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What did you do during the pandemic, Grandpa?

By Jim Kaplan Um, I listened to a lot of records. When I’m listening to records I’m not talking. And that’s a good thing. I love records. I love the artwork, the covers, the inserts, the shrink wrap, the hype stickers. Th...
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How RSD saved the record stores

By Jim Kaplan I understand that not everyone is going to be into Zappa. But I hope you’ll find a way to see the new Zappa documentary by Alex Winter. I swear it’s the best Zappa thing I’ve ever seen. Frank died young. He...
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Summer of the Subwoofer

By Jim Kaplan As I’ve social distanced in the RCN World HQ listening bunker, I knew the Harbeth P3E5R bookshelf monitor speakers I bought used were going to need a subwoofer. I know nothing about subwoofers. So, I started ed...
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Sheltering in Place: Audiophile Edition

By Jim Kaplan So, what have you been up to? More joy than sorrow I hope. I’ve spent my share of time watching YouTube videos with tears running down my face these last three plus months. But no matter how scary and uncertain ...
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Stones, Costello and McCartney

THE ROLLING STONES’ 2019 No Filter North American tour started in June and is booked into late August including a date in Southern California August 22nd at The Rose Bowl. We’ll be there. The group’s stage repertoire inc...
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McCartney, Motown and Marley

By Jim Kaplan Spring and summer are stacking up with a plethora of concerts along with album and CD events. Paul McCartney has a May 17 release of Egypt Station-Explorer’s Edition on Capitol Records. It coincides with the sta...
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Zappa, Willapa and Christmas In April

BY JIM KAPLAN AHMET ZAPPA’S SPEARheading of The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa hologram tour is the most important thing to happen in the Zappaverse in the last 25 years. I saw a preview of this journey. Holy Shit! It’s...
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2019, from Burger  Records to The Band

BY JIM KAPLAN HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope your 2019 is filled with music and records you love. We moved RCN World Head-quarters over the holidays. Not far; it’s just 15 minutes down the road. It took a full month though. Boy...
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Birds, Vinyl and Things You Still Can’t Hack

By jim kaplan I almost got hacked on Amazon the other day. I got an email from something that really looked like Amazon Prime. The graphics were co convincing I almost clicked on it. Disaster avoided but it was close this time....
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