nina vakueva – Cannonball Read 17

Heavy on the 90s Music Nostalgia

Heavy Vinyl: Y2K-0! by Carly Usdin

July 4, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Square 1: Music Heavy Vinyl: Y2K-O! could actually have fit more than one square, but I wanted to start in a corner, and Music is what I’d slotted it for, so this is where it all starts. This is book 2 in a graphic novel series that is set in a music store, whose employees form a band and compete in a battle of the bands, and who investigate wrong-doing or dishonesty in the music business. I liked volume 1 but I think either […]

Heavy Vinyl – not so heavy on plot but still fun!

Heavy Vinyl: Riot on the Radio by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva, Irene Flores

March 21, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Heavy Vinyl appears to have gone through some adjustments over its publication. Its title was originally Hi-Fi Fight Club and then for some reason they changed the name of the record store it is set in from Vinyl Mayhem to Vinyl Destination. Both changes are better, but many of the web descriptions of the comics have the old names so that’s confusing. Anyhow, spoiler alert: it’s about a fight-club in a record store! Sort of. I haven’t read or seen Fight Club, but this seems […]

Breaking the first rule of Fight Club

May 5, 2018 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Originally, Heavy Vinyl was titled Hi Fi Fight Club. This will be important in a minute or two. The basic premise of this graphic novel, originally a short series of comic books now bundled and bound as a set, is cute and light hearted. Teenage Chris has recently gotten her dream job at the local record shop Vinyl Destination. She wants to become a musician and she has a crush on one coworker (peppy Maggie), idolizes her boss (Irene), adores older co-worker (Kennedy), and would […]

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