http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/ Integrating the Arts and Science Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1463 Mon, 23 May 2011 13:16:06 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1463 [...] its entirety clocks in at thirty five minutes which to me indicates that it was made with a slab of vinyl in mind rather than compact disc or digital format. Indeed, the album itself was produced using [...]

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1360 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:58:25 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1360 [...] anticipation of the release of the next Mountain Goats album, coming out at the end of the month, I have been listening to the entire back discography of [...]

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1123 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:08:33 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1123 [...] quite gotten around to hitting up the Clash of the P Bands. In the time before I was crazy about vinyl records I wanted to get all my music in nothing but beautiful portable MP3 [...]

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1026 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:55:17 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-1026 [...] been buying nothing but vinyl records for the last year, enjoying the digital tracks that often come included on an included card [...]

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-699 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:30:33 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-699 Great question.
They are a band that is composed of John Darnielle, who does the writing and guitar playing – especially on the early albums, which are just John and his awesome guitar.
You should check them out if they happen to be in your neck of the woods.

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-698 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:37:49 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-698 Purple!
http://www.78recording.com/images/PurpleRainRecord.jpg

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-697 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:16:42 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-697 Who are the mountain goats??? never heard of them but certainly curious now!

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-696 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:21:02 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-696 David,
If you have a lot of money to spend, you can get a record player that plays with a laser needle — no damage to the record and, according to the various sites, considerable improvement to the sound.
http://www.elpj.com/
If you’re not quite ready for that, there are lots of record players that are being built and shipped today — even ones that have a USB out to export to your computer.
http://www.audio-technica.com/cms/turntables/8b88447e3530f153/index.html

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-695 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:49:36 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/seven-inches-of-awesome/#comment-695 Love the review, Gordon! Your taste in music is a delight to share and learn from in every way.
It must be pretty amazing to travel back in time to the wonders of vinyl.
Can you still buy a “record player” new today that has some quality to it?

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