If you weren’t too busy sleeping off a Friday night at Shooters, I hope you were able to get to the Coffeehouse on Saturday, October 1st, to check out the WXDU vinyl record fair! Vinyl records are my current obsession, for a few different reasons.
First: there is something incredibly awesome about picking up a record of Beatles classics for $1. That is just. so. cheap.
Second: if you actually own a record player (and, unlike me, are not just buying bucketloads of vinyl records to own bucketloads of vinyl records), there is nothing quite like listening to music from a record. The sound is exceptionally clear, and you can totally have a hipster dance party in your dorm room. All you need is a record player (which you can find on eBay for twelve bucks) and some vinyl records (which, if you hit up the record fair or a thrift store, are as inexpensive as a dollar).
Third (and in my opinion, most importantly): records are a fun, bright, and unique way to decorate your dorm room! You can go to any record store and buy a vinyl record of your favorite band’s best album. In midst of other dorm rooms with boring, jail-cell walls, you can invest just a few dollars to spruce up your living space.
So, in short, whether or not you actually made it to the record fair, go record crazy!
I guarantee – you won’t regret it. And if you do… I’ll gladly take your vinyl records. And I’ll have myself a hipster dance party anyways.
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Duke chapter.