Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado
Feb. 2, 2023 Ushimado, Okayama, Japan: as it goes, we learned about a record fair at a unique community creative […]
Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado Read Post »
Feb. 2, 2023 Ushimado, Okayama, Japan: as it goes, we learned about a record fair at a unique community creative […]
Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado Read Post »
In my Kura barn studio (wearing a zip up cardigan) some months after returning from a trip to former home
Batches of Records – indie rock, much Canadiana + awsum musical women Read Post »
Vinyl Time Capsule from 1991 (so much 1980s wave, punk, world & soundtracks) Flipping through a big box of vinyl
Vinyl Time Capsule, 1991 (so much 1980s wave, punk, world & soundtracks) Read Post »
Bonanza Box of Records, Games, Books & Ephemera “Beat Scene” book full of photographs (by Burt Glin), letters, and artifacts
Bonanza Box of Records, Games, Books & Ephemera Read Post »
“Like to Rock” Books & Records in the Kura Hang out in Kura Barn studio with a batch of books
“Like to Rock” Books & Records in the Kura Read Post »
Connecting the dots with stacks of records, gig flyers, set lists, maps & legends: from Vancouver to Salt Lake City,
VanBC ~ SLC ~ OlyWa: Records & Gigs storytime Read Post »
Rare hang out out in the kura barn (while wife’s band rehearses inside so a bit too much commotion for me) So instead, I’m putting away books and *trying to* tidy up stacks of scrapbook materials, ephemera, maps, passports, other treats / so much goodness! But first need space on the Workbench
What follows are artifacts, mildly documented, in situ, with brief annotations:
Items in kura, inventoried: (scrapbook poetry, letters, wallets, records, map) Read Post »
Yes, I love to buy records… I don’t get hung up on the “collectibility” or the rarity, but I am partial to quality, variety, but mostly… I’ll admit it, nostalgia & i buy em to play em. Sure, I’m always trying out new bands, but there’s a sweet spot from the 80s and 90s (hello Gen X) which has a tractor beam on me.
Vinyl: eclectic assortment – punk, wave, folk-pop etc – from UK, by post Read Post »
Background: Rolling back to March 2023 when Michael (txtr @mschool) – who i noticed online doing video tours of records shops
Rice Field Records: 3x video vinyl stories + 1 more to spark joy Read Post »
Some presents to take for the #BCInvasion trip. The Japanese artists 7 inches were purchased at a second floor “used
7” treats for the BC trip Read Post »
All these records bring me joy so i am tidying up in the wake of a super enjoyable visit from
Tidying Up Vinyl Records in the Kura (find the right neighbourhood to spark joy Read Post »
A couple very special treats now in the kura barn studio from @courtneymelba & @Milk_Records / kind of over the
Courtney Barnett xx Uncle Weed #vinyl #poster Read Post »
I have things to say about each of these albums. Very different things in each case but important things. Things
Records: things to say about these albums, but for now… Read Post »
An incredible act of kindness showed up at our door – dense and heavy, and maybe a little bit weary
Vinyl: cultural curated bonanza pack & bard poets Read Post »
Recently another batch of vinyl by post, with brief annotations: First off: REM’s “Reckoning” & “Fables of The Reconstruction”, original
Vinyl: Japan pressings of REM, D. Bowie, The Beatles, M. Tyner (and “collecting” notes) Read Post »
Oh no, oh yes! More vinyl arrived! A new stash of Japanese pressings of (mostly) early Bob Dylan, plus the
Vinyl: lots of (mostly early) Bob Dylan + Syd Barret, Ornette Coleman Read Post »