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Headed For Cinema Wasteland

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Turntabling doesn’t have a booth at Cinema Wasteland (we’re on the very long waiting list) but I will be there sending reports from the floor on my Facebook page, and I am hoping to file a Vinyl Road Rage-type report on the show, provided there is somebody selling vinyl there…

Cinema Wasteland is one of the biggest shows of its type–or at least one of the best-run from what I’m told. This is my first time there so it should be interesting to see. I’m looking forward to the weekend with high hopes for vinyl finds I can report on here.

Wasteland is one of the few shows I’m headed to where I don’t have a table. My appearance at Chicago’s Music Box Massacre includes both a booth for Turntabling AND a performance as Paisley Babylon. Ditto for the Chicago Horror Society Film Festival on Saturday October 23 and Sunday October 24. Turntabling also has a booth at HorrorHound Weekend November 12-14.

If you’re in the Strongville, Ohio area this weekend, consider dropping by Cinema Wasteland. I’m helping to run the Kitley’s Krypt booth and would love to chat with any Turntabling friends in the area. I am personally looking forward to the screenings of Hell Up In Harlem, The Green Slime, and Abby…the movie lineup is MASSIVE though, so it’s well worth popping in to check out.

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Turntabling Events and Appearances

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It’s a busy, busy calendar for Turntabling in the next eight to ten weeks, and I’m hoping you’ll join me for some of these. Mark your calendars as these events are all very cool in their own right. Turntabling will have a booth at these events with the exception of Cinema Wasteland, which I’ll be attending to promote the site and helping to run the Kitley’s Krypt booth.

Here’s a list of places and events you’ll find Turntabling at in the next few months:

Cinema Wasteland, October 1-3 15471 Royalton Road, Strongsville OH

Music Box Massacre October 9, 3373 N. Southport Chicago Illinois. Turntabling will have a booth filled with vinyl including Goblin, Morricone, the Dogs in Space soundtrack and much more. Got a nice supply of compact discs as well featuring many Goblin titles, Morricone, the out-of-print Creepshow soundtrack, Pino Donnagio, Piero Umiliani, too many to name.

Friday Night Live at Transistor: October 15 at 8PM. I’ll be performing as Paisley Babylon doing the Beautiful Chaos show which features five turntables, five echo boxes and two crates of vinyl. Don’t miss this one, vinyl junkies. It’s full of rare vinyl live mash-ups and a video barrage from hell.

Horror Society Film Festival October 23 and 24 4050 N. Milwaukee Chicago Illinois. This two-day film festival is going to be massive–a great selection of new horror and 80s favorites. Turntabling will have a booth there both days featuring the usual collection of awesome vinyl from Goblin, Morricone, Riz Ortolani, etc plus massive rare and imported CDs. I’ll also be performing the Paisley Babylon vinyl mashup show Beautiful Chaos on Sunday at 2PM.

HorrorHound Weekend November 12-14 11320 Chester Road Cincinnati Ohio. Turntabling is back at Horrorhound again this year with another booth crammed full of vinyl deliciousness. All the obscure, rare and hard-to-find stuff you’ve come to expect from Turntabling.

and finally, plans are in the works for Vinyl Road Rage 3, yet another mad cross-country trip blogging the best indie record stores in the country. Stops this time include Nashville and Memphis but I am definitely open to route suggestions–please feel free to drop yours in the comments section or email me at jwallace (at) turntabling (dotnet). I’d love to hear from you.

–Joe Wallace

Chicagoland Record Collectors Show Hillside, Illinois

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My first-ever visit to the Chicagoland Record Collectors show at the Best Western in Hillside Illinois was a very pleasant surprise. To be honest, I expected something a lot smaller somehow, but there were a large number of dealers with a wide range of titles. Organizers for this show say classic rock gets a lot of attention here, but I was happy to discover a treasure trove of 80s indies and alternative (before that turned into a bad word) and a great deal of weirdness on vinyl.

My own personal scores were deliciously contradictory–I found a SEALED copy of the quite elusive Daniel Amos album Fearful Symmetry (they were the most unique and original thing about the 80s Christian New Wave movement that flourished briefly in the mid 80s) AND a copy of the Diamanda Galas album, Saint of the Pit. At the same stall–how cool is that? The GMUZIK vendor is where I found those–I liked his selections best of all. Since this record show is held every two months, you’ll have plenty of chances to visit GMUZIK–and I strongly suggest you do.

And how about the weirdness on vinyl? Well, where do I start? Feast your eyes on these babies:

This band is a class act…but the NEXT album would complete the circle. Once again I find the most wonderful dichotomies in the record bins. From panties to Jesus on the SAME TABLE.


The Chicagoland Record Collectors show has early bird hours–an insane 6:30 AM–but as it happens, there’s a damn good reason for that. Once the normal hours begin at 9AM the place is mobbed. I got all my finds by showing up for the early bird, and fortunately the Best Western Hotel (4400 Frontage Road in Hillside Illinois) where this show is held has a breakfast buffet. Good thing! Don’t take your chances with the maddening crowds after 9–show up early and get your crate digging on.

I highly recommend this show and cannot wait for the next one.

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NYC Record Stores: Generation Records

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Generation Records, at 210 Thompson St (between 3rd St & Bleecker) is the sister store to the New York City record store institution, Bleecker Street Records. Like its’ counterpart, Generation Records has a lot of floor space, more titles than you’ll be able to comfortably look through over a lunch hour, and plenty of CDs, tees and other odds and ends to round out the shopping experience.

By this time on the Vinyl Road Rage journey, I was pretty fried out. All the stores start blurring together when you hit the wall, but even though this was the last stop in a very eventful and expensive day, Generation Records managed to stand out and make me wake up long enough to appreciate the collection.


Reviews of the store on Yelp.com make noise about rude, obviously tweaking or barely knowledgeable staff; I didn’t have those experiences because I walked in knowing where I wanted to browse, didn’t have an agenda aside from hoping cool stuff leapt out of the stacks for me, and wasn’t feeling particularly chatty myself. It was nice not to be bothered every five seconds with “Can I help you find anything?” so maybe I’m just anti-social and prefer a non-talkative rudie behind the counter sometimes.

Just as with Bleecker Street Records, Generation Records has a downstairs and it’s chock full of the good stuff. Yes, there is a lot of vinyl upstairs, but I’ve always had better luck in basements. Don’t know why. They–the inscrutable, ever-present they–always stick the soundtracks in the basements (unless it’s a bargain basement setup where the thrashed and buck-a-pop vinyl lives).

I always notice the little quirky things about a record store. One quirk that brought a smile was the way Generation Records chooses to label its overstock. Me personally, I think if you have a problem with people misunderstanding what’s considered “for sale” and what’s not, you should HIDE the not-for-sale items. But I’m just this guy.

New York City is jammed full of great record stores. Generation Records is one of them. You might need some deep pockets if you’re a collcetor–Bleecker Street and Generation Records are shops that have savvy buyers and the rarities are priced accordingly. To quote the junk store shopkeep in that great Swingin’ London classic Blow Up, “You’ll find no cheap bargains here…”

But that doesn’t mean you won’t buy. And sometimes you CAN find some decent bargains—some nice little things do slip through the cracks. Like a sealed, original pressing of the Sheba, Baby soundtrack, or my personal favorite, the sealed version of Petey Wheatstraw, The Devil’s Son-in-Law soundtrack. But maybe I’m just a rabid crate diggin’ fool.

–Joe Wallace

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