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Ongoing History of New Music

The History of Vinyl: Part 2

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8604 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

As we looked at in part 1, Vinyl is making a comeback.  But how did this happen? Will it last? And what lies ahead for the future of one of the oldest forms of recorded music?This is the History of Vinyl...Part 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime. If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time. They'll be on it all the time. He could walk to school by himself. She could see something, she shouldn't. He could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet.

0:22.3

So, should I give my kid a phone? I could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. They can access anything on the internet. They can access anything on the internet.

0:22.3

So, should I give my kid a phone?

0:25.7

Growing up with phones isn't always easy.

0:27.8

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0:33.5

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0:39.4

If you want to preserve something forever, what's the best medium?

0:43.3

What's the thing that will allow someone 100 or maybe thousands of years into the future

0:48.2

to take a look at what you left behind?

0:51.0

What about digital files?

0:53.1

Well, that's risky. They can get corrupted and who knows what

0:56.0

kind of file formats we're going to see in the future. Paper? Maybe, but paper is susceptible to

1:01.7

moisture and mold and rot. How about stone? Well, that's, that's close. We've been leaving stone

1:08.8

tablets and chiseling things for centuries, but stone can break and crumble.

1:13.6

And it's not exactly portable, is it?

1:15.7

Now, if we're going to leave something for future generations to examine, we need to go to plastic.

1:20.9

Plastic is forever, or at least pretty close to it.

1:25.1

That's why it's so important that we keep microfilm alive.

1:28.8

And when it comes to music, nothing, and I mean nothing, is better for longevity than vinyl.

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