<p>We talk with Kyle Devine, author of a new book about the environmental impact of music recordings, which raises a number of issues that we had never previously considered. </p>

<p><strong>Guest</strong>: </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.hf.uio.no/imv/english/people/aca/tenured/kylerd/" rel="nofollow">Kyle Devine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/39lSXJX" rel="nofollow">Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Show notes</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/28/vinyl-record-revival-environmental-impact-music-industry-streaming" rel="nofollow">Nightmares on wax: the environmental impact of the vinyl revival</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac" rel="nofollow">Shellac (Wikipedia)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/apollo-masters-fire-vinyl-records-lacquer-production-949648/" rel="nofollow">Vinyl Record Production in Peril After Fire at California Plant</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/08/15/vinyl-records-comeback-really-looks/" rel="nofollow">What the Vinyl Records Comeback Really Looks Like…</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phthalate" rel="nofollow">Phtalate (Wikipedia)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/2Si4699" rel="nofollow">William T. Vollmann: Carbon Ideologies</a></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Our next tracks</strong>:</p>

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<li><a href="https://amzn.to/38ruiny" rel="nofollow">Cream: Goodbye Tour - Live 1968</a></li>
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Episode #170 - Miles Davis's Landmark Album Kind of Blue

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.