2 posts tagged “rca”
Instead of reviewing two music releases or compositions like I do every other TwoPlay Tuesday, I though I'd take this opportunity to show you the new Apop Records store in South St. Louis, MO. The store and independant record label have moved from Columbia, MO to St. Louis and will continue to release new material I'm likely to review here.
To learn more about Apop Records, you can read my article over on WebsterBloggers.com, or follow the picture link to see more photos of the store, which will have it's Grand Opening this Saturday. You can learn more about Apop on it's website as well.
Update: Even more good music news, this time c/o of this blogging service. It seems a couple of record labels have partnered up with Vox so that musicians can submit music demos directly to the talent scouts at their company. More info over here on that blog everyone on Vox should already have read...
(Note: Monday Movie Review is a weekly feature & short film review, consisting solely of this author's educated opinion. And when I say educated I mean just that - the criticism of a Film Studies major @ Webster University. Consider yourself warned...)
This isn't going to be a good start, but because I did not see any new films this weekend (this feature will usually serve as a review of new releases) I'd like to offer this report. Video formats are one of my little obsessions so please allow me to introduce the uninitiated to one of my favorites: Capacitance Electronic Discs (or CEDs for short), more commonly known in the US as the RCA SelectaVision system.
This videodisc format works much like a record in that it's disc has physical impressions that are read by spinning it over a stylus and needle. And just like a good record, the the video disc's data was vulnerable to dust and scratches that would ruin it, so the disc was housed in a caddy that would remove and eject the video disc (as demonstrated in the video to the right). Today the CED has become quite popular among collectors, but because it was never as popular as some of the other video formats (it sold around 500,000 units domesticly) it's discs are often mistaken for vinyl records and lost in the bins.
To learn more about CED and its storied history, please visit CED Magic. More information (or least easier to read information) is availible in the Virtual Musem of Vintage VCRs.
