Vinyl

Like a lot of folks I fell back in love with vinyl a few years ago.

I bough this No Doubt as a birthday present to myself...

And this Re-Release of Born To Run ... just because.

It started out as a curiosity at a neighborhood flea market.

...but it is rapidly expanding into a full-blown obsession.

I’ve always been a collector ... but my collection has always been comic books. For some reason Vinyl-Lust is taking over.

I think it has something to do with valuing music in a world where music is basically free. You can download entire discographies for any artist in seconds ... it takes away from the whole magic and ownership and experience of buying a new album.

Plus it is just a good time looking and hunting ... it does something very profound to the lizard brain lurking in all of us.

...and it sounds better

Well - maybe not better - but it FEELS different

Dropping a needle on a record ... checking out the album art in a nice large format...

... ooh - this one was a gift from Amanda Palmer’s record company! ... so it’s even more special!

This is a recent purchase ... of the same album that happens to be the first album I had ever bought with my own money as a child...

More Springsteen...

And a birthday present from my lovely girlfriend just last year...

So yes ... it’s a bit of an obsession — but it’s not the worst thing you can get hooked on...