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...track to cringe-inducing effect: “Baby, you bad—not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.” Paired with insipid production, these lyrical offenses render several tracks unremarkable at best.“He was the first to put his fingertips on vinyl, spinning backwards and that’s why today he’s known as an idol,” we’re reminded of Grandmaster Flash’s past innovations on “Bronx Bombers.” Unfortunately, even with a promising line...
...Sawyer said, adding that business has been so busy that she can barely keep up. Weirdo’s entrance to the market has been welcomed by both customers and other business owners. Weirdo Records customer Jason Tetreault—a self-described “vinyl junkie” who has frequented Boston music stores throughout his life—said that he was impressed by the new store. “Just from looking at the stuff, I’m blown away,” said Tetreault. “The sixties vinyl section looks pretty sick...
...ToDVDs are fine. We thought so before Blu-ray and still do. They were a big advance over videocassettes in clarity and durability; whereas a cassette, like a vinyl record or an eight-track, deteriorated simply by being played, DVDs don't erode with age. The Searchers, The Third Man, The Dark Knight and WALL?E all look terrific on DVD. As terrific as on Blu-ray? Not quite. But what are we, eye doctors...
...record labels hadn't seen this sort of thing before. In the early 80's, the industry. hurting from the collapse of disco, was saved by the advent of compact discs, which prompted fans everywhere to repurchase crisp, digital copies of albums they already owned on tape or vinyl. Record labels notched record profits and everyone went money mad. Then came the Internet, and instead of responding creatively and inclusively to this new threat, the industry decided to go to war. And it lost. (See photos from two decades of Guns n' Roses - from Appetite for Destruction to Chinese Democracy...
Fairly or unfairly, neatly or messily, sooner or later the switchover will happen. And when it does, we should take a moment to salute the passing of the analog era. Just as vinyl records gave rise to scratching and skipping, analog TV created a whole gallery of hallucinatory special effects: ghosting, snow, psychedelic colors, vertical hold. We hated them at the time, but we may yet come to miss them. Digital signals are more robust than analog--they're less prone to distortion, and when they break up, they do it in tidy little squares, which aren't nearly...