Don Zientara

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Don Zientara

By Curtis Settino

Don Zientara is a name I became familiar with simply by seeing it over and over again on record, and then CD, liner notes. From his Inner Ear Studios, he's been engineering and producing Washington, D.C., area bands for more than twenty years. His most famous credits include Minor Threat...

Cassette Corner

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Cassette Corner

The great thing about self-released cassettes is that anyone can put them out without spending too much money. Photocopy some J-cards, dub a few tapes on the home stereo, and you're done. Total artistic control. The bad thing about self-released cassettes is, you guessed it, anyone can put...

Studio .45

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Studio .45: in Hartford, CT

By Liz Bustamante

Drive through Hartford, Connecticut, and you can't help but notice the giant blue onion sitting atop a tower in an industrial complex. The onion was a gift from Czar Nicholas to Samual Colt in exchange for 2 engraved dueling pistols during a tour of Russia. The building was originally...

Don Dixon

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Don Dixon: of REM/Smithereens Fame

By Scott Bennett, Kevin Coral
Don Dixon is probably best known for his work with REM on murmur and Reckoning but his...
Dump

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Dump: James McNew and his 4 track band!

By Larry Crane
Yeah. So I had heard of Dump, the bass player from Yo La Tengo, who did these great songs...