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...discs. The complete works of almost all major artists, from Rachmaninoff to the Rolling Stones, are being released in the new format. At up to $18 a pop, CDs are costly, but the tones they produce are astonishingly crisp and clear. Pressed between CDs and cassette tapes, the venerable vinyl long-playing record is being relegated to memory lane...
...single in a Captain Crunch box, I found the Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" in an issue of Time magazine, and they handed out copies of "Up Where We Belong" at a screening of An Officer and A Gentleman. Of Course, these were all soft and fragile pieces of vinyl not meant to last a lifetime, maybe only worthy of one smudgy play, but they were still nice surprise samplers in odd corners of culture. The soul--or the lack thereof--of the compact disc is such a technological boy wonder that it will never be simplified into fun forms...
...baseball cards was once every parent's idea of a nice quiet hobby. The only noise it inspired was the popping of bubble gum. But this month LJN Toys will introduce baseball cards that produce their own chatter when inserted into a battery-operated player called Sportstalk. On tiny vinyl records that have been laminated on the back of each baseball card, players from Hank Aaron to Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson reminisce for some two minutes apiece about their famous moments on the field. The retail price for the machine with four cards will be $28; additional four-card...
...hardware gets more impressive every day. There are toilets with vinyl seat covers that can rotate after each use, perfect for a country in which 1 out of 5 women refuses to use a Western-style toilet outside the home. For ladies who do not want to waste water but wish to maintain decorum -- according to TOTO's investigations, women flush an average of 2.5 times per visit to drown out potentially embarrassing or offensive noises -- there is the Oto Hime (Sound Princess), which plays a recording of flushing water. "We want to change the toilet from a space that...
...fledged identity crisis, I stumbled upon an old- fashioned, comfortable jumble of a stationery store, sort of the office- supply version of the Homesick Restaurant. In the window was a hand- lettered sign promising 20% OFF ON 1989 CALENDARS. My epiphany came as I discovered that the 1989 black vinyl Daily Planner had been marked down to $5.06. Suddenly, just as Gail Sheehy promised, I at last understood my precise position in the Great Chain of Being. As soon as I got back to my office, I eagerly scrawled in my new datebook my sole New Year's resolution...