Comments on: These Are the Breaks http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/08/30/the-days-of-the-breaks-are-just-about-over/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 22:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/08/30/the-days-of-the-breaks-are-just-about-over/#comment-288775 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:51:18 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=90865#comment-288775 Thanks for this Alex. Wish I could celebrate but record shops that close make me so sad..one of the many reasons I love living here is the plethora of vinyl only shops and bars that have stayed open. For a music geek it's heaven. Thanks for this Alex. Wish I could celebrate but record shops that close make me so sad..one of the many reasons I love living here is the plethora of vinyl only shops and bars that have stayed open. For a music geek it’s heaven.

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/08/30/the-days-of-the-breaks-are-just-about-over/#comment-288766 thelarmis Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:48:21 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=90865#comment-288766 my brother and i are massive music collectors. different styles of music than the above though... i'm mostly all cd's, while he is cd & vinyl. we spend hours upon hours in record stores; it's an event! he still gets to go tool around shops & conventions in NY, whereas i buy mostly online nowadays... our local neighborhood shop closed it's doors about 3 years ago. it was sad. we still see the owner at record shows and it's possible he opens up a smaller shop again... it's great when a knowledgeable guy at a store knows his customers' tastes. i don't find it offensive at all, if they think something is not for me. there was an *amazing* record store at Penn State and that's how i got into Blue Note Records. they weren't even musicians, but they knew their music! every week, i'd go in there and let them chose which would be my next record - Hank Mobley "Workout", Dexter Gordon "Dexter Calling", Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin'", etc. etc. it was a great education that complemented my Classical studies in a very necessary way! my brother and i are massive music collectors. different styles of music than the above though… i’m mostly all cd’s, while he is cd & vinyl. we spend hours upon hours in record stores; it’s an event! he still gets to go tool around shops & conventions in NY, whereas i buy mostly online nowadays…

our local neighborhood shop closed it’s doors about 3 years ago. it was sad. we still see the owner at record shows and it’s possible he opens up a smaller shop again…

it’s great when a knowledgeable guy at a store knows his customers’ tastes. i don’t find it offensive at all, if they think something is not for me.

there was an *amazing* record store at Penn State and that’s how i got into Blue Note Records. they weren’t even musicians, but they knew their music! every week, i’d go in there and let them chose which would be my next record – Hank Mobley “Workout”, Dexter Gordon “Dexter Calling”, Sonny Clark “Cool Struttin’”, etc. etc.

it was a great education that complemented my Classical studies in a very necessary way!

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