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  • Day 31: #fallvinylhealing The Album to Define You

    There were big plans for Day 31 #fallvinylhealing to showcase an album that is quintessentially you. I was planning to run a comb thru my ratty ass hair, maybe fix my face up a little, give my… Read more

  • Day 30: #fallvinylhealing Album for Self-Care

    I’ve been leaving breadcrumbs for the final #fallvinylhealing post tomorrow, yet I couldn’t help myself today for Day 30. It’s sincerely what has been on today and is helping to alleviate the Muuundays and, in turn, take… Read more

  • #smarchvinylchallenge

    Celebrating the second anniversary of my very first participation year in @brandudesrecordvault’s seemingly annual #smarchvinylchallenge. Day 1-Pulling myself from the bowels of what I think might’ve been norovirus to provide humble submission to @brandudesrecordvault#smarchvinylchallenge Today’s prompt… Read more

  • Vintage Vinyl Holidays

    Everyone posting their Album of the Year and I’m over here spinning Kenny Rogers’ first Christmas album like it’s 1981. And while I’m not sure it was an Album of the Year juggernaut then, it… Read more

  • Hitting Pause.

    Off taking care of life and will be back soon. If you’re from a show/festival needing coverage of your event, thank you so much for inquiring. Please reach out via email kim@siliconeandvinyl.com and I will… Read more

  • We Had An All Night Revival w/ Zach Bryan

    A perfect square stage set, with lights cut, save a lonely spotlight. The reverb of an early Kings of Leon song echoed in the background while Zach Bryan and his Highway Boys settled in, facing… Read more

  • Quittin’ Time Has Only Just Begun

    Belated review of American Heartbreak by Zach Bryan, along with related commentary of his other work. Preview for Quittin Time Tour coming to Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI, on March 20th, 2024. Read more

  • Warren Zevon is the Love of My Life: Probably, Part I

    There are artists, much like people, who grace your life with their presence, and it feels so poignant you wonder how you’ve existed in the world without knowing them, their soul, and the fruits of… Read more

  • Flyin’ or Cryin’ and In Love with Zach Bryan

    Keeping out of town for a minute, I’m getting healed by hot sun and mojitos.  No records but there’s been fish and moped speeding and blinking in crisp light and inked NYT daily crossword puzzles… Read more

  • The Woman Who Gave Up the World.

    New Year’s 2024 marked a 4-year anniversary of one of my first ever vinyl shit-posts before I knew it was even a thing on any sort of social media, let alone Instagram. Apparently, Facebook is for… Read more

  • Gee whiz, it’s 2024.

    Gee whiz, it’s (almost) the new year. I’ve been up to some things since October’s #fallvinylhealing (with downright swell guy, @therapyinvinyl) like, getting hopped up on Starbies and blasting Tool at school pick up on a rainy day,… Read more

  • Holiday Oddities

    Upon return from a wonderfully warm vacation to a bitter cold and no snow holiday season already underway in my absence, a large stack of bills on the counter glared at me as I decided… Read more

  • Day 29: #fallvinylhealing Windows Down, Radio Up

    It’s a motorcycle drive-by…and while I’m not proficient enough to focus on music while I ride 🏍️ just yet, Zach Bryan is my go to current outlaw-alt (did I just coin a term there?) for… Read more

  • Day 28: #fallvinylhealing Favorite Place to Listen to Tunes

    My favorite place for tunes? It’s true, although I’m totally in love with holding music physically in my hands, my favorite place for jams and unfortunately no longer able to facilitate any physical forms of… Read more

  • Day 27: #fallvinylhealing An Album for Primal Screams

    Hauling ass into Day 27 with songs that make you scream for #fallvinylhealing. This absolutely ugly color variant makes me want to scream at the very least (who signed off on the pale yellow?) and the… Read more

  • Day 26: #fallvinylhealing Dreams, Hopes, Goals, Creativity, and Imagination

    Life has a way of connecting the dots sometimes, which was the way of it yesterday for #fallvinylhealing Day 26. We asked to share on music that inspires hopes, dreams, creativity, and/or elicits inspiration. Alt-J’s catalog would… Read more

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