Recently, I referenced my current purchasing patterns when it comes to new music. A specific occurrence this week got me to thinking about a time when I approached new music quite differently. Bruce Springsteen released his sixteenth studio album. When I was younger, so much younger than today, Springsteen was one of my favorite artists. During my teenage years, he was one of the prime creative forces in weaning me away from dreadful drivel to music that could be listened to without overt embarrassment. I got Born to Run, Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. within a short stretch of … Continue reading Well Cherry says she’s gonna walk ’cause she found out I took her radio and hocked it

While I’ve already confessed to my near-obsessive tendency towards collecting, and while the household CD shelves are plentifully stocked, it’s grown increasingly rare that I buy new music. That’s in part because new music has become so very accessible online, the Interweb effectively filling the void of discovery created when powerhouse record labels and corporate broadcasters conspired the leech all the creativity and originality out of radio. And–while we’re on the subject of record labels and their conspiracies–it’s also because I remain disgruntled over the way prices were kept artificially high at the dawn of the CD era. I’m now … Continue reading One for Friday: The Rave-Ups, “She Says (Come Around)”