Shit and Shine, Cherry (Riot Season, 2008): Deranged, distorted, loud.

from a record store!Īu Pairs, Sense and Sensuality (Kamera, 1982): A favorite from my college radio days, specifically of my old friend Phlash. I don't know that the experience was emotional but rather a sudden rush of muscle memory and hesitation: Where do I even start? Are the new-used arrivals still in the same spot? How about the not-so-secret marked-down records that always have at least a few forgotten gems? How are there so many Blank Dogs records and why are they all here? It's not a big store, just well curated, which is typically my speed - more room for chance finds and chance meetings with friends. So after more than a year (and a second dose of Moderna), I hit up Red Onion Records in Hyattsville, Md., to meet up with Tracy and Kenny visiting from Richmond.

Nature is healing I went inside a record store.Īmong the many things I have missed during the pandemic - shows, hugs, friends, family, browsing nerdy beers at a liquor store - is the time spent flipping through vinyl at a local haunt.

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