Armed with a tape recorder and open ears, Tony Schwartz turned everyday noise into lasting art. Now, his recordings live on at Smithsonian Folkways, where they continue to inspire new ways of ...

A newspaper bucks all trends. It is the one constant that won’t harm your eyeballs from blue light. It won’t shatter into ...

The MiniDisc – or 'MD' for short – was a bold leap: a 64mm magneto-optical disc encased in a protective caddy. Capable of ...

Tunde Adebimpe's debut solo album, Thee Black Boltz, had an unlikely origin: a break-in. After someone stole hard drives full ...

This story was originally published in the November 11, 1971 issue of Rolling Stone.

Sony launched the first video recorders for the home. This was followed by the great format war with VHS, which Sony only ...