I'm teaching a new #class "Solidarity Memory Work"
We'll learn about #solidarity#movements in allied professions (academic history, journalism, etc.) then discuss (1) how to actively #document and #preserve current movements and organizations, and (2) activate that #records already in #collections to motivate and guide contemporary organizers
My brain decided to bring up this memory for no reason today. Cereal box records. Back in the day, kid cereals would add cardboard records on the back of their boxes. You could cut them out and play them on any normal record player. The grooves were made with thin plastic and songs were pretty short.
If you like 78 RPM records (i.e., music from 1900-1950), Radio Dismuke is hosting the biannual Nauck's Vintage Records Broadcast which covers that whole time period and includes some very rare recordings. You can listen to it here through tomorrow:
🎙️ Dive into Finnley’s Audio Adventures! 🐬 Join me, Finnley the Dolphin, as I guide you through unconventional spoken word performances, hilarious advertisements, and unique promotional recordings. Get ready for a wild ride of entertainment! #introduction#records#YouTube#blog
#NowPlaying Milt Jackson, Sunflower (CTI, 1973). A monumental record with a killer core lineup — Jackson on vibes, Herbie Hancock on piano, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Ron Carter on bass, and Billy Cobham on drums. Ideal Sunday morning soundtrack.
Artist Dani Gal has a collection of 700 spoken-word vinyl records that tell a partial history of the 20th century, from Gandhi and Goebbels to Golda Meir and Gamal Nasser. Ahead of a new exhibition at Vancouver's Polygon Gallery, he spoke to Montecristo's Peter Watts about what he's learned from these records, and the stories that aren't told.
We went record shopping and she chose two albums for herself. And now she can play them herself, too. She’s kicked my music off the record player a few times already.