State Of The Archive 2025
2025 was a year of adaptation for Dollar Country. After having our baby in late 2023 I scrambled with what to do in 2024. DC started a newsletter, tried to still release a ton of episodes, and generally tried to do too much. For 2025 my goal was to slow down and get an idea of not what could be done but what should be done. So here’s the rundown:
- First Full Year As A Non Profit
2025 was the first full year that Dollar Country was a non-profit organization. It was also the first year where DC received any sort of grant money, which was part of the reasoning in going for non-profit status. With help from my friend, non-profit guru, and supporter Max Paley, we were able to apply for a few grants, eventually receiving one from the Ohio Arts Council to help with our project to digitize many old, odd, and unloved discs that are in the collection. (See the Dollar Country Acetate Project) - The Newsletter
When it started I had intended on the newsletter to be every month, that quickly proved to be unsustainable. Now I think of it more as a bucket that slowly fills with ideas to write about, once the bucket is full the newsletter gets written and sent out. I’ve also stopped posting it online except to patrons. That wasn’t intentional at first. I kept hearing bad things about substack and so I wanted to switch platforms, but I just didn’t have time to think about it. I’d still like to post it online somewhere but I also kind of enjoy the community of just sending out the physical version. I’m not making any promises with how this will work in 2026, but I haven’t lost my interest in writing and designing the newsletter. - Goals For 2026
Next October is the 10 year anniversary of Dollar Country. I have a short list of goals for October that include having every 45 pictured, adding more audio, and having every show page updated with links to the records. Tentatively I have a big show planned for the 10 year anniversary, but, once again, I won’t be making any promises until I know I can keep them. - How To Support Dollar Country
- The best way is to join the patreon
- Send a one time donation via
- paypal – host@dollarcountry.org
- venmo – @dollarcountry
- cashapp – $dollarcountry
- Tell a friend! Let someone know about what I do!
LP New Arrivals
Below are the records I’ve listened to and logged since last time.
NTS Xmas
My bi-monthly episode on NTS radio was right before Christmas this year so why not do a Christmas show? You can hear it here: https://www.nts.live/shows/dollar-country/episodes/dollar-country-20th-december-2025
Thanks For Reading
If you need to contact me for anything, feel free to drop me a line in the comments or email me at host at dollarcountry dot org
Cheers
Franklin