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Rubbed in Dirt, Dipped in Sugar writesHow Records Are Made

Before we start, I must admit that capturing live sound into the grooves of a durable plastic disc that can withstand thousands of playbacks is still a mind-blowing concept to me.

Over the years, I’ve participated in virtually every aspect of this process, from recording live sessions, to running a record label, organizing and archiving masters, and of course collecting records, yet the details of this process still amaze me.

This short article is meant to shed some light on the mechanics of this transformative process and help illuminate the way that songs find a new home in the bumps and folds of melted and pressed shards of vinyl shrapnel.

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Erik Roldan writesBear In Heaven Stream New Album as Experiment

On April 18, 2012, Bear in Heaven will be playing at Schubas – surely a venue catered to hearing a band’s textures and layers. Until then, the small rock house isn’t your only opportunity to hear the subtleties in the rock band’s sound. Touring in support of their new record, I Love You, It’s Cool, the band is offering fans a free stream of the album over at their website. BUT HOLD ON. SLLLLOOOOWWWW YOOUUUURRR ROOOLLLL. I Love You, It’s Cool is streaming now, stretched out to 400,000% longer than the real length. What that means is that even though the stream went up in December, if you started listening when then and waited until it finished, you’d be able to hear the entire thing just once. Justin Beiber, eat your slowed down heart out.

Listen to CHIRPradio.org for Blake Burkhardt’s exclusive interview with Bear in Heaven, coming soon.

Tony Breed writesWhat if you were to graph your rock & rock lifestyle?

Let’s say you are a computer programmer/nerd/punk. Could there be a more perfect expression of your person than a graphic visualization of your concert attendance for the year?

This is how my friend Pam has chosen to sum up 2011, and frankly I think it’s so awesome I wish I’d done it myself.

How would you sum up your year?

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (7/14/11 ed.)

R.I.P. Michael “Würzel” Burston (lead guitarist for Motörhead)
 

R.I.P. Alphonso “Fonce” Mizell (member of Motown’s The Corporation, ½ of the producing team the Mizell Brothers)
 

Pitchfork strikes a balance between Odd Future and anti-violence activists.
 

20 Years (and one week) ago, The Replacements Broke Up – at Taste of Chicago, no less.
 

A brief history of the decline and fall of commercial rock radio in Chicago
 

A Beginner’s guide to Lou Reed
 

The Reading List is a (mostly) weekly collection of interesting, important, and thought-provoking articles about music from around the Web. Click here to suggest an article.
 

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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesCHIRP Radio Reading List (7/7/11 Ed.)

Why did SACD, DVD-A, and Blu-ray fail as surround-sound music formats?
 

How is music helping to continue breaking down racial barriers in South Africa?
 

What’s up with the Alternative music scene in Austria?
 

How did the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds weaponize cinema?
 

How cool is it that Pitchfork is having a music festival in Paris?
 

What are the kids who were photographed for classic album covers doing now?
 

Why WOULDN’T you take real estate advice from Vanilla Ice?
 

The Reading List is a collection of interesting, important, and thought-provoking articles about music from around the Web. Click here to suggest an article.
 

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