tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post2208098601069294026..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Record-Store DayNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-87283818874184384952011-04-16T15:32:46.908-04:002011-04-16T15:32:46.908-04:00You have no idea how much I miss opening the store...You have no idea how much I miss opening the store on a Saturday morning, and watching all the music weenies roll on in. My alma mater (closed 1996) was far more than a store - it was really a CLUBHOUSE.(And a far more pleasurable way than most to make a semi-decent living.) To this day, I can't go out in public w/o stumbling across someone that I once sold a bunch of records to. It really was a way of life...<br /> Most (all?) of the cool Boston stores are now long gone, but I nonetheless hit the local chain this morning to pay tribute to the holiday that is RSD. Made me happy to see kids shopping for vinyl. - bill bucknerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89993125743861437072011-04-16T10:03:17.644-04:002011-04-16T10:03:17.644-04:00Back in the eighties, every other Friday when I go...Back in the eighties, every other Friday when I got paid, I would head down to Greenwich Village and do a grand circuit of the bootleg record stores, some barely bigger than closets and located below street level, searching for some newly leaked gem that would make my life complete. <br /><br />It was a wonderful ritual and one that is certainly not replaced by scanning bittorrent and music download sites....Gummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947040598570967596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43006309624270243292011-04-16T09:49:51.163-04:002011-04-16T09:49:51.163-04:00There's a place like this one the main drag in...There's a place like this one the main drag in Hackensack, not too far from me. I've never been though -- I really have to kill an afternoon there one of these days.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-18220269812974436922011-04-16T09:43:12.506-04:002011-04-16T09:43:12.506-04:00Our last record store disappeared years ago. I, to...Our last record store disappeared years ago. I, too, miss the aura of the record store and the thrill of the hunt. True,you can get almost anything online, but it is not the same as the great accidental discoveries you made digging through the cutout record bin or the badly alphabetized used section.<br />Nonetheless, Record Store Day is being celebrated for the first time here: at a local antique mall where the guy with overpriced used LPs does business.<br />Heavy sigh.edwardnoreply@blogger.com