Canadian life, analog warmth, and audio adventures — one record at a time.
I now have a wishlist — a page where you can pick a gift for me. The idea was simple: I add links to things from any online shop, a guest picks a gift and marks it as theirs, and the card turns grey so nobody else buys…
As promised in one of my previous posts, a few words about Yello's new album. In short: it's a masterpiece. An astonishing blend of recognizable samples and the new possibilities of modern electronics. All the sounds…
This Halloween, my wife and I stayed in: we had plans for the next day, which happened to be one of our rare days off together. And since, as luck would have it, Yello's new album came out the day before the holiday, we…
This blog has been restarted from scratch. It used to run on Ghost, and at some point I realised I was spending more effort on keeping the platform alive than on writing. Ghost stopped being "a simple blogging engine"…
We've been in Canada for more than three years now, but some things still surprise us. For example, on January 1, new rates from our electricity provider take effect. And this is worth a closer look. First of all, you…
With so many options out there, how do you pick the right one without feeling overwhelmed or ending up disappointed?
In the context of mobilization (and of justifying the actions of the TCC, Ukraine's military enlistment offices), one often hears the argument that a person who fails to fulfill their obligations to the state has no…
Swedish trio Dirty Loops plays an absolutely explosive mix of pop, jazz, funk, electronica, and disco — all infused, at times, with a stadium-sized punch.
Page 99 is a studio-based project from Detroit, Michigan, dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the essence of 1970s and '80s West Coast music.
This blog has been a long time coming. After years of collecting records, tinkering with audio gear, and moving across continents, I finally decided to bring it all together in one place — Maple & Vinyl . Here, you’ll…
