the brown girl

npr wrote a lovely piece about the 78 project, which seeks to record that old-timey sound with 78 rpm acetate discs. one of my favs, dawn landes sings "the brown girl" amongst the greenery of the ny botanical gardens.

record store day

for the past four years and counting i have participated in record store day. this one was bittersweet as one of my favs, sound fix, bid farewell. i happily shopped there on their last day. picked up rsd 7" releases for sharon van etten and phoenix.  i also got grizzly bear's friend ep and efterklang's piramida. i hopped by academy records to score the shearwater + sve rsd 7". was the first to get it. they actually let me purchase two. i told them sound fix sold out of their stash. record store day brings out different collectors, so there you go. i wasn't able to this tho. in any case, happy to shop at sound fix on final time. i'll never forget seeing bon iver and the antlers playing in store.

me want

bethany and bob are back.  this will probably be my summer soundtrack.

record store day....

...is coming.  guess where i'll be april 21?

epic

got this last night at sve's gig at mercury lounge.  a belated purchase and well worth the wait.

summer vinyl...

party! more summer time memories made with pimms and vinyl.

beirut - white vinyl

it's mine thanks to my pal in london. lovely white vinyl and two choice tracks, east harlem and goshen. all set for my date with zach friday.

the archive

just a normal saturday listening to records in my apartment. i've inspired my visiting brit jenny to get a player herself. funny enough i opened my email and andy had sent over this:

a slightly sad story but one i thought your vinyl-loving soul would appreciate


The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.


i totes enjoyed this bittersweet story about paul mawhinney and wish i had $3 million to save the archive. :(

don't forget

tomorrow - be there or be square. endorsed by asc.

record store day - philly edtion

last year was my first record store day and shar had a ball. she couldn't pass it up this year. hit up aka music in philly and made out with:

• fanfarlo's record store day 6" (snagged the last one)
• zaccarias and orch's dance the bossa nova
• jitterbug or lindy
• lu watters' yerba buena jazz band's the sf style
• the morning bender's big echo

also hit long in the tooth but had to cut it short to walk sunstar. can't say not to that face.

prtlnd

great second time around city: portland. shar rocked portland with her bff back in 2006, and lurved it. this time around work brought me to the lovely city in the pacific northwest. this time there was no car and julie from van headed south to meet up for some good times.

ahhh land of stumptown. we hit the downtown branch.

jule's and her star wars inspired powell's tee

got these and split them with julie. friendship charms are so passe. cupcake keys are the rage.

breakie at bijou cafe

my chicken salad sammy from bunk's in mid-prep. i was hoping to order a mcnulty with a side of beadie, but it wasn't on the menu.

a kind sir from sf clued me in to this spot. got me the best coast's debut 7" and a naomi shelton 45". SCORE!

holly miranda at other music

best worth the wait (in the snow) performance: holly miranda at other music. shar fell in love with holly after hearing her rendition of "ex-factor" in the black cab sessions. i finally got a chance to see her live and for free at her record release partay.

we jammed into the cozy store with cd racks pushed to the edges for holly plus band to rip some tunes.

holly was kind enough to sign my 7"x. she likes my name. :)

the in-store was a perfect intimate way to witness holly in her gorgeous glory. if you haven't seen her yet, i advise you do. here's lil taste by yours truly's nate chan.

dusty fingers

dj haircut (aka mayer hawthrone) on vinyl makes shar one happy gal.

Mayer Hawthorne's Dusty Fingers from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

shar <3s caes!

thanks caes for finding one of my sought out records, carole king's tapestry. vinyl makes shar real happy.

happy birthday to me

vinyl find of the year: not one, not two, but SEVEN sam cooke 45s. i've been searching for some sam cooke on vinyl and not until today was i able to find some. i was strolling the 5th avenue street fair with jason and behold the fifth avenue records & tapes. they had 45s and lps. i bought all their 45s because finding a collection like that it rare. and oh yes, shar had to have them. i may go back for the lps, but i'm content with my 45s for now:

"chain gang"/"cupid"
"twistin the night away"/"you send me"
"wonderful world"/everybody loves to cha cha cha"
"another saturday night"/"send me some lovin'"
"shake"/"cousin of mine"
"having a party"/"bring it on home to me"
"good times"/"frankie and johnny"

notice no uber sought out "change is gonna come". i also would like "love will find a way", "sad mood", "that's where it's at" and "i'll come running back to you".

vinyl love!

newish addiction: vinyl. since i got a record player, i've been dreaming of shiny vinyl lps. i got an awesome brenda lee lp and frank sinatra collection early this month at earwax. it got me wanting to hit up more records stores and flea markets to get my vinyl fix. record store day is april 18 and guess who will be participating? i plan to hit up academy annex since i read the write up in tony and they are participating in record store day. heck, i'll even go one stop on the L to big city records and other music too.