This is an actual headline:

It’s a revolution: Vinyl records once again cool

I don’t know what is least compelling about this article:

1. That it’s considered newsworthy - then again, the other top story on the Trib website right now is about their 50 favorite magazines.
2. The awful headline.
3. Ah!!! The cringe-worthiness of a doughy-looking forty-year-old talking about hip trends in a tone more suitable for coverage of the quilting expo.

This is actual reporting, paid for by the Chicago Tribune:

More specifically, vinyl represents a listening experience. You sit on an easy chair or a comfy couch between two speakers the size of moving boxes, drop the needle on the record and just listen. While listening, you admire the original artwork on the cover, follow along with lyrics printed on the album’s sleeve or laugh at the big hair in the compilation of concert pictures decorating the inside gatefold.

‘You can also,’ he continued, ‘eat just the marshmallows out of your Lucky Charms. It’s this kind of “laid-back with an edge” feeling that listening to records represents.’

(Heck, many of these kids were probably conceived with the turntable spinning, which may explain things.)

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If you miss the days of sitting around and listening to music — or maybe you’ve never tried it without headphones stuck in your ears — give it a spin.

Interesting vinyl can be found at any garage sale or from an independent music retailer.

Heck, you can buy a new turntable, good speakers and a receiver (your basic home stereo setup) for less than an iPhone.

A garage sale is an event where people, sometimes working with their neighbors, sell things they no longer want at low prices. This can be a good opportunity to purchase things. As they say, ‘One man’s junk is another man’s treasure!!!’ Heh, heh.

The word ‘heck’ was used twice in that story. Not once. Two times.

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