April 2020 was the 50th anniversary of the album Yeti (1970) by Amon Düül II, so I celebrated and commemorated by posting my thoughts about this album and sharing a humorous meme where Charlie Brown is about to listen to Yeti. The other character has a thought bubble (“Always Charlie plays strange records, why can’t …
Ritterstrasse – a magical place for Colognian record collectors, because it is the name of a small street in whose horizontal vanishing point lies the majestic Cologne Cathedral, and a street that also houses 4 directly adjacent independent record stores, with another big corporate one in direct sight at the end of the road. You …
Today we focus on a mainly female issue related to an expression I have recently heard for the first time: the ‘sexy vinyl celebrity / personality’. This issue is not discussed because it has become kinda politically incorrect to criticize women and mothers nowadays, since somehow they collectively have become these Virgin Mary-figures again no …
Can you hear me wanking on my stereo? On this third Vinyl Wankers installment, we’ll have a look at the species of audiophile snobs. These are people who spend a ridiculous amount on high-end audio equipment and original pressings because they cannot enjoy music otherwise, people who likely clean their records with the four-times-distilled sperm …
You wouldn’t think that record stores can be potentially dangerous places- except on Record Store Day, where people tend to beat each other up for the latest hyped limited colored vinyl or picture disc edition. But that is another Vinyl Wankers episode from the future. No, besides the RSD, record stores can be places where …
I keep a list of records that I wanna have on vinyl, mainly for the purpose of Christmas and birthdays, to avoid yet another senseless first-world present from my family and friends. But although I have many wishes on my vinyl list, I still get pointless presents such as cooking books, perfumes, or an Amazon …
