"We can order it for you..." aka... the day the music (shop) died...

[gweimer]

For those of us attached to the Outpost Dropbox, I put a goody up there.   

[Dave W]

Back to allegedly dying forms of recordings: the lathe-to-turntable movement

There's a link to a related article detailing how he does it. Much too involved for me, but then again, I like my digital recordings.

[nofi]

so its expensive with "low  sound quality and poor durability". sounds perfect.

[Hörnisse]

Kind of off subject a bit...........After 37 years in Austin they finally tore down Ray's store (as well as all the other stores in the complex) to make room for more condos!  The South Lamar area of Austin is really booming and the landscape is changing so fast I can't even keep up with it.  I remember seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan at Ray's sitting on a fender amp and just wailing.  This was in early 1982 just after I arrived in Austin.  I found many good deals at that place.  Shame it is no more.

[Dave W]

It is a shame but you know how many times more valuable that land is compared to when it was built. Unfortunately the new owners thought it was too expensive to keep using it as only a low-rise strip center.

Is Ray going to reopen somewhere else?

[nofi]

there are shite loads of strip malls in atlanta that have been pretty vacant (pun intended) for years. yet they keep building them and tearing up/down lots of nice stuff in the process.

[Dave W]

This aired last night on out local PBS station, might be of interest to some of you. Tom Hazelmyer (AmRep) on how his interest in punk rock turned into a real record label, and what he's doing with it now, including a look at his handmade album covers for the Melvins.

"People still want the object." Well, some of them do.

[Hörnisse]

It is a shame but you know how many times more valuable that land is compared to when it was built. Unfortunately the new owners thought it was too expensive to keep using it as only a low-rise strip center.

Is Ray going to reopen somewhere else?

He moved everything to the original Temple, TX store.  I heard that it has been rough on Ray. 

[Dave W]

He moved everything to the original Temple, TX store.  I heard that it has been rough on Ray. 

That's too bad. Greeting customers and talking with them has been such a big part of his life. I remember him telling me that he had worked every business day since 1960.

[patman]

I'm no purist...every LP I ever owned sounded like crap from learning all the songs.

[Highlander]

For those of us attached to the Outpost Dropbox, I put a goody up there.   

I've lost my link - who has the reigns these days...?

[clankenstein]

reigns? where wer'e going we dont need no stinking reigns!

[Pilgrim]

The reign in Speign falls meignly on the pleign...?

[nofi]

by george he's got it.

[Highlander]

George...? George...! You got the reigns...?