And, so, Atocha Design, maker of the prettiest LP cabinet I’ve ever seen, is having its first sale. From now until November 8, lucky customers will receive 15 percent off all cabinet orders.
Nick Atocha and Jennifer Levin Atocha are music lovers. When they went shopping for LP storage appropriate…
Yesterday was the official Matador Records re-release of Cold Cave’s excellent debut LP, Love Comes Close. I attended the listening party at powerHouse Arena, a cavernous performance and retail space nestled between the mighty Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges in the cobblestoned and awe-inspiring DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. It was a good time. Pabst Blue Ribbon tastes better than I’d remembered.
I didn’t pick up the new Matador re-release because I already own the Heartworm Press version. I did, however, purchase the “Death Comes Close” 12-inch…
(Note: I’m not really a father, readers; I’m just making a joke.)
It was a memorable performance, the band playing last year’s entire outstanding album, The Chemistry of…
Fritzy walks over to me and asks, “Are you going to talk to them or what?”
“I’m working up to it.”
“I’m gonna buy them a round of shots,” he says.
“Oh shit.”
Aleida laughs at me. My heart is beating so hard I can feel a bruise forming on my chest. Fritzy walks over to where the Vivian Girls are sitting and asks if he can buy them a round of shots. The girls shrug their shoulders and nod their heads.
Oh, god. I sigh, take a deep breath, and set down my drink.
“Okay, I have to go…
I had a good feeling about the place when, as soon as I walked in, there were Stereophile reprints of Bel Canto gear displayed prominently. The owner of Werner, Vicente Viguera, who was a sly fox and a world class character/…