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the party at the district was fun, especially juan maclean

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

their soundsystem kind of sucks, though, no?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

the reason there are so few good shows (and record stores) here in miami is that this town won't support more.

The few promoters with a clue do what they can - but this town is a fickle bitch musically. most bands that do great elsewhere, do crap to mediocre here. and when they do have a good show -- the followup usually bombs.

and I say that as someone who booked shows here for a decade and now tours constantly.

FYI, record stores are dying everywhere - it's just the live music thing we're sucking harder at.

― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 04:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

uncle sam's? is it all crap uk / prog house?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 6 November 2006 04:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

i want to check it out but that i don't like uk dance and i know how popular that shit is in miami. well, i'll probably go to the miami beach store regardless of your responses.

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 6 November 2006 04:23 (6 years ago) Permalink

xxxpost: i lived in south fla. from '78 until '86; not been back in many years. bands have very rarely made it down to miami 'cause it's a loooong drive, and you have to double-back right afterwards, you know? yes, i think you know.

thankfully the sst-related bands had a solid work ethic, so i got to see black flag, meat puppets, husker du, minutemen, descendents... a lot of the time, my friends and i used to drive to atlanta to see shows.

used to be a lot of used vinyl places, and some awesome swap meet/ record fairs -- yesterday and today was def. aces back then but i'm sure it's not too bad now -- evan chern owns it right? he's a great guy.

best record store i've ever been to was YARDBIRD in coconut grove, run by michael dean. absolutely amazing, so grateful it was there and sad it's not been around for a long-ass time too.

― yetimike (McGonigal), Monday, 6 November 2006 09:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

so, i went to uncle sam's on the beach. i have always wondered why the clubs here all seem to exclusively play progressive and tribal house, and trance. this place may be to blame. either that or it's just catering to the local djs. probably a little bit of both turned to a horrible uk shit positive feedback loop.

so, they sells cds and vinyl, plus incense, bowls, candles, stickers, posters, sheets of shiny contact paper, things you hang on your porch that twirl around and look pretty, gimmicky t-shirts and hats, scarface posters, turntables, cigarettes, and candy. although you wouldn't know they actually wanted to sell anything judging by all the printed labels telling you DON'T OPEN THIS RECORD or DON'T TOUCH THE WINDOW or NO BAGS AT ALL or NO SMOKING (even though the place absolutely reeks of incense) or NO REFUNDS EVER every-fucking-where. you'd think they were doing you a favor letting you in their shop. that and you have to give them a driver's license to listen to records on their turntables. and the clerks themselves were pretty unfriendly.

the vinyl is organized into dance classics (just a bunch of records called, literally, DANCE CLASSICS with eg. a madonna track and a michael jackson track, no trax or transmat type stuff like you might expect), imports (aka uk house), domestic (american prog house and dnb, absolutely nothing i had ever heard of besides a moodyman record) and hip-hop/rnb. their "pick of the week" cds (which are usually a pretty good microcosm of the store's taste) were all tiesto-esque trance mixes and tribal/prog stuff DO NOT WANT

i eventually found a melchior 12" to make the trip out there worthwhile, but i didn't see a single other record i would even consider buying.

grade: D+ (being charitable because i love thomas melchior)

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

i suppose they did have a pretty big selection of cds but if i wanted a cd i would just, you know, "buy" it

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

website: http://www.unclesamsmusic.com/

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

and i almost forgot! they were pretty heavily promoting the 10th anniversary expanded deluxe remastered editions of... the SUBLIME catalog. great!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

a comprehensive list of their gewgaws:

Incense
Shirts
DJ Bags
Bags
Hats
Sunglasses
Lunchboxes
Jewelry
Patches
Posters
Bobbleheads
Candles
Fairy Statues
Belts
Belt Buckles
Needles
Candleholders
Collectibles
Dunny dolls
Headphones
Body Cleansers
Wallets
Scarface Stuff
Slip Mats
Guitar Accessories
Bongos
Djimbes
Body Jewelry
Die-Case Toys
Lamps
Gum, Candy & Cigarettes
Energy Drinks
Hooka Accessories

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 19:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28th @ STUDIO A: LADY SOVEREIGN (Def Jam) live with MAYDAY and Young Love. Doors at 9pm, 60 NE 11th St. http://www.studioamiami.com

lady sov i couldn't care less about but is that mayday aka derrick may? anybody know?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 18:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

THAT IS DERRICK MAY HE IS WICKED LIVE GO TO SEE

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 19:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

Tom and Big Gay Steve (I dunno if you know Big Gay Steve, leo, but he's hysterical and knows where the good dance parties are in Cleveland) went and saw him at Touch in early September and said it was some sick shit.

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 19:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

how do you know it's not some other mayday?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 19:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

i think i will call studio a

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 19:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

after perusing for a bit, there is no other mayday it could be. unless lady sov is playing with some crap band on Saddle Creek from Omaha, which is doubtful.

