Loved this. And I'm happy to report that there's one big answer to what's said at about 1:20:40: "... the record store with the creepy pervert that sells you strange bands and recommends strange bands doesn't exist anymore ..."
We've specifically recreated the 20th century record store experience—minus the creepy pervert—but part of our mission is to recommend some of the most important stuff out there, strange or unknown as it all may be. We're here for you!
Bill's Records was a pilgrimage for the mid 80s Dallas hardcore scene. Bill had all the imports. Whenever one of your friends went there, you held out for whatever sort of off-color comment he might have made. Going there was being in touch with not only Dallas, but the wide world beyond. This is difficult to explain to anyone who didn't live it. But heck, Jackson does a really good job describing this energy in SHAGDUK.
The book is London. The movie is Chicago. Both of those places were super snotty. Jackson would probably nominate me as Jack Black. I like upbeat, major-key pop extravaganzas. Instead of Katrina and the Waves, I would have laid down some ELO. But, yeah, Righteous Brothers right thereafter.
Are you trying to get me into reading Substack fiction? Because it sure sounds like it.
Well if you are going to read one fiction Substack you couldn’t do better than @Swing Thoughts and Roundabouts .
This.
Loved this. And I'm happy to report that there's one big answer to what's said at about 1:20:40: "... the record store with the creepy pervert that sells you strange bands and recommends strange bands doesn't exist anymore ..."
We've specifically recreated the 20th century record store experience—minus the creepy pervert—but part of our mission is to recommend some of the most important stuff out there, strange or unknown as it all may be. We're here for you!
Bill's Records was a pilgrimage for the mid 80s Dallas hardcore scene. Bill had all the imports. Whenever one of your friends went there, you held out for whatever sort of off-color comment he might have made. Going there was being in touch with not only Dallas, but the wide world beyond. This is difficult to explain to anyone who didn't live it. But heck, Jackson does a really good job describing this energy in SHAGDUK.
So who here is playing the part of Jack Black in High Fidelity?
The book is London. The movie is Chicago. Both of those places were super snotty. Jackson would probably nominate me as Jack Black. I like upbeat, major-key pop extravaganzas. Instead of Katrina and the Waves, I would have laid down some ELO. But, yeah, Righteous Brothers right thereafter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc3TYIIpOZM