WFMU Record Fair

mini-fair today at the Bell House, you can get in from 11am-3pm (closes at 5)

So... anyone going this year? I'll be working Todd-o-phonic Todd's table on Friday if you want to visit.

Fri eve always tough for me. Think many friends will be there Sat, so then. Maybe Sunday too, for... Blowfly.

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

I'm too old and tired to work at the FMU table.

i'll be there on Saturday, wish i could stay for Blowfly!

Here we go!

wow, m0nica has a table sat/sun.

I'm amped for this--bought a new turntable and haven't bought records in years. My friend tells me that classic rock records sell for a lot now because youngsters with a lot of money to burn are building collections. Somehow I thought there would be cheap copies of Exile on Main Street forever (I have lost a lot of records I had 30 years ago!)

what happened to my discount postcard, is what i wanna know

I met a Laura Cantrell hater!

how is that even possible?

How was the fair? Not 18th Street, right?

I saw a Laura Cantrell today walking down 37th Avenue.

i haven't been to one of these in years. i need to remedy that.

i bought a Vivaldi CD for $1, that's it. go to schmooze

Picked up a Folk Implosion record and that's it. Felt kind of defeated I couldn't pull the trigger on some other things in time and make the trip more worth it.

Vendor tables for WFMU's 2015 Record Fair are selling out quickly! This year's fair is May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at the Brooklyn Expo Center (72 Noble St in Greenpoint.

i was actually thinking of going halfsies on a table, but given the time crunch if i actually cull before moving i guess i'll just call ian.

does ian set up a table there? I haven't bumped into him at any of these yet.

It looks like I'll probably be helping out a Todd-o-phonic Todd's table this year again.

he occasionally appears on either side of a table.

Right! Well either way I must have missed him.

it'll be interesting to see if the non-Brooklyn crowd can find their way to Greenpoint (with the L train down).

http://wfmu.org/recfair/

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

Note above, you can see the FMU documentary film on Saturday at 1:30.

It'll be interesting for sure. Academy Records literally sharing a wall with the space- this should work out well for them.

Should be fine as long as the G train is running. Not really that confusing.

Nah, but it still has the potential to affect the total turnout.

Possibly but I have a feeling it's gonna be pretty packed.

might go late Sunday, on way home from Mets game?

going saturday late afternoon

your dealer list download here

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_dlrlist.html

Just got back. Very nice space, light and airy, unlike previous venues. Very dismayed at the jacked up prices though.

ditto on the air and light

after admission, i spent $5.

I saw ian there. He said the same exact thing!

Worked Todd-o-phonic's table Friday/Saturday and we took turns walking around.

I did really well myself:

Cannanes - The African Man's Tomato
Pastels - Illumination
Brilliant Corners - Somebody Up There Likes Me
Th' Faith Healers - Lido
Chuck Johnson - Crows In The Basilica
14 Iced Bears - S/T
Stereolab - Peng!
Beat Happening - Jamboree
Pooh Sticks - Formula One Generation
Silkworm - Never Met A Man I Didn't Like (7")
Tall Dwarfs - That's The Short And The Long Of It

I bought mostly 7"s. I only went to a few tables.

not yet reflected on this page, but James Chance has been booked to play Sunday at 2

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

also they're showing the FMU documentary

I'll be working at Todd-o-phonic's table again tomorrow.

i might be there before 2pm, just browzin'

that'd be Saturday

Oh, well you won't see me!

I'll be there on Sunday.

the NWS advises that it is Damp Record Dealer Day.

didn't make it over yesterday... anyone see James Chance or Fat White Family?

Nah I was only there Friday. Upset I missed The Moles on Saturday, though.

nope but I did buy an embarrassing amount of records

Well, what did you get?

i went on saturday, pretty much all day with a few breaks for beer and fresh air.

i got a lot of stuff, was mostly looking for folkloric/ethnographicd LPs but wound up with some jazz and stuff too.

highlights -
jon gibson 'two pieces'
two volumes of yugoslavian folk music on ocora
lal & mike waterson 'bright phoebus'
art ensemble of chicago 'people in sorrow'
2 indian 78s on folkways

couple other things i can't remember exactly right now. couple more indian LPs. a hoyt axton LP..

now i need to sell some records to make up for my overspending

ian i'll give you $25 for yr bright phoebus

oh man, bright phoebus!

25 american dollars, ian (including shipping)

I went late Sunday and scooped up a couple of cheap things. Missed James Chance, but did see Fat White Family's singer's head damn near explode.