Blog: PopMatters

A little less than a year ago, PopMatters columnist Rob Horning eloquently revisited "the listening conditions of (his) 11-year-old self" in a piece that celebrated the simple pleasures of playing records. While the surge in vinyl interest has these days surfaced in more mainstream media trend pieces than we can count, it's reassuring that people are buying and enjoying music -- and are even frequenting their neighborhood's independent record stores. Director John Lyle doesn't attempt...