Wayback Wednesday: Record Store Day!

So I just got word of this thing..but apparently there is a new national holiday that is garnering alot of attention. National Record Store Day! It's dedicated to the vinyls and it looks like alot of artists are already starting to back this thing, including Radiohead and DJ Babu to name a couple. Read a part of this article from the LA Times:

The annual event is quickly gaining international momentum, and this year close to 100 big names in the music business (including Radiohead, Leonard Cohen, New Order, Silversun Pickups, the Smiths) are releasing exclusive 7-inches, LPs and CDs (many containing previously unreleased material) to be stocked in participating locations. Independent SoCal record stores are celebrating with in-store performances, contests and prizes. Head over to Amoeba's party, from noon to 6 p.m., with DJ sets by Wendy and Lisa and DJ Babu, plus live T-shirt silk-screening by Family Industries. Forget that other festival; this is a music geek's dream event that's recession friendly and air- conditioned. For more info, go to www.recordstoreday.com.


I dunno if we'll be doing anything up here in the NW, but I'm gonna have to give Easy Street and Everyday a call to see what the good good is on this, it sounds hella dope.

Til then!
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this is interesting...

Grandmaster Flash Interview in Newsweek

An excellent interview with Joseph Saddler in Newsweek.

NEWSWEEK: Describe your childhood obsession with records. How far did it go?
Grandmaster Flash: Whenever dad would go off to work, I'd wait for the door to slam and I'd grab a record and turn on the stereo. Eventually, my dad would scratch his head and be like, "Have any of you been going through my records?" He'd ask everyone, and by the time he got to me, I was so terrified you'd think the word "yes" was written on my forehead. I'd get my brains beat out of me, sometimes until I was unconscious. Then he'd put my hands on the radiator and burn them, in hopes that it would keep me out of the closet. But it only peaked my interest more.

They go on to ask him about how modern technology has changed hip-hop and what he thinks about digital turntables. Read the rest at NEWSWEEK: Don't stop the beat.

DREW
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