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I know Mitch and Zach well. I guess Zach will have touse that degree now. Shangri-La is great. Also, Greg Cartwright from The Reigning Sound and the Oblivians opened a place on Young called Legba Records that's pretty amazing.
Yeah, it was a cultural haven here in Oxford. Part of the town died when they shut their doors. I was at that show too (Proud Larry's). Good times, good times.
I didn't know that Uncle Buck's closed. I passsed by it when I went to see Jay at Proud Larry's. It seemed like it was a pretty cool store, similar to Vinyl Solutions here in Tuscaloosa.
Yeah. We haven't had a record store in Oxford since Buck's closed in November. Well, there was that place in the mall but... well, it was in the mall. I'm not paying $18 for anything unless it's a double CD. Did you know any of the guys that worked there? I used to live in Memphis myself (Midtown IS Memphis, right?). These days when I buy music I drive up to Memphis and make a day of it (Shangri-La, usually). There is going to be a new record shop opening up on the Square pretty soon, I understand. Hope they sell vinyl like Buck's did.
No doubt about it. I go to shows to hear music, not hear what the lead singer thinks about war, abortion, etc. It's insulting to me as a fan when people use the fact that they have a mic to teach me, the feeble-minded audience-meat, a thing or two about the way things are. A week or two ago my roommate had an extra 5th row ticket to Pearl Jam in Little Rock so I went. Eddie Vedder wouldn't shut up about Bush, the West Memphis 3, etc. Eddie saw a lot of my middle finger that night.
I hear ya... I've heard a lot of people complain about how Jay doesn't interact with the crowd at a show, but it's not really why I see live music. I hate seeing artists think they're a talk show host or a fricking comedian or something they're not. I love it how Jay just moves from one song to the next, playing music for people who love his music. The man is a true musician. Gotta love him.
It makes me laugh to hear all the criticism Jay gets for being an introvert. You have to respect a guy who plays music because he loves it, and doesn't go around tooting his horn all the time. I think the music speaks for itself.