Late last year, I saw an ad on Craigslist for a custom bookcase made in this iconic shape: I clicked “Contact” and a few weeks later I met up with Mathew Foster at Parka. Over coffee, he told me that he’d … Continue reading →
Obsessed with vinyl since age 3, I’ve been selling records online for many years now; recently I’ve been doing more of it in person at record shows and other events. The Twin Cities is an amazing town for used vinyl, … Continue reading →
On Monday, DigitalTrends posted an article by Ian White on “The Splendor of Vinyl” – in general, I think it’s pretty accurate, but since I got all commenty on it over at the LinkedIn Vinyl Record Collecting Network group, I figured … Continue reading →
I’ve been running the website for folk and world music booking agency Folklore Productions for some time now. When they joined forces with another agency last year, their roster became way too large to maintain using a hand-coded site based … Continue reading →
A Twitter comment today prompted me to see if I could dig up these photos for Go Johnny Go (a.k.a. John Kass): “I’ve wanted to post this for a very long time. Drew Miller, the man who makes computer dreams … Continue reading →
Last week I was invited to give a guest lecture for a music class at Carleton College on the American folk revival. Personally, I’m much more interested in English and European folk music, and much less so in singer/songwriters. As … Continue reading →
