Post #169192 by mrs. pineapple on Fri, Jul 1, 2005 11:50 AM

I love this thread, and the site Jab posted! So many of those records are on my top lp's ever list.

My favorite record store was the Philadelphia Record Exchange, and when I got older, and moved to the city, I became friends with the guys who own it. But when I was a teenager, I remember going in there for the first time, and making my mom wait outside, while I bought the Mekons 'Fear an Whiskey', it was an IMPORT!! When I was in college, we had a party and I was chatting with one of the owners, and I told him about the first time I went in there, and made my mom wait outside, etc. And he remembered me, because most of the dorky suburban kids made their parents wait around the corner, out of sight, and they never bought anything as 'sophisticated' as the Mekons! (I guess the kids were buying Suicidal Tendencies or something) Then I started making weekly pilgrimages there, buying stuff like the Feelies, Naked Raygun, The Wipers and all sorts of weird/great stuff! When I was a teenager, I thought I was SO cool, but I was really bluffing, and later, when I actually was a little bit cool, I realized what an incredible DORK I was. But I did always have good taste in music!