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BEAUTIFUL VISION
Do you consume the world in sound bites? Are you
moved by the art of noise? Issue 53 of Visionaire --
produced this time around in collaboration with the
British car manufacturer MINI -- is dedicated to the
theme of Sound. Packaged inside a specially
produced domed case, it consists of five 12-
inch vinyl picture discs that together contain more
than 100 minutes of sound content -- from audio
experiments to unreleased songs, samples and
spoken-word pieces. Also included is a MINI
Clubman "Vinyl Killer" record player: a battery-
operated toy car, containing speakers and a
needle. As the little car moves along a
record's groove, it plays each track, acting as a fully
portable record player and sound system.
Beyond
all this, the issue also includes two CDs with all of
the sound content gathered digitally, as well as a
booklet of credits and instructions.
Contributors
include: musicians David Byrne, Courtney
Love,
Michael Stipe, Adam Horowitz
(Beastie Boys), Antony
& The Johnsons, Thurston Moore and Kim
Gordon
(Sonic Youth), Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran), Karl
Bartos (Kraftwerk), Andrew WK, Chan
Marshall (Cat
Power), Danger Mouse, Malcolm McLaren,
Ryuichi
Sakamoto; artists Robert Wilson,
Yoko Ono, Christian
Marclay, Doug Aitken, Gary Hill, Sylvie Fleury;
DJs Miss
Kittin, Trevor Jackson, Towa Tei, Michel
Gaubert;
fashion designers Alexander McQueen, Helmut
Lang;
bands Littl'Ans, Fischerspooner,
UNKLE, Animal
Collective, SunnO))) and many more.
These things are severely limited and
certainly not cheap, but when you see them for a
grand or so on ebay in a few months, don't come
crying to us. We're just trying to give you options, and
man these things are cool!
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NATIONAL RECORD STORE DAY
April 19th
April 19th will be NATIONAL
RECORD STORE DAY - yeah- really!
We're going to celebrate with guest DJs, a sidewalk
sale, LIVE MUSIC, TONS of free goods and a bunch of
other stuff
we haven't even thought of yet!
a few quotes from our musician friends, that got us all
verklempt:
Bruce Springsteen
"I buy CDs all the time. I'll go into a record store and
just buy $500 worth of CDs. I will! I am singlehandedly
supporting what's left of the record business.
I hate to see record stores disappear, and I'm old-
school in that I think you should pay for your music.
But what my kids do is download a lot of things, pay
for them, and then if they love something, they'll get the
CD. That may be the future."
David and Don Was (Not Was)
"In the beginning was the record store, more like a
modern-day temple with its attendant priesthood and
initiates, a holy repository of the culture's most sacred
beats and rhymes. By comparison, the internet is a
clean room in a hospital -- it lacks the funk and feeling
of a place with floors and ceilings and racks full of
soul-stirring goodness. May they persist till someone
turns the lights out on this small planet! Here's to the
true believers -- keep the faith, brothers and sisters!"
Paul McCartney
"There's nothing as glamorous to me as a record
store. When I recently played Amoeba in LA, I realised
what fantastic memories such a collection of music
brings back when you see it all in one place. This is
why I'm more than happy to support Record Store Day
and I hope that these kinds of stores will be there for
us all for many years to come. Cheers!"
Shelby Lynne
"You can't roll a joint on an iPod - buy vinyl!"
Here's More
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Listening Post Features for March
Listen to our Posts
Born Ruffians-Red, Yellow and Blue
Produced by Rusty Santos, the New York
mixer behind
Animal Collective and Panda Bear's albums, this
record exemplifies the Born Ruffians' brand of self-
described 'hootin and hollarin'. From start to finish it's
a good time, and the band knows it. With songs like
the jangly "Hedonistic Me" and the sugary
sweet "Foxes Mate for Life" to the foot
stomping "Badonkadonkey", the band constantly
pushes the boundaries of musical arrangements.
Live, they have the chops of seasoned performers,
but none of the jade, performing each set like it's their
last.
Gary Louris-Vagabonds
As singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Jayhawks,
Gary Louris built a deeply compelling body of music
whose artistry and integrity won the loyalty of an
international audience and the respect of both critics
and his peers. With Vagabonds, Louris launches his
solo career on a high note, delivering a deeply felt,
exquisitely-crafted set that features some of his most
evocative and personally-charged work to date. The
album was produced by Chris Robinson (Black
Crowes) who also lends his vocal chops in the
surging vocal chorus along with Jenny Lewis (Rilo
Kiley) and Susanna Hoffs. Thom Monahan (Devendra
Banhart, Matt Pond PA, Pernice Brothers) engineered
and co-produced the album. Mixed by Jim Scott, who
most
recently worked on Wilco's "Sky Blue Sky."
