IN THE STAX is gonna be what I find digging through my personal collection. The music you own is personal. Unlike radio, free streaming, downloads, brain implants, and whatever technological AI witchcraft is on the horizon, you have to not only spend the money but also make room in your living space for what you choose to buy. Money and space that might otherwise be used for, say, food or clothing, or other trivia. Then it becomes a lifestyle choice. And since that money and

The way people intake their music has traveled full circle since I was a kid. When I was growing up (as if), my music world was AM radio, cheap 45rpm record players, and a smidgen of TV. My music was gobbled up one song by one artist at a time for lotsa years. Today, it’s cherry-picked streaming and self-made or corporate playlists. The average music consumer is back to wanting one song by one artist at a time. It’s the years between I want to focus on here, what I like to ca

I opted for as little control as possible over this post. Random numbers, unforeseen circumstances, roll the dice or spin the wheel - and...

Nobody likes all the music. To start with, nobody hears everything there is to hear. If you’re a typical music fan, with a life to live...

When I started Earworm City, I had two things in mind as the focus. One, to try and convince music-lovers from my peer group that popular...

I’m indulging in a quick year-end wrap-up, since that seems to be a social media thing to do. My method for determining what my favorite...

There was a time when these two Beatles compilations were all your LP collection needed, if you weren’t a completist or obsessive. A lot...

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Nope, not Hackney Diamonds yet. I passed up all opportunities to stream or download it ahead of yesterday's vinyl release date, so I'm...