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Frank Gutch Jr: Thompson’s and Chrystalship: The Changing of the Guard; A Video Guide to Boulder’s Zephyr; and A Short String of Notes

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Banners Raised, Boulder, Cargoe, Caroline Cotter, Chris Cacavas, Chrystalship, Contrails, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, era for a moment, eugene, Frank Gutch Jr., gary heffern, Goblin Market, Inara George, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Jane Gowan, Joseph Maxwell, music, music videos, Parsonsfield, radio, Records, Rheostatics, Ron Prindle, segarini, Shelby Carcio, Steve Wynn, Sweet Home Oregon, The Bush League, The Game Played Right, The Real Shade, The Tillers, The Violet Archers, Thompson's Record Mart, Tim Vesely, tommy womack, Whitney Rose, Zephyr on February 13, 2018 by segarini

The first record store I ever frequented was in Eugene, Oregon— Thompson’s. I wanted to put “Record Mart” behind it but I am not sure how they labeled themselves. A building on the north end of the city, not too far from Skinner’s Butte, it was small, square and as I remember it, white, with large storefront windows behind which racks of records were displayed, mostly 45s, a small wall of listening booths, and stereo equipment— lots of it. I have no idea how I found out about it, being a small town boy who hardly ever visited the big city (and to me Eugene was big and a city), but I found myself one day, after much begging and emotional pyrotechnics, entering this Taj Mahal of vinyl. I remember it like it was yesterday.

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Frank Gutch Jr: The Stores Are Alive With The Sound of Music….. plus Notes!

Posted in Opinion with tags Aron's Records, Blue Meanie, Campus Music, Cellophane Square, Chrystalship, DBAWIS, Dean's Golden Oldies, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Vignola, Gary Haller, House of Records, Illinois Speed Press, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Intergalactic Trading Company, Jim Swindel, licorice pizza, Longhair Music Faucet, michael fennelly, Monty Rocker, Music Millennium, No Small Children, Pacific Discount Records, Peaches Records, Records, Second Time Around, Stone Darling, Terry Currier, The Arcade, The Sun Shoppe, Thompson's Record Mart, Vinnie Zummo on April 23, 2013 by segarini

I still get asked why I love record stores. Still. Older people shrug their shoulders and the young— well, let us just say that rolling of the eyes seems to be part of their DNA. Every time it happens, I think, hey, I wasn’t like that. Well, except for the time that Momma pointed out that Ernie Fields‘ rockin’ In the Mood was a cover of a Glenn Miller song.