes songs that are catchy and he's not nuts. And the fact that Travis stuck with him and go on to form +44 has to say something about the man's business practices.

Anyway, listening to Blink 182 as a 20-year-old is a vastly different experience than it was when I was 14- and 15-years-old.


The Rock Show (my favorite song on Take Off Your Pants and Jacket)

Tune Up

There's a pretty rad new program in the works. It's called "Tune Up"and it cleans up your iTunes library so you don't have that Track 7 or unknown artist info anymore. It also finds missing album art, which is cool, if that kind of thing matters to you.

It's not out yet, but you can sign-up for updates about when the Beta will be released to the public. Definitely worth checking out if you have slight OCD about your music collection.