― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:46 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
Details on the in-store?
― Sang Freud (jeff_s), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:47 (twenty years ago) link
waaahhh i'm gonna be out of town wtf!
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
ha ha..."barely"
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:48 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
Sound Fix, a new record store in Williamsburg with a cafe in the back of it: 110 Bedford Ave., corner of north 11th - things're scheduled to begin around nine o'clock
JBR if we ever manage to NOT miss each other I will go into shock
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
i will BE THERE. you have my word.
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago) link
I was so excited to learn that the record fair was happening, 'cause I just sorta randomly googled "WFMU record fair" to find out when it was, thinking "I hope one of my tours can come through around the same time one o' these years" - and so then BANG I find out THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE TRUTH and told her and she looked upon me such wonderful & loving pity, like you'd look at a duck that'd learned to walk wrong or something
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 April 2004 15:57 (twenty years ago) link
Hurrah!
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:06 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:08 (twenty years ago) link
it was a video store for a bit, then they closed...last time i went by there, tuesday...it didnt look like a record store?
the cafe is rad though...
weird, anyway...I'm all over this...and yes, I SHALL be drunk.
SAY WORD.
― ddb, Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link
You realize I can (and have) gone on about this subject, right?
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
― ddb, Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:43 (twenty years ago) link
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:46 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link
so is the in-store next thursday as well? i'm confused. in that case, i can't go. :-(
― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 April 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago) link
stence I'll be around but my wife and I will be doin' the celebrate-our-6th-wedding-anniversary-&-ninth-year-overall-as-a-couple thing, so I prolly can't make the party as one instore & a record fair is probably stretching things already
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 17:02 (twenty years ago) link
Robin Edgerton really does sell awesome stuff there...
― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 22 April 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago) link
I'll be there both Saturday and Sunday working at the WFMU tables in the afternoon. If I recall, I'm at the WFMU used record tables on Saturday, and the WFMU merch booth on Sunday.
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 April 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Thursday, 22 April 2004 17:21 (twenty years ago) link
Totally unrelated, but seeing as many of you are familiar with Pete's, does anyone know if they still make those diablos?
― danh, Thursday, 22 April 2004 17:57 (twenty years ago) link
I had one 2 weeks ago, very nice.
― ddb, Thursday, 22 April 2004 18:03 (twenty years ago) link
But I have found good stuff on Sundays, too. I bought a dress from Robin at the last fair.
― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 22 April 2004 18:16 (twenty years ago) link
i know that prices etc will vary, but let's generalize:for standard items, let's say, erm, Pavement's "Crooked Rain"! on CD, are we talking, likely, $4, $7 or $10?
And for, say, the first Clean album on CD, are we talking $7 or $12?
Cos not wanting to be a killjoy before I go, at these kinds of things I often end up paying prices I can find elsewhere, and buying things cos they're there, not cos I really want them.In other words: is it mostly for collectors?
― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 22 April 2004 20:08 (twenty years ago) link
If you're looking for a used copy of that Pavement record, I'd guess that it'd generally fall into the $7-10 range, as with any used record store. Basically, the fair is just a hundred used record stores all in one big room.
There's so much interesting stuff at the fair that you're bound to find some cool stuff - it might not even be music, it could be books/dvds/magazines/memorabilia/non-music recordings/art/etc. It's a very overwhelming thing.
I haven't bought much at the last few fairs, but I always walk away with a small Steve Keane painting of a famous record cover. Last time, I got a mini Sonic Youth "Dirty" and the last time before that it was the Fall's "Hex Enduction Hour."
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 April 2004 20:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 22 April 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 22 April 2004 20:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 22 April 2004 21:27 (twenty years ago) link
I don't think Steve Keene's coming this time unfortunately.... but should also mention that when you're tired shopping there's gonna be a boatload of great/insane videos showing in the A/V lounge, punk clips, The Gary Wilson doc, this fantastic Nihilist Spasm Band documentary I saw in London this year and tracked down for the fair that is just mindblowing....
There's gonna be a live karaoke band too plus Brother JT and Ill Ease playing. And yeah, Sunday's a great day for pickins with different dealers. I got the George Harrassment /homosexuals offshoot record for $10 on a sunday...
― Brian Turner (btwfmu), Friday, 23 April 2004 03:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Friday, 23 April 2004 03:29 (twenty years ago) link
going saturday late afternoon
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 1 May 2015 14:01 (nine years ago) link
your dealer list download here
http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_dlrlist.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 1 May 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
Just got back. Very nice space, light and airy, unlike previous venues. Very dismayed at the jacked up prices though.
