Tangibility: Pods – Where I’m Calling From
One thing that has been really interesting about this whole experiment is how having a physical connection with an object means you have a connection with whoever is producing that object as well. Even little things like a record arriving with a chip in it, or getting a signed copy of a King Khan record instead of the regular one give me more memory than a download could.
I’ve had a few people contact me about sending me some physical stuff to listen to, record labels and artists alike. One of the first was a gentleman Ben Deily, of rock band Varsity Drag, who generously offered to send me their first album (a 10″ on colored vinyl) and their new album (CD only). He also threw in his previous band’s record, Where I’m Calling From by his self-decribed “way-too-earnest band” Pods on rockin’ cassette. Taking this out of the case and pressing play was such a flash back. Check it:
I’ll be writing up the Varsity Drag records in the future, but this was pretty dang awesome to get in my hands.