“My first memories of listening to music probably date back to 1986 on Saturday mornings with my father.
“He had a record player that worked well enough and he would blast Bruce Springsteen while he was in his work space in our unfinished basement. To this day, whenever I listen to tracks like “Born to Run,” “Thunder Road,” “Dancing in the Dark,” and “Atlantic City,” it always bring me back to this time of complete innocence where I didn’t have to deal the troubles of life. However, ironically many of Springsteen songs were all about the troubles of life.
My father is also a huge Dylan fan. Growing up, records like The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan and The Times They Are A-Changin were constantly spinning in our house, and I still love folk music and will write a folk song myself every now and then.
In most cases I’ll only purchase the vinyl record of a local band or an album that has really sparked my interest. There is an enormous amount of new music to check out in the digital age and an album has to speak to you if you are going to buy it.
One record that I did purchase was Deerhunter’s Cryptograms. That record sounded raw, with an interesting combination of punk and trippy atmospheric layers. The album is kind of out there, and you can tell at that time Deerhunter didn’t care if they had an audience for their music or not, and I love that.
Another record that I purchased recently is Papercuts’ Fading Parade. I honestly can’t explain why Papercuts’ music speaks to me. Their music is simple and beautiful, and I just can’t deny that…”
—Tim Kratzer
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TVD Presents: Drop Electric, Honest Haloway, and Technophobia
The Fillmore Silver Spring
Thursday, October 3
$12 | Doors 7:30pm
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