Missing Tom Waits Live

October 13, 2009 by Ed · Leave a Comment
Filed under: News you've probably heard, Uncategorized, panorama, vinyl 
glittery

A little over a year ago, in July '08, Tom Waits played in Birmingham, AL as part of his "Glitter and Doom" tour. I remember finding out about the tour a few months earlier and telling my then-finacee that we would have to go no matter what because I wanted to see a Tom Waits show more than any other show I could think of, and I told her what date he'd be in Birmingham. She had bad news for me and had to spoil a fairly big and cool surprise. We were getting married at the end of that May,...

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The Box of Vinyl Project: #1 Carly Simon-No Secrets (1972 Elektra)

October 7, 2009 by Ed · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Box of Vinyl Project, Uncategorized, vinyl 
this is not Joni Mitchell

About a year ago, I acquired a little more than two crates worth of old vinyl LPs (about 200, give or take, records). I've listened to some of them, the ones I already knew and liked, but the majority of the records have stayed put in the box they came in. I figured I'd start making my way through the collection of vinyl. I don't intend to research any records that I'm not familiar with, so hopefully I'll arrive at as objective a review/summary of each records as possible. In the interest of full disclosure, I've never tried my hand at...

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