one-year anniversary!

I just noticed that the blog has been up and running for a year now (one year and three days to be precise). 500+ albums/EPs/7"s thus far and I am yet to receive any lawsuits (most of the music here is out of print and forsaken, after all). More surprisingly, perhaps, only once during the past year have I been asked to take down a link to an album (I'm looking at you, Alvin Lucier['s record label]). I assume this serves as an indication that small bands/artists are now realizing that blogs like this one are actually helping them spread their music, reach new audiences and keeping long-deleted music from disappearing into obscurity. So far the blog has had more than 200 000 visitors and there has been more than 90 000 downloads. Big thanks to everyone who has posted kind comments and especially to those who have helped me with certain hard-to-find records.