Stephin Merritt is not the sentimental type. He is famously dry and laconic in interviews, and the sharply constructed songs he writes for Magnetic Fields are known for their bite. …
A Collector’s Singular Obsession With Local TV and Radio
I recently received a Facebook message from a former coworker, Dave Phillips, who told me his father, Mack, was cleaning out a house that had a lot of records, some of …
Vintage Vacation Films From TAMIS Support the Gatlinburg Recovery Effort
Along with Christmas and trips to the beach, films of the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg are probably the most common footage found in the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and …
Acetate Records From the 1940s and ’50s Turn Up Some Unexpected History
Acetate discs have been around since the 1930s. They were a relatively inexpensive and easy way to record before magnetic tape was invented. A thin sheet of cardboard, glass, or …
Arthur Q. Smith Is a Hit at Release Party for New CD Set
Several venues were considered to celebrate last Friday’s release of The Trouble With the Truth, Bear Family’s Arthur Q. Smith CD set, with an accompanying book by Wayne Bledsoe and …