Vinyl Community Podcasts

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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more information on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

IG: @audio_excursion

Back and better than ever, our dear Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

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Dec 8, 2025

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: "The TV Show"

Dec 8, 2025

1hr 6 min

For the extra session of BONUS TRAX following the latest SURFACE NOISE podcast, we take a trip down mammary lane (pun intended) as we revisit a livestream on YouTube that was key to bringing many of our panelists together - The Rachel's Ghost daily livestream on YouTube.

Brought more into focus via a short documentary from director Greg Elmer, "The TV Show" presents the background into the hostess - Rachel Williams - and a world inside the Vinyl Community that ultimately became a hub for connectivity for many of the record collectors who flock to YouTube in search of news, information, and entertainment inside the collective.

Greg's film initially sets the stage for a poignant two days in that livestream's history with Election Day 2024 in the US, and the fallout the following day. The film also delves into many areas behind this "trans woman of color", her loving wife Sue, and the cast of "characters" affiliated with the show on those days.

Disclosure: We originally had planned to have Greg on to speak about the film, but scheduling issues presented themselves and he was unable to join. In his stead, the dais gave longer opinions on the film, that environment, and what story we felt was (or wasn't) told in those 33 minutes of film. He was generous enough to provide screening copies for us to review, which we greatly appreciate, and wish him and the project well going forward.

The project is available on a limited basis by going to the following link:

https://sojudocs.vhx.tv

** As the Surface Noise crew are not professional reviewers, these opinions are ours and ours alone.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming....

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more information on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

IG: @audio_excursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Dec 5, 2025

Surface Noise | Reissue For Bucks or Reissue Straight Sucks?

Dec 5, 2025

1hr 5 min

The latest episode of SURFACE NOISE is your vinyl record collecting hookup! 🔐

Our cratedigging gluttons for dollar bin punishment recap the latest current events in vinyl, including a very questionable one-step choice coming soon (Hello...is it me you are looking for), a George Michael reissue that hasn't been done before, and we give respect to the late/great Steve Cropper who left an indelible contribution to popular music through his work at Stax in Memphis in the 60's and beyond.

The panel recaps their own Record Store Day Black Friday experiences with wins, losses, and participation trophies for most, before turning to the deeper discussion: why are so many reissues much more expensive that their vintage original pressings? (Is that Seals & Croft entering the chat?)

That and much, much more, only on SURFACE NOISE!

Get some. 🍴

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more information on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

IG: @audio_excursion

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Nov 27, 2025

Surface Noise | Bonus: Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 Picks You Didn't Know You Need

Nov 27, 2025

1hr 20 min

We hope this 'sode finds you in the company of loved ones, good friends, and even better records. For this latest trip around the turntable, we have an off-cycle pod from the SURFACE NOISE crew walking through our picks (and misses) for the 2025 Record Store Day Black Friday releases dropping on Friday, November 28th.

First spin is our "top" choices - the titles that piqued our interest enough to motivate us to go out to our locals to procure these tasty nuggets of vinyl goodness.

Next round features our "accordion" picks: the choices that we will likely talk ourselves into over the course of waiting in line or further ponderance before the day.

And fittingly we end with the "toilet bowl" selections - the titles so bad, so stinky, that there is only really one place they belong to be (not clogging valuable real estate in our stores' bins).

Plus, a special returning friend of the show and SURFACE NOISE alum stops by to say hello and throw some vinyl goodies our way.

So much vinyl nonsense, so little time. Please enjoy this supersized, podcast proper bonus cut from SURFACE NOISE!

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

https://www.youtube.com/@spinzvinyl?sub_confirmation=1

For more information on returning FOTS, Jason (Spinz Vinyl) -

IG: https://www.instagram.com/spinz.vinyl

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

IG: @vinylcommunitypodcasts

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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst).

Save 10% using the code(s) below:

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Nov 24, 2025

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Best Record Store Day Releases. Ever.

Nov 24, 2025

55 min

It's Monday. You know what that means. 🪗

With all the attention (good or bad) to the entity that is Record Store Day lately, our panel on SURFACE NOISE felt it was high time that we discussed the best releases in the 15+ years of the event(s). For BONUS TRAX, we are walking through the best of their best. Do you own any of these titles? Have you sold any of these titles? Do you remember any of these titles?

