Archives everywhere this week, plus a change of pace at the end:
The Internet Archive Is Digitizing & Preserving Over 100,000 Vinyl Records: Hear 750 Full Albums Now: though a fervent vinyl fiend as a teenager I’ve embraced the digital revolution with both arms – I still marvel that the heavy record crates I used to have to haul (up stairs, both ways) to my 1990s college radio show now fit on an object the size of a pack of cards with room to spare. And the Boston public library vinyl collection is just the tip of Archive.org’s audio iceberg: behold.
Speaking of archives, Extra-terrestrial collection touches down: The University of Manitoba Archives receives local UFO collections: this time it’s UFO researcher Chris Rutowski’s papers. Why do the Canadians get all the good UFO archives?
Finally, The Casebook Project has digitized the medical records of astrologer-physicians Simon Forman and John Napier.
Lest you think all I do is look at archives all day (I wish!): David Bowie wanted to play the role of Rorschach in Terry Gilliam’s ‘Watchmen’ adaptation: my gut impulse is “would watch”. Incredibly it sounds like Alan Moore was on board with this adaptation as well. What do you think?