Yesterday was surreal. A building the next street over from us suffered a major fire and total loss of the building. Nobody was hurt but multiple businesses are affected. The spaces for the Cat’s Pyjamas, Electric Quill Tattoos, Elf Shelf, and the Moving Pillsbury Forward exhibit are gone. It sounds like the parking garage next door with offices and apartments is also heavily damaged. Other businesses next door are also impacted. It is unknown right now how much Cafe Moxo is affected as it sounds like they may have suffered damage. I just ate there the day before, one of my favorite downtown restaurants. Also the Wakery and Daisy Janes is reporting not opening today.

We always feel the more businesses downtown the better. The more there is to do, then more people are going to come check things out. This will certainly set all of this progress back. It’s a scary reminder how important fire safety is and how possible this could be us.

Here are this Friday’s releases:

– 24 year old indie pop singer GRACIE ABRAMS with her sophomore release “The Secret Of Us” available on indie exclusive and black vinyl.
– A 50th anniversary / remastering of GRATEFUL DEAD’s live album “From The Mars Motel”
– A ton of new re-issues from 2000’s pop punk queen AVRIL LAVIGNE – the ones we chose to stock up the most on are “Under My Skin” and “Let Go”.
– A few people have been asking about “PETTY COUNTRY” an all-country artist tribute double-album all of Tom Petty covers. Should be here on black and indie exclusive vinyl.

This week Pepperoni picked the Dead Kennedys

“Certified classic. Essential 1980 California punk. It’s fun, it’s political, it’s surfy, even scary, it’s got guitar solos. The singer sounds like Daffy Duck if I close my eyes.”

Sometime in the next couple weeks or so we’re bringing something big to the Dumb Records Arcade!