What do you do with thousands of copies of Bonnie Raitt’s ‘Nick of Time’? Find out in ‘The Vinyl Diaries.’
The Vinyl Diaries
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Sad songs say so much, and World Party’s “And I Fell Back Alone” is an exquisite example, as we find in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Slow dancing in the basement … a look back at a pivotal adolescent moment, 40 years on, in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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‘The Vinyl Diaries’ begin anew, with a tale of finding new music, followed by more discussion of new music, and a playlist with samples from that discussion.
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Rob Smith celebrates the return of singer/songwriter Kasey Anderson from his trouble with the law and mental health issues.
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Rob Smith reflects on the death of Kendrick Castillo, and why it hits close to home.
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Rob Smith bids farewell to an old friend in his “VInyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith thanks one of the great voices of his youth in the new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith reviews recent music from elder statesmen Ian Hunter and Willie Nelson in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith wakes up from a long, propofol-induced slumber to discuss some fine 2016 music in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Toasting a great bartender, too soon gone, in The Vinyl Diaries.
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Rob Smith explores Jackson Browne’s three finest albums in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith reviews sounds that sustained him in 2015, in his new “Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith remembers his father, in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
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Rob Smith explores some fine 2014 vinyl releases.
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Rob Smith pens a love letter to indie record stores, and the “American Hustle” soundtrack.
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“The Vinyl Diaries” and Popdose GIVEAWAY: Allman Brothers’s new box set!
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Rob Smith declares his love of Air Supply in his new “Vinyl Diaries” column.
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Remember when Aerosmith’s Music from Another Dimension was supposed to be the band’s return to rockin’ form, a Seventies-style throwback to the groovin’, Stonesy, Yardbirdsy, slap-happy lewdness of Toys and…
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A journal entry, October 28, 2013, evening (later amended). It figured, the last sound you made for others would be a drone, 20 minutes of drone and guitar and poetry…
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Since maybe late February (when it leaked online), my favorite record of the year has been the Flaming Lips’ The Terror. The record’s unyielding tone of desperation and desolation appeals…
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Rob Smith ruminates on high school, time, energy, and U2.
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Rob Smith takes the guilt out of guilty pleasures and proclaims his love for Juice Newton.
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Rob Smith meditates on memory, music, and the Beatles in “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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Rob Smith’s “Vinyl Diaries”: Billy Joel, “The Nylon Curtain”
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Some Gibby action going on in Rob Smith’s “The Vinyl Diaries.”
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