Vinyl Junkie

Vinyl has returned in my house, since the arrival of a new record player.  The spark was there a few years ago but alas the previous turntable was unable to do one fundamental task..... play records.
Faith was lost and old technology blamed.
Couple of months ago a new turntable landed which was able to play records all the way through without jumping each time Tim Burgess reached a high note.  With this came a vinyl renaissance and the destruction of the previous turntable, which was a gift i was very grateful for but ultimately deserved it's fate.....


record player from sprinch on Vimeo.

Since an already impressive collection from the early 90's the record box has swelled a bit after scouring a few record shops and charity shops and a brief splurge on ebay.

for many years I've gotten much of my music free by downloading torrents and such but the digital format never quite recreates the magic of sliding a piece of vinyl out of it's sleeve.  Listening this way I tend to take time to listen to the whole record rather than skipping through tracks on an mp3 player.  It is addictive, it starts with finding favourite singles and then gradually EP's and inevitably the harder stuff..... LP's.  It doesn't stop there either, you know you're in deep when you're going without food for special edition copy of a Happy Mondays album on yellow coloured vinyl, and breaking out in a sweat when you find an original 1978 pressing of Kaya by Bob Marley and The Wailers for a few quid in a charity shop.

vinyl junkie from sprinch on Vimeo.

Set you free

Don't know if it's a good idea to have last Sunday's antics in the public domain or not... but here's my new short film I made last night using video and photos taken from my friend's phones.  It's all good fun!

Party people!

We had a brilliant time last Sunday, I would go as far to say that it is impossible that anyone else of the 8000 people there had better fun than our lot.  We still know how to party and actually seem to be getting better at it.  I don't care if some people think you need to start being more sensible when you're in your 30's, what's life without fun?  The weather was good, the music was great, the vibe was amazing and my mates are absolutely incredible!

24 hour party people

Having not long fully recovered from last Saturday's night in Nantwich with Jay and Yoc, tomorrow is all day party time for Happy Mondays in Betley of all places.  Yes ok Nantwich was a week ago and no being in your 30's does not make hangovers last longer, recovery time is exactly the same!  Right so let me explain, the difference you see is when you get a bit older you become more experienced and adept at partying, your staying power is better and you can party harder, faster and longer and THAT is why it takes a few days to settle back into the real world.  Walking home at 5am last week I knew I would feel slightly jaded for a couple of days but it was worth it.
Sunday is more of an all day than an all night thing.  Happy Mondays, 808 State and The Farm amongst other stuff, a blast back to the early 90's!  Although some of my mates claim they will be taking it easy what with it being Sunday and having work the next day, it's worth noting that there will be 6 lads in their mid 30's (=very experienced animalistic ravers) spending all day and night in a field surrounded by loud music and beer......