Favorite CD stores?

[grotty]

Originally posted by El Tee:
   

Originally posted by grotty:
 (especially now that it's getting closer - check swsx.com) [/b]

Whoops. www.sxsw.com
 The other will give you a Japanese Geisha site. I can't read Japanese, but that's the gist I get.  

[Dandy01]

CD Cellar mainly, CD/Game Exchange/A.M./Tenley, Now! in Old Town, Tower if desperate, and occasionally, CD Warehouse in G'Town.

amazon.com..?
 
 ebay...?

[Bombay Chutney]

Which place around DC has the best local music selection?  Any idea when DCCD is actually closing?

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by grotty:
   

Originally posted by twangirl:
  I get in a whole lotta trouble at Waterloo in Austin and Twist & Shout in Denver.

Can't wait for this year's SXSW. Between the Shiner Bocks & the Waterloo purchases it's an expensive trip...Gotta love the Waterloo in-stores also when they roll out the beer keg from the microbrewery next door.
 
 My fav Record store though is a little one here in Pittsburgh (Bloomfield actually) called Paul's CDs. If you're ever in town check it out. I just returned from a little browsing trip & ended up with ten new additions to my family... [/b]

haven't been to paul's in some time (used to walk to a few on the south side when i lived in da burg), but paul's even had my favorite pittsburgh rock legend karl hendricks as an employee. kinda like having ian mckaye as a stockboy. now that's cred.
 
 soundgarden is awesome, might have to try a couple of the other dc stores mentioned here.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Random Citizen:
  If you're really interested in going and would like a travel buddy or two, let me know. I'm planning to go (first timer) and it would be great split the cost of a hotel room...more $$ for other stuff that way!
 
 Agree with Grotty, the badge is the best bet.
 
   

Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
 

Originally posted by grotty:
 [qb]
 And I am thinking of going to SXSW this year... You can get individual show tickets, right? [/b]

[/b]

ahh, the good old days of the mid 90s when a wristband cost you $35 if you bought it february.  now it's. . what, $300 or so or more for a badge??  if you're looking to buy at the door, good luck, unless you plan on staying at the one venue all night, in which case, get there well before the doors open, but risk missing the free in-stores during the day.
 
 do they still do the record show in the old austin civic center (site of the clash's "rock the casbah" video) during that week, or did they tear it down like liberty lunch?

[eltee]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
  amazon.com..?
 
 ebay...?

Just depends...yeah, ebay for hard to find, and to beef up my collection cds from the past.
 
 Amazon's "secure purchases" are not so secure in my experience.
 
 I also use awarestore.com or mymusic.com (Canadian, and they send cds w/ a piece of Bazooka).
 
 cduniverse, tower, cdnow are all okay.
 bestbuy.com offers the option to order online and have it shipped to the store.
 
 Sometimes it's cheaper online, sometimes you're better off buying in the store.

[twangirl]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 
 do they still do the record show in the old austin civic center (site of the clash's "rock the casbah" video) during that week, or did they tear it down like liberty lunch? [/QB]

No record show last year, not sure about this year. The Civic Center is definitely gone like the Lunch. But a new one has risen in its place.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by twangirl:
  No record show last year, not sure about this year. The Civic Center is definitely gone like the Lunch. But a new one has risen in its place.

i was heartbroken when i heard about liberty lunch being torn down. . and i think electric lounge is gone too.  so many fond memories of liberty lunch, like meeting bob mould, when he lived in austin, during a magnapop show and going backstage to hang (for like 5 minutes) with gbv just so i could get toby to sign my copy of "bee thousand."  course, in the summer, it was hot as hell in there.

[grotty]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 do they still do the record show in the old austin civic center (site of the clash's "rock the casbah" video) during that week, or did they tear it down like liberty lunch? [/QB]

Last year they did this thing called  Flat Stock which was a show for concert poster art. It was great (If you're into that sort of thing). I've got 'posters' all over my house. Buy 'em for $25 and then pay 4x times that to get them framed up.   :eek:  
 
 One of the last few years though they did have a record show. Not sure what's on tap for 2004.

[grotty]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 QUOTE]i was heartbroken when i heard about liberty lunch being torn down.  [/QB]

isn't that where Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) got his skull busted by the baseball bat?

[Random Citizen]

Yep, that's the place. I was about to post something about that. Case details
 
 The Twilight Singers played in Austin a couple weeks back.
 
 On the new TS album, there's a line in "St. Gregory," that says, "They love me down in Texas."
 
   

Originally posted by grotty:
  isn't that where Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) got his skull busted by the baseball bat?

[markie]

CD Whorehouse in Georgetown is good for obscure British stuff and imports, it has some cool CDs. Prices are a bit higher than game exchange, but the CDs are all in good condition and a lot of shite has been pre-filtered out.

[grotty]

Originally posted by Random Citizen:
  Yep, that's the place. I was about to post something about that. The Twilight Singers played in Austin a couple weeks back.
 
 On the new TS album, there's a line in "St. Gregory," that says, "They love me down in Texas."
 
   

Originally posted by grotty:
  isn't that where Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs) got his skull busted by the baseball bat?

[/b]

I had tix to see the Whigs @ Bogarts on NY eve a few years ago. It was cancelled as Dulli recovered from a fractured skull.
 
 "they love me down in texas
 my home while i'm away
 god knows, i got my reasons
 for every muthafuckin thing i say"

[grotty]

Sticking to the topic, these were in the latest Magnet as good on-line store choices, especially for hard to find stuff:
 
  http://www.gemm.com/
  http://www.outofprintmusic.com/index.htm
  http://www.anytitle.com/