The dais also touches on the first releases in the 'Vinylphyle' series, why the Rhino HF jackets are tighter than a drum, and a steel cage match between Keith Richards versus Kiefer Sutherland for bragging rights for the ultimate "Keef".

Plus, a new record "Bong Bombs" 💣💥. IYKYK

All of that, just waiting to be unlocked on the latest BONUS TRAX. Get some!

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

IG: @vinylcommunitypodcasts

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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst).

Save 10% using the code(s) below:

VCP10

Nov 20, 2025

Surface Noise | The Largest Record Fair of Them All! The Den Bosch Field Report & The Latest Vinyl News!

Nov 20, 2025

59 min

The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is back with the latest in vinyl record collecting vitriol discussing the latest goings on in this hobby of ours. First we dive into the latest CURRENT EVENTS including The Beatles Anthology IV hitting stores tomorrow (11/21), the Definitive Sound Series (DSS) of R.E.M's Chronic Town + Murmur, and fresh new Rhino news on their Start Your Ear Out Right (SYEOR) 2026 campaign. Then we get a field report from Jason Roxas fresh off his visit to the largest record fair in the world in Den Bosch. Warning: vinyl flexing on full display. You've officially been warned. 🫣

This.

Is.

Surface Noise.

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

IG: @fidelios_frequency

For more on Jason Roxas:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

For more on Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

IG: @vinylcommunitypodcasts

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Show Appendix:

Full list of Rhino SYEOR 2026 Titles:

https://loudpizza.com/collections/syero-2026?srsltid=AfmBOoq0XbGg-ptpYmB-kRocxF7Sl3_Ix4o2VbGIUu4gfVsX0wnVweEI

Nov 17, 2025

Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Records That Make Your Collection Better and TMR vs RSD

Nov 17, 2025

1hr 15 min

It's Monday. You know what that means...

BONUS TRAX is hear to quench your vinyl thirst with our dais of dedicated record collectors talking about records that instantly make your record collection better (if you own them). Any of these titles in your own possession?

From there we take a quick turn into the messy situation between the organizers of Record Store Day and YouTube VC'er Too Many Records (Matt Kessler) owner of a Portland record store of the same name. Matt made two videos recently (links below) sharing that he is no longer authorized/allowed to sell RSD titles at his shop, and with next to no communication from the RSD folks, it's opened several different dialogues inside the Vinyl Community on what this means for smaller indie stores, the RSD org as a whole, and the future of the event(s).

Bringing it back to records, our WFMU folks showcase a couple of their favorite finds during the record fair, and a tale (or two) of a couple that got away.

Remember, when you see it, don't hesitate (too much). Speaking from experience here!

Stylus down, volume up. BONUS TRAX - now playing!

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For more on host Concert Buddie:

https://www.youtube.com/@Americanasam1994

IG: @concertbuddie

For more on debuting guest Sam St. John (Americana Sam):

IG: @americanasam94

For more on returning champion Kendall (Spin Doctor & His Vinyl Mayhem):

https://www.youtube.com/@spindoctorandhisvinylmayhem

IG: spindoctorsvinylmayhem

For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0BVmVrb3xI&t=1022s

IG: @fidelios_frequency

Link to Arnaldo's great WFMU recap video:

For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):

IG: @thegrooveseeker

Back again and it never felt so good, our dear Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):

https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion

For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):

For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:

IG: @vinylcommunitypodcasts

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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst).

Save 10% using the code(s) below:

VCP10

* Links to TMR videos chronicling his plight with RSD:

(1) Original Share https://youtu.be/OOej319j7S4?si=zAGKey5UTiDRH1hU

(2) Their Rebuttal (kind of): https://youtu.be/n1VEZSpIj_s?si=4e7MEcc4YzbqixKg

Nov 13, 2025

Surface Noise | WFMU Record Fair Recap + No More Drama?

Nov 13, 2025

1hr 1 min

Excuse the sniffles, and put down your beverage, because we are bringing more ice to chill out those record collecting woes. On the latest JAM PACKED episode of SURFACE NOISE, we kick off with the latest vinyl news and grooves from the Acoustic Sounds + Rhino 45rpm project, the latest MoFi mis-steps, a Tone Poet 2026 mention, and a new box set that could pique your fancy.

Then our panel of vinyl purveyors recap the goings on at the WFMU Record Fair in New York City, before discussing opportunities for larger "conventions" in other parts of the country (versus regional shows).

The show of record talking about records is back!

This

Surface Noise.

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