Links: Music industry sexism, vinyl video game music, why do we want sound recording anyway?

• As usual, the comments on an article on why feminism is needed in the music industry demonstrate why feminism is needed in the music industry.

• The vinyl revival goes too far: video game music on vinyl. What.

• Way back when sound was first recorded … nobody cared. Even Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, who made the very earliest known sound recording, never thought in terms of playing it back — he just wanted to know what sound looked like.

I hate this tinnitus and hyperacusis so much. I’m working from home the next three days because the office is too loud. I AM LIVING YOUR MOST HORRIFYING NIGHTMARE, RECORD NERD. Rocknerd: We Get Hyperacusis So You Don’t Have To. Bah.