― trees (treesessplode), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 21:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

Go see and dance to Djakout and Boukman Experyans if you can at this fest

RASIN FESTIVAL 2006
When Sat Nov 25 9:30pm - Sat Nov 25 10:30pm
20061125T213000/20061125T223000
Where: BAYFRONT PARK, Miami, Florida

Created By"EchodHaiti.com Calendar"
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Present

The 13th Annual
Haitian Roots Music Festival
RASIN FESTIVAL 2006

SAT. NOV. 25, 2006
(Thanksgiving Week end)

BAYFRONT PARK
Miami, Florida
(Direction - Map)

Featuring
T-VICE, DJAKOUT, BOUKMAN, AZOR, NU LOOK, KANPECH AND REV

Info:786-290-1069

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 05:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

what is teh sound like

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 07:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

Boukman=polyrhythmic funky w/ guitars and percussion
Djakout=guitar and cheap 80s synths

― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 14:10 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'm there

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 16:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

i like the name djakout.

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 15 November 2006 18:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

more record stores to check out:

GROOVEMAN MUSIC

1543 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139; (305) 535-6257; e-mail groove1543@aol.com; Web www.groovemanmusic.com, noon to 10 pm

store and label run by george acosta, miami's most famous house producer(?), on the beach. seems to specialize in prog/funky/tribal house. worth a trip i guess.

IMPACTO
flagler and sw 47th ave, mostly latin stuff? i don't think it's my scene but i might check it out.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Friday, 12 January 2007 08:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

also, i picked this up at the goodwill north of the airport (near the flag center). it's george alvarado as Tech Man 1. pretty good. it's a sound i heard a lot growing up in miami. really simple (to a fault) drum programming and big rave chords. pretty fast tempo. overall pretty good but the first track is killer. i'll do a ysi soon.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Friday, 12 January 2007 08:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

yetimike - if you're still looking at this thread: i know michael dean through some friends in nyc, not sure if you're still in touch with him. he still djs around miami from time to time, apparently and is moving to northern california sometime soon. great guy, i have not had the pleasure of hearing him play music. not sure what musical endeavours he has up his sleeve for cali...

― boyant (Boyant), Friday, 12 January 2007 15:25 (6 years ago) Permalink

http://www.sendspace.com/file/lluaev

here is that tech man 1 song i was talking about in my last post. it's called Get Into The Music and it's from this record.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Monday, 15 January 2007 06:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

MADE IN DETROIT

SATURDAY MARCH 22 at RED 737
737 Washington Blvd, South Beach

James Pennington[!!!!!!]
Blake Baxter[!!!]
K Hand
DJ Bone
Derrick Thompson
Mike Clark
DJ Genesis
John Collins
Reggie Dokes
Norm Talley

― friday on the porch (lfam), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

i will be 21 then so i will be there

― friday on the porch (lfam), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 19:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ha ha. I used to sell to Yardbird back in the 80s (I think... it's a little blurry back that far) and he was a sweet gent. Used to make me crazy, he moved so slowly, but he was so f*cking EARNEST.

Him and Charlie the Quaker... who I guess is back on the air in Champaign/Urbana (for those who remember him).

I think that there are almost no good "new" record stores left in the world.

― factcheckr (factcheckr), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

factcheckr! i bought sex in zero gravity from you yesterday! i didn't know you posted to ilx.

― friday on the porch (lfam), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

well, if you are the same factcheckr

― friday on the porch (lfam), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 20:14 (6 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

GROOVEMAN MUSIC

1543 Washington Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139; (305) 535-6257; e-mail groove1543@aol.com; Web www.groovemanmusic.com, noon to 10 pm

i checked this out a few weeks ago. apparently, it's run by george acosta. i hear his name a lot in miami (he's a trance producer) but i've never heard his music. anyways, it's got a pretty paltry selection, so i can't imagine it has much of an impact on the miami club scene. about 500 records at most, and maybe a couple hundred trance compilation CDs. all the huge tracks of late, like fizheuer and rej. i know that rej isn't very recent but they had tons of copies, including the remixes. very much a "lifestyle shop" as opposed to a record shop. at least the selection was better than uncle sam's, but i still wouldn't call it decent. there were a few gems if you knew to look however, and i ended up taking home pom pom 9.

the web site gives a good idea of how many records they have (very few), but it does not correlate with their stock.

grade: D

― lfam, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

clicking through acosta's discogs profile, he may have the worst average rating of any artist i have ever looked up! i guess i shouldn't have expected a tropical hardwax.

― lfam, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:37 (6 years ago) Permalink

CD Trader in Hollywood, Florida off the Sheridan exit has a huge selection of cds for $2.99 and $5.99. Being Miami, any dance music is very picked over and mostly compliations, but its great for stocking up on indie + pop.

