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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

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🦋 Vinyl in the mail

Hanukkah gifts from my parents arrived in the mail today -- my present looks suspiciously 12"X12" and flat... Could it be outmoded media?

Yes! It could indeed. It is "The Complete Fats Waller, vol. I 1934-1935", on Bluebird Records. Not only vinyl; mono vinyl. Thanks, mom and dad! Fats Waller is someone I only know as a name, I'm listening to side A right now and looking forward to familiarizing myself with his music. (But how'm I going to put it on my IPod?...)

posted afternoon of Monday, December 22nd, 2008
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Hey, not only mono vinyl but mint condition mono vinyl. I found it in a used book/music store in SF and had to get it for you. I definitely enjoy Fats, hope you do to.

posted evening of December 22nd, 2008 by elise Osner

A friend recently loaned me a turntable with a USB output, apparently these are rather cheap. With it you can import the sound into any sound-editing program and then convert to mp3 or whatever you like...and onto the iPod.

posted evening of December 22nd, 2008 by George

First reaction is, wow, he's got a great voice. I haven't heard most of these songs, though I'm assuming a lot of them are standards.

posted morning of December 23rd, 2008 by Jeremy

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