Love Records? You Need a Portable Record Player, Too


Updated 10/15/10 1:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Portable Record Player

Are you a part of the record revolution yet? The vinyl craze is in full swing, and I can say with certainty that well over half of my friends are sporting a record player in their living room — and so am I! If you're already rocking out to records at home, check out the Crosley Revolution USB Turntable ($180), a compact, take-anywhere record player powered by AA batteries. Available in four Read more

Vintage Geek FTW! Arcade Fire Produces New Album on Vinyl


Updated 01/28/11 6:40 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

Arcade Fire Uses Vinyl Records To Produce New Digital Album

Each time a new technology is introduced, the old technology it's replacing runs the risk of going the way of the 8-track. When was the last time you watched a VHS tape? Even with the prevalence of digital music files, vinyl records are making a comeback in a big way. Retail outlets from music stores (does this mean we can call them "record stores" again?) to Urban Outfitters are selling new Read more

DIY: Record Planters


Updated 05/11/10 3:03 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

DIY: Record Planters

Here's a post from OnSugar blog Crafty McCrafterson: We made some planters out of old records. My husband uses most of his records, but we used ones that we had duplicates of. We got the idea from Homemade Mamas! Step 1: Melt your record (200 degrees) Step 2: Mold it into what you want (use gloves if you want) Continue reading to see the next steps! Read more

Nonni's Makes It Rain Meatballs With New World Record


Updated 11/06/09 3:12 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 5 comments

New Hampshire Restaurant Sets New Guinness World Record For Largest Meatball

When I saw the trailer for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, I wondered: what could be better than living in an alternate universe where it rains meatballs? Well, I think I've found my answer. It's a 222.5-pound meatball that emerged over the weekend, blowing all other past meatball records out of the water. The gargantuan ground beef spectacle, which was created by Matthew Mitnitsky of Nonni's Read more

World's Largest Burger Among New Record-Setting Foods


Updated 09/22/09 2:17 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 13 comments

World's Largest Burger, Full English Breakfast, Tamale

It's a tale that'll go down in burger history. At an event this week in London, Guinness World Records revealed a host of new record breakers, among them a 185-pound, $499 whopper of a hamburger, which is officially the world's largest. The record belongs to Mallie's Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, MI. Owner Steve Mallie, who said the bun must be baked for eight hours and the burger for 15 Read more

Spain Scores Record For World's Longest Restaurant Table


Updated 09/14/09 11:35 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

Spain Breaks Record For Largest Dining Table

Perhaps the world's lengthiest dosa has finally found its place at table. Over the weekend, a dining table measuring 1.258 kilometers, or more than three quarters of a mile, entered the Guinness World Records. The front-page furniture hailed from the Valencian town of El Campello in Spain. The feat was made up of tables from at least 60 various local restaurants. Restaurants that contributed Read more

India Chain Claims to Be Home to Longest Ever Dosa


Updated 08/28/09 2:06 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 1 comment

India Chain Claims to Be Home to Longest Ever Dosa

To be filed right next to New Delhi's record for the world's largest biryani: Sankalp, a restaurant chain based in the city of Ahmedabad, India, claims to have made the world's longest dosa. The mammoth dosa — a crepelike South Indian specialty made from rice and black lentils — was created last Wednesday and measured in at 32 feet and 5 inches long, taking less than 40 minutes to put Read more

Etsy Find: Recycled Album Jacket Coasters


Updated 07/20/09 10:45 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 3 comments

Etsy Find: Recycled Album Jacket Coasters

If you're decorating a masculine bedroom or a hipster dude haven, or if you just want to show off your taste for rock 'n roll, add a set of Recycled Album Jacket Coasters and a Vinyl LP Bowl ($29) to your home. Etsy seller Inoudid's Attic is repurposing her husband's vintage vinyl record album collection into these one-of-a-kind coaster and bowl sets (side note: my husband would never forgive me Read more