After some deliberation we decided that the best way to start the process was to release the details of the first 100 albums, listed alphabetically, from each letter of the alphabet each week. So on 1st May we will release the first 100 A’s, on 8th May the first 100 B’s, 15th May first 100 C’s, and so on.

Lots of clicking is sure to follow…

John Peel’s Record Collection | The Space.

Pro Tip: Click on the studio board for access to Spotify links to tons of Peel Sessions

(Note: The site will not work without scripting. I *think* it might work without FLash n modern browsers)

People’s Champion: Behind the Battle from Trent Babbington on Vimeo.

Fascinating doc about the “Eli vs Envy” rap battle which blew up in 2008. “I’m the best, mayne. I deeeeiid it”

Long pause

Long pause

rock, pop, hip hop, country, dance, world, folk, reggae, soul, alt.rock, jazz, funk, punk, r+b, metal, classical, techno, new wave, house, old-timey, breaks, spoken, 80’s, electro, blues, promos, DVDs (music + features), tons more

Insultingly low prices

As low as $0.50 (hey, some are even “cheaper than free”)

Listen before you buy

Free refreshments too!

Memorial Day Weekend
Saturday + Sunday + Monday 10am – 5pm
May 29 to 31

All covered, so it’s RAIN OR SHINE

Osnas Lane
Near Rt 212 + Glasco Turnpike junction (Next to Red Onion Restaurant)

Woodstock / West Saugerties NY

Follow the red and white signs

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And would the Shop Assistants have gone further had they been produced by Richard Gottehrer?

Thanks to Will for the tip

Recently published photos of Steve McQueen reveal the “King of Cool” to be a vicious vinyl-abusing fan of shag carpeting.

Leaving aside the issue of the carpeting, for which he perhaps cannot be blamed, let us dive headlong into the horror.

In one particularly gruesome shot (above) McQueen straddles a graveyard of records strewn on the carpet while he looms over his next victim. The experienced music fan will recognize this as a virulent strain of the vinyl-abuser’s sickness; the massacre of innocent vinyl in search of the perfect song (or “side”) to match the mood. Is it so hard to imagine that there is other substance abuse concurrent with this madness and vinyl lust?

Observant readers will also note one more especially insidious detail; the record player is placed in the disused fireplace. This is obviously McQueen’s sly commentary on the tendency of the vinyl fetishist to make the phonograph the hearth and center of the home. Surely the sign of a man deep in the throes of vinyl’s malignant charm.

Who could have known that the star of such touchstone films as “The Great Escape”, “Bullit”, “Le Mans”and, errrrm, “The Towering Inferno” harbored such dangerous and perverse depths? We can only hope that more images of this insanity do not surface. There are too few heroes these days….

Thanks to Jason for the tip

The Sound Of The City: The Rise Of Rock And Roll

Charlie Gillett’s master work. As this post goes to press you could get it used from $4.76
Highly recommended.

We don’t post too many RIPs here, but on trawling the net the other day we came across this oddity from 1996. Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughan and Alan Vega get together for some true spookiness. Hadn’t really occurred to us to post it, but the news of Alex Chilton’s death prompted me to go back to it, It’s a very different sound for him, far removed from the sweet harmonies and jangle we usually associate with him.

Annie Mac played it the other day and the context made it sound good enough to listen to again. On my fifth listen I am still conflicted. Her attitude is great, but the beat isn’t. Her lyrics are stupid/fun but the flow ain’t fine. The hook is sharp but …. Oh I give up. Perhaps this is the natural end product of the “poptimist” critical approach.

BTW: Starkey did a remix – and for once it is not too good.