The Revenge of Analog Part 3

As promised, below you will find my complete interview with David Sax, author of: "The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter". I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

The Revenge of Analog Part 2

So this past week was very exciting. On Thursday, I had the opportunity to interview David Sax, author of "The Revenge of Analog". It was a very insightful interview. I came away from the interview even more convinced that the resurgence of analog technology isn't a fade, but a new reality. 

Whether we as a society want to admit to it or not, we live in an analog world. And analog isn't going away. In fact it's almost like our natural and best way to communicate is through analog. It could be the more we embrace this reality, the greater our ability will be to thoughtfully engage with one another through music, art, or conversation in a meaningful way.

I'll be sure to post the interview here as soon as I have finished editing it.

New Music from St. Vincent

On October 13th, St. Vincent released her 6th full length album "MASSEDUCTION". It's incredible!!! It's a breakup record set to pop music. I love it, and have been listening to it pretty much non-stop since its release.

The song Pills is my favorite thus far. It's a great example of what St. Vincent does musically on this record. 

The Revenge of Analog

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I was browsing a book store in Hyde Park two weeks ago, and I came across a book by David Sax entitled "The Revenge of Analog". The theme of the book is how many analog technologies such as record players, paper books/journals, and film photography are making a comeback in the digital age.

Not just a comeback, a very big comeback. I'm only two chapters into the book, but thus far Sax is arguing that we (humans) need to have some sort of connection to certain types of objects in order to have a connection. With digital technology, we can own "stuff", but they are just codes. Nothing we can hold. But if we have a vinyl record of Rubber Soul, we have something in our hands that represents that art.

I'm really enjoying the book thus far. I do find myself drawn to more analogy technologies recently. I try and listen to a record an evening. Cut down on my phone time, and watch DVDs instead of streaming. (I know DVDs are still digital, but you still can hold them in your hands.) I almost feel like I'm more connected to the analog/physical object than the digital.

I sense that this may be a future topic for my podcast series 'The Looking Glass'.