Another chapter in our continuing series of interviewing people who are truly vital to the vinyl record industry and the fans of vinyl records all over the world. This is our conversation with lathe master, label owner, and vinyl artist Michael Dixon.

On November 27, 1987, the Cowboy Junkies entered the Church of the Holy Trinity and by midnight had recorded one of the most iconic albums of all time.

An overview of unknown bands with multiple members who would go on to greatness

A discussion of Jandek's first album and a history of the mercurial recluse

Bruce Springsteen was totally spent after finishing a grueling year long 140 date tour for his massively successful double record The River.

Today, we examine the messages that were delivered by seven of the most famous, and some equally infamous, single track records.

Kevin Coyne released over 40 albums in the course of his 35-year career. He would be hailed and championed by the likes of John Peel, Richard Branson, Johnny Rotten, the Mekons, Sting, and Will Oldham.

Tolk-Rock

The history of instructional records

Songs About Boats Sinking, Cave-Ins, & Other Unfortunate Endings

No one man can make a scene. But perhaps one can be an embodiment of it. A representation of what makes a place and its music intertwined. Like his beloved Cleveland itself, the emblematic and occasionally problematic Peter Laughner was on the fringes of the American music canon.

The History of Ska's Golden Age

We don’t really stop and think about it that much, but records are pretty damn amazing. A hunk of plastic that can be so powerful that it can bring us to tears, take us back to childhood haunts, or even make friends out of total strangers almost instanta...

What is the cost of silence? What part of the human condition is lost or found in the stillness of sound? At some point, our culture seems to have turned its back on reflective quiet, opting instead for an environment that is constantly using stimuli to ...

For the past few episodes, we have been examining the thin line that separates authentic from fraud in rock n roll. The fantastical world-building of Mingering Mike showed how one can create true inspiration and beautiful art even without ever actually ...

There truly is a fine line between what’s real in rock n roll and what’s just an act. Judging the authenticity of an art form that at its heart is about transformative performance can be difficult, or worse, can take away from the power of it all. Where ...

On January 21, 1977, Jimmy Carter pardoned the Vietnam War draft dodgers. This happened the day after Carter was sworn into office and it was this single act ended the career of Mingering Mike Stevens, who was a singer, producer, label owner, and movie d...

Everywhere you look you are surrounded by dead technology. The car you’re driving, the television you’re watching, the phone or computer that’s playing this podcast. Next month it will be outpaced. Next year it will be outdated. And next decade it will l...

A middle-aged lady with a beehive hairdo, cat-eyed glasses, and an orange church dress sits at a piano in the middle of cathedral-like Solarium in the Denver Botanical Gardens. She plays soft, chipper classical music surrounded by families of ferns: Maid...

In 1959, a new radio show hit the Parisian airwaves called Salut les Copains, which translates to "Oh, Hi!" The show couldn’t have been more popular with teenagers. And on that program, there was a feature called “Sweetheart of the week” which featured o...

For our mid-century episode, We are going to take a bit of departure from the usual. This podcast started as a way to teach ourselves more about music history and to keep on introducing each other to great songs and stories about those songs. Today is an...

To celebrate our impending 50th episode, we've created a trivia contest for you, our beloved listeners.  For this quiz, we're playing 8 clips. From these 8 clips, we're looking for a phrase, specifically based on the artists, so you don't need to get the...