― kwhitehead, Sunday, 3 May 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
ditto on the air and light
after admission, i spent $5.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 May 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
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 MeTh' Faith Healers - Lido Chuck Johnson - Crows In The Basilica14 Iced Bears - S/TStereolab - Peng! Beat Happening - JamboreePooh 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
― Evan, Monday, 4 May 2015 01:06 (nine years ago) link
I bought mostly 7"s. I only went to a few tables.
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 4 May 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
not yet reflected on this page, but James Chance has been booked to play Sunday at 2
http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link
also they're showing the FMU documentary
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 03:46 (eight years ago) link
I'll be working at Todd-o-phonic's table again tomorrow.
― Evan, Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
i might be there before 2pm, just browzin'
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
that'd be Saturday
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
Oh, well you won't see me!
― Evan, Thursday, 28 April 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I'll be there on Sunday.
― tokyo rosemary, Thursday, 28 April 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
the NWS advises that it is Damp Record Dealer Day.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 1 May 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
didn't make it over yesterday... anyone see James Chance or Fat White Family?
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 May 2016 15:06 (eight years ago) link
Nah I was only there Friday. Upset I missed The Moles on Saturday, though.
― Evan, Monday, 2 May 2016 15:18 (eight years ago) link
nope but I did buy an embarrassing amount of records
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 2 May 2016 15:49 (eight years ago) link
Well, what did you get?
― Evan, Monday, 2 May 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
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 ocoralal & 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..
― ian, Monday, 2 May 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
now i need to sell some records to make up for my overspending
― ian, Monday, 2 May 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
ian i'll give you $25 for yr bright phoebus
― tylerw, Monday, 2 May 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
oh man, bright phoebus!
― no lime tangier, Monday, 2 May 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
25 american dollars, ian (including shipping)
― tylerw, Monday, 2 May 2016 16:12 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 2 May 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link
bright phoebus was my big splurge. i bought it from a friend so i got a little money off but..
― ian, Monday, 2 May 2016 17:42 (eight years ago) link
highlights were the last lilian hak album and the first frida hyvonen album, something by jay-jay johanson, there's probably more in there
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 2 May 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
i don't covet records (or i try not to) but i covet bright phoebus
― tylerw, Monday, 2 May 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
also a bunch of kristin nordeval records in the 50-cent bins, which, if they're good enough for alex ross they're good enough for me
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 2 May 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Was anyone else there on Friday?
― Evan, Monday, 2 May 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Went on Sunday. Stopped for a cup of coffee up the street from the venue before I went in. Once I got inside I realized I couldn't find the change for my coffee (I had paid with a $20.00 bill.) So I hustled back to the coffee shop (still didn't find the $) and it was raining so hard that the stamp on my hand washed off so I had to beg for re-entry. Stressful few minutes. Once I got my shit together it was a pretty great show. Found some good deals (U-Roy, Bill Withers & a few more.) I have to make sure to be less high next year.
― kwhitehead, Tuesday, 3 May 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
!!!
Sunday, April 30:
3pm: Live performance by Matmos with Chuck Bettis!
http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html
http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/rf_locdir.html
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Sadly I will be working Sunday.. BUT, I'm sharing a table with 50 Miles of Elbow Room on Saturday all day.
― ian, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
they are also playing at the Stone on Sat night fwiw
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
ah yes, the day before rent is due
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
use yr best judgment...
also showing the recent Sharon Jones and Danny Fields docs
https://wfmu.org/movielounge/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 April 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
think I'll be there a couple hours Sat and longer Sun
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 14:34 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
last day, bargaintown
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 30 April 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
Ken is threatening to spackle any exposed asscracks.
Wreckless Eric, Saturday at 3!
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 April 2018 15:14 (six years ago) link
on my way
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 April 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
I'll be at the merch table Sunday afternoon, come say hi
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 29 April 2018 02:57 (six years ago) link
i saw sanskrit!
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2018 03:31 (six years ago) link
I helped Todd again this year on Friday. Had a nice time!
― Evan, Sunday, 29 April 2018 04:17 (six years ago) link
Roughly half of the people that show up early admission on Friday seem like they blindly put on whatever clothes are in an old box in the attic and then rush directly over to the expo center.
― Evan, Sunday, 29 April 2018 04:21 (six years ago) link
Be happy they put on clothes, even if it's a Bad News Bears jersey.
Unlikely to make it today due to dumb job seeking.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link