[kj] More bitching

[GREG SLAWSON]

I grew up in a small (30,000) hip college town. there was a local punk record shop I went to almost every day, back in 1980 or so.
They would get EVERYTHING in, the latest underground imports (e.g. A Certain Ratio, a group that was totally unknown in the US then), all the dub reggae, local punk bands, etc.  Stuff you'd never find in a chain record store (I seem to remember a horrible US chain called Strawberries, which folded many years ago). It was like my home and temple all in one.
 


To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:42 -0400
From: jpwhkj at aol.com
Subject: Re: [kj] More bitching


When I was a teenager, I lived in the back of beyond, and my "local" independent record store wasn't really that useful.  I read the mainstream UK music press (Sounds every week; NME & Melody Maker if they had something interesting on the cover) which at least told me what gigs were coming up & what records were being released.  I bought loads of fanzines at gigs, but they were always months out of date (though often quite interesting).
 
So the Gathering wins.
 
Jamie





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Question to Gatherers:
how much of your music-knowledge/product needs that you used to satisfy at your local record shop do you now turn here to the Gathering (and Gatherers' associated websites) for?
 
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