Michael O'BrienTom Waits wants to show you his 7-inch.Everybody likes record stores. And this Saturday, as I'm sure you know, is National Record Store Day. In only its second year, the vinyl-junkie's holiday has gotten huge, thanks to big-name recording artists throwing in guitar giveaways, downloads, special-edition re-releases, parties, you name it. Joining the fray are Anti-/Epitaph artists Tom Waits, Booker T. Jones and Bad Religion, all releasing limited-edition 7-inches in commemoration of
Erik and Colleen Voeks announced on Facebook this morning that their record store in Shawnee, Needmore Discs, will be shutting its doors for good on August 2. Thanks to Robert Moore for passing along the note.
July 3rd is Needmore Discs six year anniversary, and six years is a pretty fair innings. Right? We've had some good times. Sold a bunch of CDs and records. Met some awesome people. Paid the bills. But as George once sang "All things must pass" and "all things" includes Needmore Discs. The
We wrote yesterday about the impending closure of Needmore Discs, and how sad it was to see another local record store go. Erik Voeks was kind enough to give me a few more details on the specifics behind closing the store down:
"The music retail business has been changing for years (obviously). With everybody moving to downloads it's become harder and harder for a small independent store like ours to survive...without resorting to carrying "smoking accessories" and black lights. We always wante
PBS' NOVA program recently featured a segment on the much over-used (and evidently dead, according to Jay-Z) bit of computer software known as Auto-Tune. Thanks to the miracle of YouTube, you can find out all the science behind the whys and wherefores of how this miracle bit of coding has allowed the likes of Kanye and T-Pain to reach new heights of music sales.
NPR has done two stories on the software, as well--one this past November, and another in 2004. Public broadcasting is bigger than hip
