Does your CD collection, for lack of a better term, have a shelf life, wherein the music may no longer play? How about those DVDs of your favorite movies or TV shows? Yep, even physical media has risks beyond warped vinyl, unspooled tape or scratched discs. Continue reading
It used to be, maybe 10-20 years ago, subscription fatigue was largely tied to magazine subscriptions. So many magazines, asking for just a small amount per year, constant deliveries of publications that many didn’t end up reading. It’s become much more insidious, however, as cort-cutting has led to a lot of “low cost” items that, in aggregate, can end up costing more than what it replaced. Continue reading
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It’s been 25 years now since Swing Out Sister unleashed a pop confection, “Breakout,” which became their biggest hit in the U.S. Although started as a trio, the group’s been a duo since their second album, and the music has evolved, but the cornerstones have always been there – strong songs that fit well in a variety of formats, musical ambition that always yields results, and an itch to play around with music, something that comes into vision with their latest release, “Private View.” Continue reading