5th Annual Record Store Day: 4/21/12
Tomorrow is the fifth annual Record Store Day!
You’ll find all kinds of amazing limited editions produced by various artists in support of record stores and available at your local record store starting first thing tomorrow.
Check with your local favorite record stores for early hours and events and until they run out!
Some of this year’s items include etched disks, colorful vinyl, groovy bags, David Bowie picture disk, jazz, pop, 1970s Buck Owens coloring books and more.
To find out what your store has going on, check their facebook page or website.
In Ventura, Salzer’s at Victoria and the 101 opens at 10am and has at least 300 exclusive Record Day special releases. If you post your favorite album cover as your profile pic, you can be entered in a drawing for a $50 Salzers gift certificate. 
Buffalo Records on Laurel and Santa Clara in Ventura will have lots of rare, limited edition titles from various labels to sell in addition to discounts and freebies. ALL used records and CDs are on sale for one day only at 20% OFF the stickered price. Free CD from S>U>B P<O<P with any purchase (first 50 customers). Beautifully packaged compilation CD featuring an unreleased Shearwater track as well as cuts from recent and upcoming releases from Beach House, Feedtime, Beachwood Sparks and more. Take a free record from our 2-for-a-dollar bins for every record you buy. No limit!
The VC Reporter has a listing of events, live bands, and store hours.
Check the Record Store Day wesbsite for a pdf of the cool Record Store Day promotions and for videos to see some of the stuff. Not all record stores get all of the fabulous items so you might need to check around to find that Bruce Springsteen limited edition of “Rocky Ground”!
Speaking of Bruce Springsteen, he’s coming to LA on Thursday 4/26/12 and Friday 4/27/12, and to celebrate, I’ll be posting about his new album The Wrecking Ball as well as getting a review from my husband who is a HUGE fan and has been to over 100 shows. Friday night our 8 year old son will be going to his first Springsteen show and I am sure he will come home as hoarse as my husband as they sing/shout along with all the songs…
RIP Mark “Levon” Helm 5/26/40-4/19/12
The music world lost two music legends this week: Dick Clark of American Bandstand (and more!) and Mark “Levon” Helm of The Band (and more!) who died of cancer today. (Image found on facebook–couldn’t figure out who made it–will cite source when possible).
While much is being made about Dick Clark’s passing because he was a household name, most people know the music that Levon Helm made with The Band including”Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”
Here are a few quotes and videos showing why Levon Helm will be long remembered for his career as well some words about Levon from music/film resident expert and guest blogger Ron Wells.
“If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.”“Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.”“Don’t we all want what’s best for each other?”“If you pour some music on whatever’s wrong, it’ll sure help out.”
Tax Time Poem
Happy National Poetry Month! If you’re in driving distance of Santa Barbara, there are a number of wonderful readings scheduled to celebrate! Read more…
The Writer’s Clock
Just in time for National Poetry Month, here is the perfect clock for poets and writers of all genres and stripes. Or stanzas and paragraphs…
You can get a Writers Clock for yourself or the writer you love here.
PS Lots of great literary readings and events going on this month to celebrate the occasion of National Poetry Month! You’ll find me reading this Saturday night April 14 at 7pm in Santa Barbara at the Contemporary Arts Forum!
Get your bunny on! Bunnies with handlebar mustaches especially encouraged to join in!
Join us for the Bunny Hop! Hop on your bike in your bunny ears and your easter best for the April ArtRide around town!
We meet at 5:30pm around the fountain on the Ventura Beach promenade by the parking garage and Aloha (where you can get your bunny ears a bit fuzzier! Bet we an get some drink specials for wily wabbits!) We’ll take photos and visit the show at the Artists Union and roll off into the sunset sometime between 6 and 6:30pm. We usually lap Main and cruise Ventura Avenue during this leisurely, fun, family friendly and FREE ride!
Bring your own cup for libations! Decorate and light your bike!
Please invite your friends! You can download a full size Bunnyhop pdf flyer and the Bunnyhop 4 up flyer here.
Save the date! We’re planning a second Bunny Hop on Sunday April 15–escape from the tax man! Meet…
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Fluxus a Go-Go & Outlaw Conduit present
Earth Night 2012
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For Wine Blogging Wednesday #75 Joe Robert’s prompt on 1 Wine Dude says:
- Your mission is to procure a wine produced from grapes grown in a single vineyard, and tell the world about it on March 21st.
- You can pick any wine style, made from any grape(s), hailing from any region of the world
- The only catch is that the wine’s grapes should come from a single vineyard. The point is to get as close to a wine coming from one single plot of land as you can, to emphasize how what’s special about that place on Earth gets transmitted to you through that wine
I planned to visit Roll Ranch in the upper Ojai Valley in Ventura County and talk about The Ojai Vineyard‘s wines made from grapes grown there.
But I Just Flat Ran Out of Time. Instead I did the next best thing–I…
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The Way It Is
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
– William Stafford (1914-1993) Read more…
Happy St Pat’s Day!
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Here’s something different to drink on this get lucky and green day!
Ok, so I agree, Saint Pat’s-tini is a stupid name. But it’s a great drink. We thought it should be called the Shamrock because with this drink you’re sure to get lucky. But that name is probably already taken.
I know that this blog is called WINE PREDATOR and you expect to read about wine here. However, every once in a while, as much as I love wine, port, sherry, and cognac, I move beyond grape based adult beverages.
That’s right, I do love martinis. Yes, part of the affair is the romance of the glass–there’s nothing more sexy than a martini glass if you ask me.
I usually go for a gin martini up with a twist. Too many cocktails called martinis are too sweet for my taste.
I have discovered a few martinis that meet my standards, that make me swwon. One is the house martini at the Edison…
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