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Save the date! November 9&10 – PreservationSound open studio event

hi y'all - the Bridgeport CT annual artists-open-studio event will take place in three weeks. Preservation Sound will take part…

11 years ago

What does “Rock” mean?

This is a guitar advert from 1982 (American, Dean Guitars INC) When the term "rock" (as a verb) was first…

11 years ago

The Browning And Rice Compressor c.1980

Above: The Browning And Rice brand Dual Compressor and Expressor circa 1980.  There seems to be zero online information regarding…

11 years ago

Some oddball Guitar Pedals of the 1980s

I've been buying and selling guitar effects pedals for a long time; I currently have maybe 60, and have probably…

11 years ago

Yu Brother, I <3 U

Above: best ad ever.  "Yu Brother" (what???) of Taiwan introduces their line of microphones and guitar effect pedals in 1981. …

11 years ago

1989: The Aspri Reverb is introduced. They are great + you should buy one.

Above: the 1989 advert that caught my attention I've said it many times, but pls let me re-iterate: as much…

11 years ago

Please someone explain this advert to me

I really can't figure this one out.  So there's a ghost who sings in a band.  He (she?) rides a…

11 years ago

‘Tude

Oh stop.  'Tude.  What is it, and why does it matter?  'Tude, which is, rather reflexively, a "bad-attitude"-driven abbreviation of…

11 years ago

October is 80’s Month At PS Dot Com

How y'all doing this fine day...  it is sunny+beautiful in Southern CT today, although between the 'federal government shutdown' and…

11 years ago

Check out this great website: ‘Retrothing dot com’

Above: "The Drumssette."  (Source) I was doing some research for our upcoming series of 80's-themed posts (since 'Speaker-weeks' seemed to…

11 years ago