Shawnogram » Bad Assets http://shawnogram.com Audio, video and blogging from San Luis Obispo, CA Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:31:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 It's Shawnogram! A multimedia journal from San Luis Obispo, CA. Produced by Shawn Thorpe, Shawnogram brings you everything from photos to videos to audio podcasts. Subscribe today to get Shawnogram! Where content = life. Phantom Power Media yes Phantom Power Media shawn@phantompower.org shawn@phantompower.org (Phantom Power Media) Creative Commons Audio, video and blogging from San Luis Obispo, CA san luis obispo, california, video, podcast, photos, blog Shawnogram » Bad Assets http://phantompower.org/images/shawn/elements/rsslogo.jpg http://shawnogram.com Record Store Day, 2009 http://shawnogram.com/2009/04/18/record-store-day-2009/ http://shawnogram.com/2009/04/18/record-store-day-2009/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:00:13 +0000 Shawn http://shawnogram.com/?p=231 Today is Record Store Day, a kind of quasi-celebration of independently owned music shops. Record Store Day is just one attempt in a growing list of ideas to try and Save The Music Industry. As a member of the dwindling minority of consumers who not only pay for music but actually enjoy owing it in physical formats, I don’t really need an official day to go to a record store. Regardless, Jen and I ventured out to a local music shop to participate in the festivities.

At the front of the store, we found a selection of free CD samplers issued by a bunch of different record labels. Many of the samplers carried special Record Store Day branding.

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I came in with a small list of albums I’m looking to acquire. I looked for a couple, but couldn’t find ‘em. One, I suspect, was sold out, and the other is probably out of print. Though, had I bothered to ask the Cheap Thrills staff, I’m sure they would’ve taken the time to help me get the discs. Regardless, I wound up purchasing the new Morrissey album, and I’m looking forward to listening to it.

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I recently learned that Cheap Thrills hosts free concerts in a building right next to the store, and today they put on a special double bill in honor of Record Store Day.

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We walked over to find that the first band, Bad Assets, was still getting set up. We then went to a nearby coffee shop so Jen could get something to drink, and walked back. When we returned, we found the band tearing through its set.

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We hung around until they finished up, and then decided to go grab some lunch during the load out/load in between sets. We came back to find Carnies annihilating everyone’s ear drums.

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We hung around ’til the end of Carnies’ set and decided to call it a day. Oh, and jen also got this cool button from Cheap Thrills:

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(A few more photos can be found here.)

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