Did you know? It was Scandinavian Rock ’n’ Roll that saved vinyl. From what I can tell, Rock ’n’ Roll has always been a big deal in Scandinavia. …

Twitter is rife with stories of Democrats who switch teams. The most noteworthy being those who were elected before changing parties. I wondered what it would take for someone to switch lanes in such a dramatic way and ran myself through a set of prerequisites to see if I could…

How to ensure your collection is a collection for the ages. Countless motivations for collecting vinyl records and an equal number of variables influence buyer behaviour — access, discretionary income, years of listening, and your appetite for risk. The 10-dollar record is largely a relic, and investing in releases that may not be satisfying is post-purchase dissonance personified. Having collected records…

Every Old Record Tells a Story. You can tell a lot about who owned a record by the state you find it in. A musical take on the maxim — how you do anything is how you do everything… Old records have a story, even if it’s a story of…

It’s impossible to really dial into the Death Metal genre without needing to consult a dictionary on occasion. Whether you’re a casual fan, or digging right into the lyrical currents, there’s an ever flowing stream of terms that won’t typically surface in your day to day conversations. How did these…

If you’ve ever studied the cover of Tom G. Warrior’s autobiography Are You Morbid, you may have noticed the hype quote is attributed to Kurt Cobain. For those who don’t have the book within arms reach, the citation reads, “A big influence.” — Kurt Cobain, Nirvana. So the question we’re…

Ever log on for work to learn that one of your peers is sending emails at all hours — 11:56PM, 2:44AM, 4:19AM — hours disassociated to regular folk working hours. What’s their intention and do they ever think about how the recipient views those messages. We’ve all experienced the office exclamations over this, but the intention behind this practice is rife with subtext and even passive aggression.

Putting yourself out there without putting yourself out there. The introvert at the seminar will inevitably come face to face with their principal nemesis — the networking part of the program. As we all know, it’s not always as simple as bailing when the last speaker has concluded. …

If you collect records, I need to know if you do this. For as long as I’ve been buying vinyl records, I’ve experienced this weird blocker where I can’t listen that album on any other format. And provided I’m in control of the listening decision, it doesn’t matter what the…