Monthly Archives: February 2012

Chicago Record Stores: Permanent Records

Media, Record Shops

The best record stores know the in-store performance is where it’s at, and Permanent Records is no exception. Get an earful of the uber-noisy and fun Ty Segall doing “I Wear Black” at Permanent Records. Best part of this–noise and enthusiasm aside–is the bit right at the end where you can hear “…should play like that all the time!”.



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I’ve only managed a single visit to Chicago’s Permanent Records (located at 1914 Chicago, Chicago Illinois, open 11-9 daily) but really enjoyed the vibe of the store, the selection, etc…recommended! Plus they have a pretty good selection of podcasts and other downloadable media which you can enjoy at the official site.

Turntabling Appearances: Days of the Dead Atlanta, HorrorHound Weekend, Cinema Wasteland

Events

Turntabling goes round the country selling rare, weird, and hard-to-find vinyl and CDs, plus a lot of just plain awesome titles. We do shows at a variety of horror and sci-fi conventions every year and our latest appearances are coming up quite soon:

Days of the Dead in Atlanta, March 9 – 11. The Turntabling Collection–our traveling record store–will be in Atlanta for the first time ever. Don’t miss us as there is a LOT of rare and unusual vinyl from Legendary Pink Dots, Sisters of Mercy, Coil, Skinny Puppy, the BBC Doctor Who collection on vinyl, plus rare Morricone and Bruno Nicolai soundtracks, much more.

Once Atlanta is done, Turntabling is scheduled for back-t0-back horror conventions: Horrorhound Weekend, March 23-25 in Columbus Ohio and Cinema Wasteland March 30th, 31st and April 1st, 2012 in Strongsville, Ohio.

Also–more and more people are approaching Turntabling about purchasing their vinyl collections–we are happy to view your vinyl (within reason) at the shows and make a decision about purchasing. Please feel free to bring a pile of vinyl records to the table, but keep in mind that our purchasing habits are identical in many cases to what we sell, do it would be advisable to bring your soundtracks, 80s/90s new wave/post-punk/goth/industrial, bizarre records and unclassifiable titles.

We have no interest in broadway show tunes, country (unless it’s really weird), classic rock (unless it’s really weird), opera (unless it’s really weird), etc. Unless it’s really weird. Careful readers might notice a trend with our choices here…

 

WTF Album Covers: Loggers Loving Loggers

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In the 60s, lots of so-called manly album covers wound up looking more like unintentionally homo-erotic ones. Here’s a great example, crammed full of “we didn’t mean that” double-entendre song titles.

In hindsight, how ELSE can you interpret a song like Whistle Punk Pete or There Walks a Man? If “whistle punk” isn’t some kind of euphemism for a rent boy, what is? Somebody get George Takei on the phone and ask him what HE thinks a whistle punk is good for.

It must be understood that unlike Rick Santorum, we have no qualms with homo-eroticism. No, the comedy value here is the exact opposite–people trying SO VERY HARD (ahem) to present a “manly” image that they wind up flying in the complete opposite direction. When you’ve got tunes on your record like Sick of Settin’ Chokers and Fire Danger, what else are we supposed to think?

Then again, maybe that’s the point–are loggers privvy to a secret side of their industry the rest of us don’t know? Maybe it’s a sexual free-for-all in those woods and the rest of us are missing out. A record like this definitely gives the game away…maybe you’d like to hitch a ride on the log truck? Now everybody SING: “I’m a lumberjack and I’m O.K……..”