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BOB BEERS
Culture Writer
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: Culture
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The Vinyl Preservation Society of Idaho represents that particular sub-culture of music lovers. The society gathers on a monthly basis in the heart of the linen district near downtown Boise.
The society meets within the dashing Modern Hotel and Bar, welcoming a diverse group to talk, mingle and listen to their favored aural representation of music - the glossy vinyl record.
It all started back in May 2007 when Travis Dryden, his brother Chad and a group of friends started hanging out in Travis's basement listening to old vinyl records.
"We saw the opportunity to meet more people. We knew there had to be other people interested in vinyl. We wanted to reach out to them and build some community," Travis, co-founder of VPS said.
Their suspicions were well founded. There is a strong community in Boise that appreciates the aesthetic cleanliness of music when produced via vinyl.
The Vinyl Preservation Society has grown to nearly 100 members in less than a year.
The popularity of the group is logical: individuals who have a strong appreciation for vinyl have an opportunity to interact with those who share a common interest.
The society takes music from an isolated situation and substitutes that for a communal atmosphere which bolsters knowledge and general listening pleasure.
"It's [listening to music] kind of a solitary activity, right? You put your own music on. You sit in your own home. You listen to it while you're reading or working or doing whatever. We wanted to take music, in the vinyl format, from a passive activity - where you have it as background and it becomes the white noise of life - by getting together with vinyl in a social setting, we wanted to make it a more active thing," Travis said.
By meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month, the VPS is attempting to do exactly that.
The meetings are richly textured with a grand diversity of people as well as a spectacular array of music, all of which begs to be looked at, listened to and touched. The meetings are well structured and plenty of content can keep anyone satisfactorily occupied.
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Richard
posted 5/01/08 @ 5:58 AM MST
Nice article and idea guys. Hope it continues!
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