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Top Ten House Party Albums
From Chicago's DJ Intel

During entertaining month, we thought we'd take a break from blogging about dinner parties and delve into something a little more raucous: the all-out house party. Our friend Jason (aka DJ Intel) is...

Organizing Ideas for a Music Station

Lately, we've been seeing a lot of vinyl collections popping up in Apartment Therapy house tours. It makes us think that, although wireless technology is improving, there's still something about res...

50 Worst Album Covers
Red Eye

Click The Thumbnails to View the Album Covers We can remember sitting for hours looking through our older siblings record collections, poring over the totally exotic, strange and wonderful seeming wor...

The Chicagography
Time Out Chicago's Top 15 Local Albums...Ever!

Whether you're a native Chicagoan or a transplant, chances are you turn on some local music at home. We thoroughly enjoyed this "best of" list compiled by Time Out, and wonder if you've got anything t...

A Love Song for a Cat

One of our favorite love songs, and it's meant for a cat! The AT On: Housepets and Homelife post and readers' comments made us think of the Red House Painters song, Wop-a-Din-Din. Its lyrics exempl...

Do You Clean to an Embarrassing Soundtrack?

We performed a deep clean on our shower this past weekend. Choosing the right soundtrack to fit a household task can be tricky...and also really embarrassing. Jump down to see our cringe-worthy mu...

Displaying Musical Instruments at Home: AT Reader AJ

Yet another AT reader/musician, AJ in Little Rock, wrote us about how she incorporates musical instruments into home decor. AJ, apologizing for the quality of camera phone shot, says: When I moved in...

Displaying Musical Instruments at Home: Sarah in Toronto

AT reader Sarah shared photos and words with us detailing her home's musical slant (after we asked): Here are some pictures of my loft and basement that show how my musician boyfriend and I have dis...

Displaying Musical Instruments at Home

The Atomic Ranch site has been inspiring us lately with lots of great room images like this one showing guitars displayed in perfect harmony with the rest of the space. Although no one in my household...