Record Stores

Stars in a Record Store

Binky Philips | Posted 05.17.2013 | Entertainment

Read More: East Village, Rick Rubin, Prince, Steve Buscemi, Amy Carter, Natalie Merchant, John Doe, Ramones, Beastie Boys, Exene, Binky Philips, Record Stores, David Byrne, Entertainment News

Running a record store on St Mark's Place in the East Village during the 1980s put me in the dead-center middle of an exploding mecca of pop culture.

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Happy Record Store Day!

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 05.12.2013 | Arts

Just in time for Record Store Day, Jack White's independent label, Third Man Records, has rolled out a vintage party trick for music lovers in the Nas...

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The End of an Era, or Something: Another Collector Weighs in on the Closing of Bleecker Bob's

Roger Weisman | Posted 04.12.2013 | New York

Read More: New York Record Stores, Bleeker Bob's Closing, Bleeker Bobs Closing, NY Around Town, Record Stores, Collecting Records, New York News

If you told me 10 years ago that Bleecker Bob's, the near-legendary New York record store, was closing, I would probably be less upset than I am now.

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A Few Too Many Words in Defense of Record Store Day's Black Friday

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 01.19.2013 | DC

Read More: Record Store Days, Records, Black Friday, DC Record Stores, Music Industry, Record Stores, DC News

on Friday, November 23 a whole bunch of records are going to come out, and I'm going to buy some of them. Record Store Day and all its appendages remain worthy of our attention, and quite possibly our dollars too.

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The Case for Vinyl

Kayley Kravitz | Posted 11.25.2012 | Arts

Read More: Record Sales, Music Sales, Music Industry, Vinyl, Record Stores, Vinyl Records, Vinyl Is Back, New Music Vinyl, Arts News

There's nothing quite like the crackle of vinyl as the speakers warm up. Mp3 files are ridiculously compressed -- you don't get that with vinyl. It's one of the purest ways to listen to music.

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I Want My Cool Back

Amy Ruhlin | Posted 10.21.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Reading Glasses, Middle Age, Records, Chicago Suburbs, Rock N Roll, Cool, Midlife, Beat Generation, Twenties, Midlife Crisis, Hippies, Hipsters, Record Stores, College Towns, Fifty News

I want her to know that I was not always a middle-aged mom with over-processed hair and fluctuating hormones. I want her to know that her Dad did not always have goofy dance moves.

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Another Chef's Blog About Something

Gayle Pirie | Posted 09.11.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: Newspapers, Print Journalism, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Cds, Technology, Record Stores, Magazines, Family, San Francisco News

I want magazines, glorious shiny magazines, and newspapers, expensive, dying newspapers, and I will have them.

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The Amazon Conundrum

Howard Fishman | Posted 07.02.2012 | Small Business

Read More: Amazon.com, The Strand, Online Retailers, Independent Bookstores, Economics, Business, Business Strategy, Record Stores, Video, Small Business News

And so ensued the ethical debate: support The Strand and pay a whopping $10 more for the book, or save the $10 and order the same book online, further hastening the imminent demise of great bookstores like the very one I was standing in?

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A Shift in Music

Jake Shears | Posted 04.25.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Rdio, Music-Subscription, Music Industry, Vinyl, Music Industry Change, Vinyl Records, Record Stores Nyc, Cds, Record Stores, Video, Entertainment News

There's clearly a shift in the way people are buying music now and I can't help but think about how that affects me as an artist.

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Bowie, McCartney And More Celebrate The Hometown Record Store

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 06.20.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Record Store Day, Record Store Day Releases, Hometown Record Stores, Record Store Day 2012, Music, Record Stores, Record Store Day Events, On Our Radar, Home News

PORTLAND, Maine -- Think Katy Perry and vinyl, and a hip-hugging dress might come to mind. The 27-year-old pop artist is among musicians going old sc...

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1-2-3-4 Go! Records -- Why Record Stores Should Still Matter

Melissa Webster | Posted 06.17.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Oakland, 1234 Go Records, Green Day, Punk Rock, Prima Donna, Kepi Ghoulie, Live Music, Alternative, Music, Record Stores, Punk, Records, The Phenomenauts, Emily's Army, The Dollyrots, California Bands, Video, Entertainment News

I refuse to buy an iPod, a Kindle, or download any movies that go straight to my computer or television. Face to face social interaction and good times, that was the true value of these businesses.

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Record Store Day 2012

Amber DeGrace | Posted 06.10.2012 | Home

Read More: Record Store Day, Records, Music, Record Stores, Lp, Vinyl, Vinyl Records, Home News

Vinyl. You either get it or you don't. If you do, get out there and participate on Record Store Day! Grab some good stuff, take it home, and enjoy listening to your bounty.

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Longtime D.C. Record Store To Close

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2012 | DC

Read More: DC News, Internet, Video, Melody Records, DC Real Estate, Economy, DC Business, Dc Around Town, Music, Record Stores, Dupont Circle, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The lastest victim of the digital shift in how we get our music: Dupont Circle's Melody Records will close later this winter after 34 ye...

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Last Minute Shoplifting

Binky Philips | Posted 02.19.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Beatles, East Village, Shoplifters, Binky Philips, New York City, Record Stores, Entertainment News

As I have relayed in this blog o' mine, I spent over a decade in record store retail on St. Mark's Place in the East Village through the eruption of P...

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A Crooked Mile

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 12.07.2011 | DC

Read More: Dc Around Town, Crooked Beat, Dc Small Business, Record Stores, DC News

I have no vested interest in the financial security of Crooked Beat Records, but I say with all seriousness that I am not entirely sure what I would do if it ceased to exist.

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St. Clair Shores, Mi.: An End For The Record Store That Survived iTunes

stclairshores.patch.com | Nico Rubello | Posted 11.22.2011 | Home

Read More: Dispatches: The Changing American Dream, Independent Record Stores, Record Stores, Patch, St. Clair Shores Mi, Home News

“Obviously I’ve been here a long time. I’m approaching 70, " said Bob Setlik, the owner of Car City Records, in St. Clair Shores, Mi. He has dec...

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Record Store Day

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 06.15.2011 | Home

Miss the smell of vinyl? The clack of a CD case? Can't get enough of out-dated formats? Hipster? Record Store Day 2011 is Saturday, April 16, and r...

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PHOTOS: The Best Record Stores In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Rolling Stone released it's list of the "25 Best Record Stores in the U.S." today, and three Chicago shops made the cut. We were impressed--but also f...

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Logan Square Gets Two New Record Stores

Chicago Reader | Jessica Hopper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Logan Square Record Stores, Chicago Music Stores, Chicago Music, Lps, Logan Square, Vinyl, Record Stores, Chicago News

"I've lived in Logan Square for about 20 years now," says Marc Ruvolo, cofounder of long-running Chicago indie/punk label Johann's Face. "There's no r...

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