“The Phonograph knows more about us than we know ourselves,” Thomas Edison wrote in 1888. “For it retains the memory of many things which we forget, even though we have said them.” — Amanda Petrusich Copy Share Image
“The Phonograph knows more about us than we know ourselves,” Thomas Edison wrote in 1888. “For it retains the memory of many things which… — Amanda Petrusich Copy Share Image
“Collecting anything requires a singularity of focus, but 78 collecting demands an almost-inhuman level of concentration. There is a violence to the search, a… — Amanda Petrusich Copy Share Image
“The first time I bought a record, I remember thinking, I have to see if this band has any other records. And then when… — Amanda Petrusich Copy Share Image
“On a good day, even writing can feel like a form of collecting—of gathering words, images, and ideas and arranging them in an order… — Amanda Petrusich Copy Share Image
“He already had a sense of the ways in which white blues fans were unduly aroused by the supreme otherness of black, prewar blues… — Amanda Petrusich Copy Share Image
