This week I have a listener confession to read. I also discuss several new records, an update on my tube amplifier build, some strong feelings of jealousy related to seeing another collector's Instagram page, and paranoia after a collector friend failed to get back to me immediately, amongst other things.

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

I have a conversation with Instagram's @kalmiasoundcompany a.k.a. Jami, a 23 year-old musician and collector from Pittsburgh who is wise beyond their years. We discuss post bop, music theory, cassettes, ADHD, having more than one hobby, and spending as a means of coping, amongst other things.

Jami's IG: https://www.instagram.com/kalmiasoundcompany

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

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I have some money to burn and I have been thinking about things to buy a lot. I discuss new records, equipment, recent eBay auctions, Glenn Gould, DJ gig update, a vindictive Japanese Discogs seller, Van Gelder Studio update, and wondering if people don't like me when they don't get back to me.

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

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I have a conversation with my wife, Ako (@helloiamako). Ako is 53 years old (turning 53 on the day of this podcast's release!), and she brings a unique perspective to the podcast as a Japanese woman. We discuss growing up in Japan, studying English in London, how we met, OCD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, her "offbeat" taste in jazz (that usually excludes Blue Note), mental health in Japan, differences between American and Japanese people, being financially responsible, anti-social tendencies, anger management, and couples therapy, amongst other things.

Ako's IG: https://www.instagram.com/helloiamako

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

In this week's monologue, I start things off with a great, detailed listener confession, then I move on to the topics of tubes, Alan Zweig's 2021 documentary "Records", hypermasculinity in collecting, mono playback and Internet collectors getting it wrong when discussing the science of audio playback, a budget update, a new record, OCD, and DJing.

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

I have a conversation with Instagram's @infinitesound__ a.k.a. Jamie, a 36 year-old Scottish collector, musician, and DJ who is currently studying to be a therapist. We discuss collecting as a mean of coping with loneliness, shopping addiction, eclectic taste in jazz, competitive collecting, and online collector communities, amongst other things.

Jamie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/infinitesound__

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

I start things off with a budget update, then share some news about a new Friends of Van Gelder Studio nonprofit in the works. I bought a new synth and so far I like it. I talk about the recent $3,250 auction price for an OG mono copy of Joe Henderson's "Inner Urge", which leads me to discuss mono versus stereo.

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

I have a conversation with Instagram's @dollar_bin_phil a.k.a. Phil. We discuss Discmans, eclectic collecting, Phil's OG copy of Blue Note 1530, selling vinyl online, ADHD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Austism Spectrum Disorder, divorce, and the movie High Fidelity, amongst other things.

Phil's IG: https://www.instagram.com/dollar_bin_phil

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

This week's episode starts off with a listener confession about reading jazz books (or lack thereof). From there I talk about a recent conversation I had with a future guest about racism in jazz. I also give a budgeting update and I talk about recent shopping addiction struggles, particularly the struggle to buy or not buy a new synth.

Discussion between Gabriel & Malik: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZyDrWgpZcv

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]

I have a conversation with Instagram's @vinylalbumart a.k.a. Mike. We discuss coffee, NYC record stores, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, trolling, therapy, budgeting (or lack thereof), and buying records we think we should have versus records we actually like, amongst other things.

Mike's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vinylalbumart

Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession

Email: [email protected]