This coming Saturday is "Record Store Day".

[teej]

where you at?


The store is still there, its called Everyday Music. Its changed ownership and names a couple of times in the last 15 years. It was Cellophane Square up until the mid-90s. Same corner, right across the street from the bus depot.

Wow...that warms my heart to know it still exists in some form or another. I only ever trekked to the Bellingham Cellophane once...probably 1986/87 or so. I was still in college at the UW at the time....my record hunting buddies piled into the car and we went off to new hunting grounds. It was a bust of a trip for me, as I recall I didn't come away with anything!

I'm on Bainbridge now, back in the old RR days I was living in Kingston and I remember you were near Bellingham. Do you remember a radio station from Bellingham that billed itself as the "Independent Rock Station" with a morning crew of Dave, Deb and Doug? It was around 92.x or so on the FM dial and they played quite the variety of stuff. They introduced me to the Barenaked Ladies (before they had a hit in the States), Swamp Mama Johnson among others. They held out as long as they could before selling out to corporate and playing accountant-approved standards. I always wondered what happened to Dave, Deb and Doug.

tj

[3-LockBox]

Do you remember a radio station from Bellingham that billed itself as the "Independent Rock Station" with a morning crew of Dave, Deb and Doug? It was around 92.x or so on the FM dial and they played quite the variety of stuff. They introduced me to the Barenaked Ladies (before they had a hit in the States), Swamp Mama Johnson among others. They held out as long as they could before selling out to corporate and playing accountant-approved standards. I always wondered what happened to Dave, Deb and Doug.

92.9 FM - KISM: They, ultimately, fell by the way side, against the tide of corporate driven playlists. For one brief, shining moment, a radio station existed to provide a comprehensive veiw of the musical landscape; to provide new listening oppportunities for new music, to expand the boundaries of what the average listener might consider as viable or even classic...and then they were no more. I met one of them once, who shared my wonder of music and its possibilities, who shared my yen to explore, but alas, the station of which you speak, while it exists today in name only, is now one of thousands of classic rock stations, who play the same playlist over and over and over again.

Rest in peace 92.9 KISM Independant Rock, thou good and faithful servant.

[Swish]

...gave the vinyl a good look, picking up a remaster of James Brown - Live at the Apollo on a nice 180 gram pressing. Also got a couple used oldies; The Waterboys - This is the Sea and The Beautiful South - Welcome to the Beautiful South. I also grabbed the lasted CDs from Gomez and Great Lake Swimmers. Not a very big day, but I lost a few hundred in Atlantic City Thursday night, so I wasn't too keen on spending a lot of money on Friday.