There's no shame in making a mistake. In fact, I'm convinced that mistakes teach us more than getting things right ever could. Mistakes are seared in our minds, helping us map out a better way to do ...

NBC Select independently determines what we cover and recommend. When you click on or buy through our links, we earn a commission. Learn more. The convenience of streaming music is unmatched, but in ...

The convenience of streaming music is unmatched, but in my opinion, it’s missing the intentionality that comes with physical media. My aunt passed her Sony CMT-NE3 CD player down to me as a kid, and ...

During long car rides, I like to have a bit of background music playing on the stereo. The type of music doesn’t really matter — I typically rotate through one of my many Spotify playlists. On a ...

In September of 1992, I bought my first two CDs. One was Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys, and the other was the Singles soundtrack. I was 14 years old. Yesterday, I bought six more CDs — mostly ...

It took me 19 years to build a CD collection that currently tops out at over 3000 discs. It took me only a few hours to pack them all into plastic tubs. I'm not selling them. I couldn't do that. But, ...

Regular readers will probably know me as the one who got really into turntables recently; overhauling my home system (twice!) to make it vinyl-focused and running our annual Vinyl Week celebrations ...

I can't remember what the first 45 or tape I bought was. I do remember buying Van Halen's "1984", and I think it was my first actual album.<br><br>I'm not old enough to have ever bought an 8-track, ...