RE: in the shops yet?

[Philip Hendry <philip.hendry@bb...co.uk>]

Nice to see there's an American out there still prepared to offer advice
forte one man and his dog still travelling from the US to the UK !

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Mandel [SMTP:aaron@ee...harvard.edu]
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:59 PM
> To:   blueplanes@st...net
> Subject:      Re: [blueplanes] in the shops yet?
> 
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Anthony Raffaele wrote:
> 
> > I would appreciate if you could forward me suggestions for records
> > stores (specifically vinyl) and clubs to visit while in town.
> 
> I've only visited London once, so take this with a grain of salt (not to
> mention that it's been a year or two and some shops may be gone!):
> 
> - Around Notting Hill Gate tube stop, there are several Music & Video
> Exchanges. Go to them. Look at all their vinyl carefully, for things get
> cheaper the longer they stay in the bins. I found lots of stuff I'd been
> looking for there, including the Up In A Down World LPs for 2 pounds.
> 
> - In Camden Town, along Camden High Street, there were a handful of 
> record
> stores that did well when it came to C86 and other British "underground"
> pop. I have to admit I was surprised at how little (read: none) of that I
> found elsewhere -- less than you'd see in a day record-shopping in Boston
> or New York.
> 
> - There's a big long street whose name I have forgotten but which holds 
> an
> outdoor market on Saturdays and leads to the Rough Trade record shop
> (historical interest). Halfway there on the left, you'll find Minus
> Zero/Freak Out, two stores sharing one small building, specializing in
> American guitar-pop and psych respectively. I found some US records there
> I had never seen at home, which I suppose goes with what I was saying
> above about how just because everyone talks funny in London doesn't mean
> they have Sugargliders records to sell you.
> 
> - Unmusical things to do: see the ICA near Pall Mall, go bookshopping on
> Charing Cross Road (just like in the movie, ha ha), visit several of the
> hundreds of tiny art galleries in downtown London (most of them have maps
> that will lead you to the others), get reprimanded by a robot drink cart
> at the chain sushi place in SoHo, wander up and down Brick Lane (Aldgate
> East tube) amazed at the thought of a country where they eat Indian food
> when drunk rather than going to IHOP. I recommend Muhib, halfway down
> Brick Lane on the western side.
> 
> I apologize if any of this is outdated, inaccurate or stupid. 
> Particularly
> stupid.
> 
> aaron
> 
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