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Record Store Day 2012 Vinyl Haul
T. Rex Electric Warrior 7" Box Set Uncle Tupelo The Seven-Inch Singles Richard Buckner Willow 7" The Clash London Calling 7" Bruce Springsteen Rocky Ground 7" Uncle Tupelo No Depression LP Uncle Tupelo Still Feel Gone LP Uncle Tupelo March 16-20, 1992 LP Freakwater Feels Like the Third Time LP Farrar, Johnson, Parker, Yames Let's Multiply 10"
The Lakeside Lounge : A Fond Farewell
"Flying down Avenue B, baby, you swore you ain't never coming back" The Backsliders When I moved back to NY/NJ following college, fresh on the heels of my awakening that music was *the* passion that resided in me, it was as if the Lakeside Lounge was there to greet my return. Opening in 1997, the Lakeside quickly became my favorite spot in all of New York City. In addition to having just about nightly free live music, the Lakeside was co-owned by Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, one of the proverbial leaders of the music scene (alt.country, Americana, Uncle Tupelo+, No Depression, whatever) that was occupying my every breathing moment. I mean, Ambel worked with Oxford, Mississippi's Blue Mountain, The Bottle Rockets, and many other leaders of this "genre." And he made the Lakeside not just a home for folks like me, but punks, skaters, music snobs, drunks and really anyone who walked in. There wasn't an ounce of attitude at the Lakeside. And amaz...
Sunday's Vinyl Haul
Brian Eno : Music for Airports (Japanese import (and yes, I really just wrote "Japanese import")) Minutemen : What Makes a Man Start Fires? Boogie Down Productions : Criminal Minded The Shins : Oh, Inverted World Jimmy Cliff : Wonderful World, Beautiful People I'll Be Here in the Morning : The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt (book)
