Old music cassettes don't die, they become contemporary accessories... such as wallets, belt badges, buttons, you name it... there's no accounting for taste. I wouldn't mind one of the USB drive cassettes though. But what I find most interesting is the underground devotion to an archaic technology: the cassette. In 20 years, are people going to have CD's everywhere as fashionable vintage items? (Instead of like now, ... Read full entry

The launch of The Dark Room in Sydney on Friday 1 August promises a night of art, live music, and networking, until sunrise the next morning. Artists Beastman, Ears, Luke Taaffee, and Max Berry, will be exhibiting work. Facebook members can RSVP here for the event. Are you looking for a night that is different, Where you can talk to Sydney's biggest artists, bands and ... Read full entry

A list of the 50 greatest Australian albums of the last 50 years. While some claim that recent technology is rendering the album obsolete, the best bands are still judged by great albums.

Extending album art Clever album cover graphics showing what's happening outside the border of the cover image. This puts the cover of Oasis' What's The Story Morning Glory into an all too obvious context. Bigger than Abbey Road hey?

Vintage classical album cover graphics A very cool, and colourful, collection of vintage, old skool, album cover art.

A list of the winners of the inaugural Grammys 1958 While your mileage may vary, a number of names (such as Henry Mancini, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, and André Previn) are, as far as I am concerned, quite familiar. I recall seeing many of these artists in my grandparent's record collection though. Frank Sinatra also makes it onto to the inaugural Grammy list (the first awards ceremony took place ... Read full entry

Finalists have been announced in the Artistic tribute to Bjork contest being hosted by the Lost At E Minor crew. I think the Icelandic pop princess would be quite impressed with the submissions created in her honour :)

The Many Views of Abbey Road I spent four plus years in London and never once ventured out to Abbey Road... The Iain MacMillan photograph gracing the 1969 Beatles album Abbey Road made it one of the most famous album covers ever. It's such an iconic image that whenever you see a group walking single file on a zebra crossing, you automatically think of Abbey Road. It's been imitated, honored, ... Read full entry

Amazing Old Album Covers While perusing Mark Simonson's website earlier I spotted this post featuring some very old record (as in the vinyl variety) covers. Ever wondered why albums are called "albums"? At one time, a record album was literally an album that contained records. A few years ago, I ran across a handful of them in an antique store. They were all from around 1949 or so and ... Read full entry

iPod envy sparks "iCrime wave" So desirable have iPods become, and so easy are they to take from unsuspecting users who are absorbed in their iTunes music, that a group of researchers believe they are at the cause of an increase in the US crime rate. The Urban Institute, a Washington think tank, first raised the subject of an "iCrime wave" last September, and held a panel discussion on ... Read full entry