PSoTD

He's playing near Philly in late February, I'm thinking about going. I've seen him twice, in San Francisco in the late 1980s, and both shows were great.

So... what's your favorite Graham Parker song?

(And a sneak listen from Parker's "Don't Tell Columbus", scheduled to be released March 13, 2007: Stick to the Plan)

If you were going to buy one, what kind would you buy?

For those that visit that have your own blogs:

When was the last time you added a blog to your blogroll?

Just more of my curiousity as to how static these things become.

Hey, my questions of the day have been mocked by a blogger who shall not be identified, but now I feel I have to ask:

What is your favorite color of fluff?

For those that are emotionally invested in the performance of a professional sports team:

What is the most heartbreaking event you've felt personally in following professional sports?

How do you plan to spend Monday, January 15th?

I started the year out doing something goofy for the hell of it. So here's my question to you:

What goofy thing do you want to do this year?

Myself and a crazy buddy amongst 200 other folks jumping into the 37 degree Susquehanna River on New Years Day.

I lived in Sacramento for 10 years, so it is with a bit of sadness to note the closing of Tower Records. I spent quite a bit of time there during those days.

But much of my music - at least the music that shaped later years' purchases - came from Galaxy Records, a little shop on First Street in Livermore, California. For some reason I also remember it as Oddysey Records, but that may just be the effects of hazy memories or subversive advertising or both. When I first started going there, albums were the big seller, although they had a section for casettes and perhaps still one for 8-track (I never owned an 8-Track player so I didn't spend any time looking at such a section if one existed). They had a pretty good selection of music, particularly punk, which in the late 1970s I was diving into. My first purchases of Elvis Costello, The Dictators, The Clash, Television, Blondie, etc., came from this store.

I remember there being a curtain and another room off to the side of the record store for selling bongs, pipes, etc. - the old "head" shop. Eventually it was shut down, either to a change in state law or Livermore zoning code, I don't remember, and the store expanded their tape selection into that area.

The store is gone now. I think there's a paint store where it used to be. Only memories now, fuzzy ones at that.

So what about you? Where did you buy most of your tunes?

Who are watching these programs?