Nothing makes me happier than finding damaged records and transforming them into something useful. In fact, I sort of feel like a hunter who uses every part of their kill. The album itself gets turned into bowls or coasters and the sleeves get made into gift boxes, post/note cards or journal covers.
And then I sell them to suburbanites at a substantial cost leaving me able to roll around in dollar bills naked.
But now there's another use for those old albums that are torn up from years of wear and tear...as eyeglasses. Yep, you can now wear a pair of glasses made from the Tommy soundtrack in whatever style suits your face.
Sweet Mothers of Invention, now that is truly what recycling should be all about.
The Vinylized Glasses (made by Tipton Eyeworks) are handmade in Hungry using a process to bind the vinyl to cellulose acetate which gives it the durability it needs to remain in shape and keep it sturdy. They only use albums that have seen better days (to keep record aficionados from having conniption fits) so feel free to wear a pair out to a record swap without any fear of getting beat up (but you should probably keep some pepper spray handy just in case...you never know with those guys).
And while the glasses themselves are not cheap ($450 a pair) they do happen to come in a handmade case from a 7" single that was folded it in half with a zipper attached.
After the break is a cool video showing the process.
And yeah, I'm totally trading in my glasses for a pair of these...which I hope is constructed from Color Me Badd's debut album.
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