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Vinyl survives popular technology
Despite new technology such as mp3s, CD burners and computer programs that can download music, a small segment of the population remains loyal to records.
By Mike Gilligan Kansan staff writer
Scott Eidelman, a graduate student in psychology, has a passion for records. He has more than 3,000 records in his collection.
"I don't collect CDs," he said. "Records are more appealing. The vinyl comes in different colors, the sizes are different, and the sleeves have art that is unique to records."
Another reason Eidelman said he collected records was because the kind of music he liked was only available on vinyl. A large part of his collection is punk rock records from 1976 to 1983.
Perhaps his most valuable record is The Hugh Beaumont Experience, he said. One of the members of the Buthole Surfers is on the record, and no one knows how many copies exist.
Apparently there was a disagreement between the band and the record label. The owner of the label tried to destroy all the albums but some survived.
"Some guy in Germany offered me $1,500 for it last year." Eidelman said.
John Harrison, used vinyl buyer at Love Garden Sounds/Arts Multiplie, 9361/2 Massachusetts St., said some records have become more popular in recent years, particularly if a current band has sampled an older
"Kids seem to be into records that have been used by rap bands for samples." Harrison said.
Benji King, Lawrence resident and recent KU graduate, started collecting records about 10 years ago.
Harrison compared collecting records to other hobbies, like collecting baseball cards.
record.
"I started by trying to get all The Smiths albums on record," he said. "I kept buying more after that."
King said sound quality and the amount of material accessible on record makes records more appealing.
"There's so much more available on record as far as out of print stuff," he said. "Pretty much anything pre 1990 you can get on record."
King, like Eidelman, is the proud owner of a rare record.
He owns the Beatles' Yesterday and Today record with the original cover.
"The cover has the band with lab coats on holding meat and fake baby parts," King said. "The record label thought it was too graphic so they pasted a new cover over the old one."
King said the album was worth about $2,000.
His collection of more than 1,000 records includes all types of music.
"I have everything from Abba to Zappa," King said.
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Recent KU graduate Benji King sits among his record collection of about 1,200 albums. King said he started collecting vinyls about 10 years ago.
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floor of the Pink House. The three of them talked to their friend Peter Berard, Overland Park sophomore, who thought a Web site would be an asset to the local music community. From this meeting they developed Lawrence- rock.com, a site devoted to local music.
"I think we think of it more as a community site," Berard said. "I've always wanted it to be there for other people. Everybody who is a music fan in Lawrence has something to say about something or other—it's just an outlet."
The group then considered sponsoring shows at its house.
"At the same time we were getting ready to put up the site, we were sitting around listening to music like we always do," Berard said. "We thought it would be cool to have bands playing in this room instead of just listening to them on CD."
The first show in October 2001 featured local bands Ghosty, Salt the Earth and Getaway Driver and served as a
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launch party for Lawrencerock.com.
lather party for Law enforcement. Elmansour said police showed up at the first show so the group wasn't sure the Pink House would have any shows thereafter, but in less than five months three more shows took place at the house.
John Congleton, Dallas resident and guitar player for The Paper Chase, entertains the crowd at the Pink House.
"We were really not sure about doing a second show, but the second show went so well," Elmansour said. "People got interested in what we were doing, so we decided to go on."
Since the first show, hits on the Lawrencerock.com Web site have increased from 30 to 200 per day.
Horn said that watching local bands perform in his living room spoiled him.
"It brings them down to a human level," he said. "If I'm 30 feet away from a band, I feel really detached now. It's just a whole other experience to be in the same room as the band, but to have them two feet from you where they can even intermingle with the crowd is amazing."
No money from the Pink House shows reaches the organizers' pockets, but the guys do take donations for flier printing fees and "band beer," which they give free to the bands playing.
Best said the shows at the Pink House offered something to all people.
"We're doing it for everyone. If they don't like the music, they'll like the spirit," Best said. "It's just people coming together to hear the music."
promoting local music is the most important goal of both the people at the house and the Web site, Horn said. Organizers refer to shows as events, not parties, do not serve alcohol at shows and typically ask audience members to leave by 12:30 a.m., he said.
"We'd like to be thought of as more of a community group than a party house," he said. "I mean, we're not throwing keeggers here, and I'm not just interested in it for a social activity. The music is what's important."
Contact Burhenn at mburhenn@kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Smarsh.
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spoke out against ethnocentricism, the mass media, racism, anti-abortion laws, the death penalty, President George W. Bush, consumerism and oil consumption.
Clarence Henry, an assistant professor of music and dance who also specializes in ethnomusicology, said college was a new place to voice opinions through choice of music outside the confines of high school and parents' homes. Henry said society as a whole was drawn to socially motivated music, citing that rap music began as a voice against poverty and other inner-city issues.
Even the mainstream Grammy Awards, which aired last night, have been affected by the current political climate, Henry said. He pointed out socially conscious artists such as Bob Dylan, U2 and India. Arie had received multiple nominations in the post-Sent 11 music world.
But while the Grammys mostly give nods to commercially successful artists, the college music scene remains rooted in independent music. In an era when alternative music is mainstream and 'indie' denotes style rather than substance, truly independent artists like DiFranco and Radiohead draw a large college following.
Anne Stephens, a Lawrence senior and bass player who attended the DiFranco concert, said she respected the Righteous Babe Records founder for turning down contract offers from major labels in order to not compromise her own values.
DiFranco's left-wing politics are tied to her college following because college students themselves tend to be liberal, said Roberta Schwartz, professor of music and dance, who specializes in musicology.
"While I suppose it's possible that there are super-conservative, right-wing fans of the Grateful Dead, I've never met one." Schwartz said.
Runnels would still be a DIFranco fan if her lyrics were based on a conservative platform, for sheer love of the folk-jazz-funk music itself and DiFranco's "poetic way of saying things," she said. "But the fact that it appeals to what you believe in makes you love it that much more."
Contact Smarsh at sssmarsh@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kyle Ramsey.
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