July 30, 2020
Knuckles Record Collection

Frankie Knuckles Record Collection preserved at Chicago Cultural Bastion

How one communes with their higher power is a very personal choice and is a reflection of one’s cultural and spiritual identity.
July 30, 2020
Record Collecting

Record Collecting in the Age of Coronavirus

I realized the old tingle I’d get crate digging boxes of albums at a secondhand shop or the new arrivals section at a record store was now being replaced, much like a nicotine patch replaces a cigarette.
August 15, 2020
Shure M44-7 Inverted

Shure M44-7: A Cartridge Heard by Millions, Known by Few

Of all the far-flung scenarios I could imagine happening in the decades to come, one that never occurred to me was a future without the Shure M44-7.
September 3, 2020
Andrew Cartmel Portrait

The Vinyl Detective – Murder, Sex, Mayhem and Rare Record Collecting

Violent deaths, a nameless protagonist, creepy villains who favour matching outfits, millionaire Japanese benefactors, femme fatales, sex, drugs, rare jazz albums, and a pair of cats.