New Perfect Sound Forever is online...with my Ruler Why interview!

The latest edition of Perfect Sound Forever is now online with my 76th Vinyl Anachronist column. As promised, I interview Ruler Why, the 22-year-old producer of the hip-hop collective The Vultures. He's young but is very outspoken when it comes to the future of vinyl. The Vultures also set down some amazing tracks that are influenced by such hip-hop groups as Wu Tang and others, so be sure to click on the MySpace link at the end of the article..

You can check it out here: http://furious.com/perfect/vinyl76.html

Ruler Why and the Vultures pics

I just finished up my interview with Ruler Why, the 22-year-old producer of the hip-hop collective The Vultures, for my latest Vinyl Ananchronist column for Perfect Sound Forever. He sent me these photos to include in the article, and as you can see he's a pretty young guy. The way he rhapsodizes about vinyl and disses digital, however, is decidedly old school. Ruler isn't afraid to voice his opinions about the current state of hip-hop--he chose the name The Vultures because he is "feasting on the dead carcass of today's music."

If you listen to The Vultures beats (at http://www.myspace.com/thevultures7), you'll hear the Wu-Tang influences, but you'll also hear something dense and sophisticated and original in these mixes.

New Vinyl Anachronist is online!

My latest Vinyl Anachronist column--the 75th!--is up at Perfect Sound Forever: http://furious.com/perfect/vinyl75.html. This features my interview with Brian Di Frank, owner of Whetstone Audio here in Austin, Texas. Hope you enjoy it!

I'm also working with two more DJs--Tim Williams and Ruler Why--for future installments. Tim has been a DJ for over 20 years and owns a record store, and Ruler is the producer for the hip-hop collective The Vultures.