― kleight, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

SUER SOUL RECORD STORE [sic]

Reply to: sale-283935988@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-02-24, 1:16PM EST

NEW RECORD STORE LOCATED AT 4606 NW 7TH AVE MIAMI, FLORIDA
PLEASE CALL 914 - 406-9478 FOR MORE INFO.
RECORD STORE SPECIALIZING IN NEW , OLD AND USED VINYL,
ALL KINDS OF MUSIC.
RECORDS,WAX,VINLY,12IN,JAZZ,SOUL,RAP,HIP-HOP,LATIN,RARE RECORDS,OLDIES,CLASSICS,OLD SCHOOL,NEW SCHOOL,SEALED, LPS,DISCO, PROMOS ,
WE ALSO BUY RECORDS!!!!!!!!!!!

― lfam, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

how did i just hear about this??? will report back.

― lfam, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

hmm, i think that poster was faked

― lfam, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

nvm
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Best Place (for Would-Be DJs) to Buy Vinyl
Super Soul Records
Published: May 12, 2005
Along with a thorough selection, visual impact is crucial at a record store. You want people to walk in and immediately wonder, preferably out loud, "Holy crap, where'd they find all this freakin' vinyl?!" If sheer overload is the name of the game, newcomer Super Soul Records gets the gold. Do the math: 500 milk crates, each holding about 100 records. That's about, what? Fifty thousand freakin' records, that's what. Storeowner King George Johnson has been a vinyl archaeologist in New York City for more than 20 years, unearthing rare soul, disco, funk, Latin, R&B, acid jazz, and techno records since the early '80s. He and his son Jamal packed up a U-Haul and shipped a portion of his collection to Fort Lauderdale to open Super Soul. "King Herc used to come by the house all the time," Jamal, who's the store manager, says of his heady Harlem upbringing. The 20-year-old Jamal has been immersed in his dad's collection since he can remember, and he often hits local hip-hop events, like Rock Bottom Hip-Hop at the Fort Lauderdale Saloon and Catalyst in Pembroke Pines, with crates in hand and records for sale, like Tupac's "Still I Rise" for only $20. That kind of service is nice, but to really get Super sold, get lost in the endless stacks at the store.

― lfam, Friday, 9 March 2007 22:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

i hit up blue note records yesterday and they are moving!

new address:
Ravenswood Warehouse
4931 Anglers Ave
Building A #11
Dania, FL 33312

dude at the store said they should be open by next saturday.

― elan, Monday, 23 July 2007 00:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

where is dania?

― the table is the table, Monday, 23 July 2007 00:50 (5 years ago) Permalink

north of the old location, near the coast. another 30 minutes driving, i guess.

― elan, Monday, 23 July 2007 01:12 (5 years ago) Permalink

That's really far (from downtown Miami or south of it). It's getting harder and harder to find good music stores, here.

Sweat Records changed its hours, too, which is also frustrating. Now it opens at 6 p.m., making it very hard for me to ever get there. It's also become a bit harder to place orders for delivery (for me it has, at least).

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 23 July 2007 02:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

a record store that opens at 6 pm? jeezus, no wonder the lfam orders most of his stuff from forced exposure. that's some weird ass shit.

― the table is the table, Monday, 23 July 2007 02:30 (5 years ago) Permalink

also btw, it's no great shakes up here in philly, either. we have more record stores, but other than one new/used and one all-used, the quality is horrific.

― the table is the table, Monday, 23 July 2007 02:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

i think sweat changed their hours to get more of the bar crowd

― elan, Monday, 23 July 2007 02:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, I think that's right. But it's not even a reliable 6 p.m. I once sat around for 20 minutes waiting for them to open, with only a "Back in 5 Minutes" sign on the locked front door. I don't mean to dump on Sweat Records; I've shopped there a lot and it's the best record shop I've ever seen in Miami (in my musically sheltered life, mind you). But that opening time is just very difficult to accommodate.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 23 July 2007 02:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

I had a good friend who worked there about a year ago; he'd get to Churchill's and see three or four people queued up outside.

It's rather embarrassing that a city this size has only one independent record store.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 23 July 2007 02:40 (5 years ago) Permalink

Haha. I might have been one of those people.

Normally I'd never wait 20 minutes for any store to open. I only did so because I want to patron them (I like locally-owned businesses), I was there and I knew I wouldn't be back anytime soon.

Now it will be mail-orders only from Sweat, for me. I just can't afford the time to get there during their hours.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 23 July 2007 02:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

also, yesterday & today records has a big sale this week. like 50% off on most items.

― elan, Monday, 23 July 2007 02:42 (5 years ago) Permalink

wait, 50% off vinyl except for "new LP's and certain collectibles"

10% off everything else (cds? i don't know what else)

― elan, Monday, 23 July 2007 02:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

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