Black Crowes-Warpaint-Silver Arrow
The Black Crowes have been called "The Most Rock n'
Roll Rock n' Roll band in the world". Warpaint is the
band's first album of all-new studio material in seven
years. "For nostalgia-leaning fans of Classic Rock
radio, the band is a singular breath of fresh air - long-
haired, beer-soaked, their t's have earned the 'vintage'
status. Amidst the sweep of today's production,
posturing, and the snivel-centric scope of oh so much
of Indie-rock, the Crowes remain a rarity - their
genuine, hard-won grit and down-home soul
continues to stand in welcome, stark contrast." -Todd
Lazarski, All Headline News
Kathleen Edwards-Asking for Flowers
Ms. Edwards details the strife in songs that pare
situations down to a few dozen words while they push
country-rock toward its primal impulses of thump and
twang. She sings them in a voice that defies its own
sweetness with wavery, rasping attacks or a
deliberate turn away from the expected note. She's a
scrapper through and through.-Jon Pareles, The New
York Times
-one of the most promising new singer-songwriters in
North American music.-Peter Blackstock, No
Depression
The guitar slinging Canuck puts her stamp on the
Outlaw Country tradition.-Wes Orshoski,
Paste
Goldfrapp-Seventh Tree
Seventh Tree shimmers and shines with the warmth
of a hazy summer, an electric whirlpool of sound over
which singer Alison Goldfrapp's glistening voice
soars. Seventh Tree is written by Alison Goldfrapp and
Will Gregory and was recorded at their own studio
deep in the English countryside.
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*NEW MUSIC NOW* AT VINYLFEVERTAMPA.COM
NEW ON THE SITE: THE BLACK CROWES
"Hallelujah, come join the jubilee!" is the invitation that
opens WARPAINT, the first new studio
recording in
seven years from THE BLACK CROWES, true
believers in rock's power and potential to set us free.
Their new album builds compellingly on the band's
trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country,
soul and gospel, and finds the band in top fighting
form. Check out a few tracks in our pop-up jukebox at
vinylfevertampa
.com.
video streams, and e-cards by clicking on the
NEW
MUSIC NOW banner at (you guessed it)
vinylfevertampa
.com. This week featuring:
RED FEATURE: DAVID SAW - Preview
BROKEN
DOWN FIGURE;
FONTANA FEATURE: CRYSTAL CASTLES -
Listen
to "Crimewave" from their self-titled CD (out 3/18);
CAROLINE FEATURE: BEACH HOUSE -
Learn more
about their latest release, DEVOTION;
ALLISON MOORER: Sample a couple of
tracks from
MOCKINGBIRD, available now ;
GOLDFRAPP: Oo-la-la! Allison & Will go all
warm &
sensual & earthy on us on SEVENTH TREE;
THE RAVEONETTES: Look and listen tracks
from
LUST LUST LUST;
WHISKEYTOWN: Watch "16 Days" live, from
the
STRANGERS ALMANAC 2CD Deluxe Ed;
TIFT MERRITT: Watch and hear tracks from
her latest,
ANOTHER COUNTRY;
ONCE: Watch the heart-warming
performance &
acceptance from this year's Oscar
winners;
NICOLE ATKINS: Get inside on her gorgeous
new
release, NEPTUNE CITY;
MISSY HIGGINS: Watch "Where I Stood" from
her new
CD, ON A CLEAR NIGHT;
GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY: Dig "Dancin'
on My
Grave" from ROBOTIQUE MYSTIQUE;
ELVIS COSTELLO: One of the Top 100
Albums Ever -
THIS YEAR'S MODEL, now 2CD Deluxe Edition
more black here
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Thanks for listening!
Vinyl Fever
TAMPA
4110 Henderson Blvd.
33629
Monday:
11a- 8p
Tuesday- Thursday: 11a- 9p
Friday- Saturday: 10a- 9p
Sunday: 12n-7p
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BOOTY, ...
Plunderage & Takings
We'll have a Kaki King 7" to give with her new
album, out next week
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SNOOP gave us a DVD of Director's
Cuts for you to see if you're old enough!
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oooh- YEP ROCK gave us TWO great CD
samplers to give away with any YEP ROCK
CD
purchase AND, to further entice your YEP
ROCK CD
purchase, they cut us a deal so we have a
bunch
of them for just $9.99 (usually $13.99- $14.99)!
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free THERE WILL BE BLOOD posters can be
bloody yours with purchase;
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GOLDFRAPP 7" (import pic
disc, no less!) to give with purchase of their new
CD;
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PURE BADNESS Erykah Badu posters just
arrived.
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get an Airbourne beverage coozy
when you purchase Runnin' Wild;
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to further prove how much Mars Volta cares about
their fans, they gave us a beautiful litho
on
heavy card stock to give to you. It's psychedelic as
all get out!;
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Shelby Lynne's new one will get you an
additional EP with two tracks Live on
KCRW;
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There's a new Mike Doughty album
out now and we have an ADDITIONAL 5-track
EP, Busking to give away with purchase;
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Same with Bob Mould, 'cept it's 3 (live) songs,
and it's Bob Mould;
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Walk Hard: The
Dewey Cox Story: exclusive, bonus 7" of "Walk
Hard" featuring a punk
rock version on the B-side!
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THIS WEEK'S CHOICE PICKS:
If the word has an "ist" at the end, it's probably a good
descripton of Anne Feeney. Anne is an ACTIVIST, a
folksinger and supporter of many causes. She'll be
doing a South Tampa House Concert at 8pm
March 12th. RSVP's are necessary. Contact
Gloria Holloway at 813-837-6572 or
gshello@tampabay.rr.com for info. Learn more
about Anne at 
KABOOM!- THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, March 8th, the
well
greased 
3-7-1970 - 