Tag Archives: records
John Harris on the comeback of vinyl records
John Harris has a piece in The Guardian on the apparent comeback of vinyl records. He links this into the sales of iPads, downloads etc. the underlying story is one of materiality in culture. There seem to be questions posed … Continue reading
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Tagged collection, materiality, Music, Objects, records, vinyl
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John Lydon on iPods and vinyl records
A video and some excerpts here of an interview with John Lydon. He’s talking about people using iPods to escape into ‘their own little universe’. I’m just trying to write a chapter on this for my book. He claims that … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, iPod, iPods, John Lydon, Music, music culture, Nme, records, vinyl
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