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I'm Andrew. I write about the past and future of tech, music, media, culture, art, and activism. This is my blog.

Announcing Cassettes For Me

Just about ten years ago, I ran a record store and little record label in Kennesaw, GA. Back then, we wanted to do a monthly cassette club, with a new original album debuting every month, but we weren’t able to pull it off. Recently, we’ve revived the record label and we have a Vinyl LP out in the next few weeks., and the Venerable Doctor Deathray has brought the project back to life, it’s called Cassettes For Me and our first tape starts shipping Friday March 3rd!

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Newsletter!

I used to keep a monthly newsletter. Then five years passed and I didn’t send an update. I think I’m going to start keeping a newsletter again. You can follow along, if you’d like.

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Miles Davis - Filmore West - October 15th 1970 - RESTORED!

In 2017, I wrote about this concert Miles Davis played. It is one of my favorite performances from my aboslute favorite lineup of Miles’ career. In that original post I said “there’s an annoying voiceover that was unintentionally included around the 15 minute mark that mars the quality of this otherwise stellar recording, just as the band is really getting in to the zone.” At the time, this was true. It ain’t true anymore. Click through, and listen to this newly restored version.

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