We’re only a couple of days in and already just about need to be re-stocked with this issue, but this is a post to let you know that we do have the most recent “Black Artists Matter” issue of Activator Magazine. This is the second year that Activator has compiled this local zine full of art, poetry, interviews, and more featuring black artists in the area. It’s in full color too, they’ve really gone all out this time around.
In addition to this – the July issue of Activator is also on the way! AND Activator hooked us up with printed out “Live Music Calendars” for the month of July! They are amazing! Consider going and signing up to become a donor for their online Patreon page! We’ll be sure to let you know as soon as we have the July issue in stock.
Let’s boogie! It’s a Thursday and it’s latin dance night at the Levitt AMP Music Series here downtown! This is show number 6 in the 10-part weekly free music series going on here downtown on the y-block (on 4th and Capitol) thanks to our city getting a grant through the Levitt Foundation.
Tonight’s headlining act is: Tito Puedo, Jr. – a latin jazz musician and also son of legendary timbale player Tio Puedo. Before Tito goes on at 7:00 pm though – there is going to be a dance lesson on stage by Julio Barrenzuela! And before that at 6:00 pm the opening act is Cuarteto Bendito – a newly formed trio from here in Springfield specializing in Latin Jazz.
All of that sounds like a pretty fun time to us! That kicks off out on the lawn at 6:00 pm. Check out the schedule for the remaining shows in the Levitt series on the Levitt website right here.
Record Store Day (the second of two “drop dates” this summer) is just ten days away on Saturday, July 17th, and we are having some fun with this one. We had mentioned in our original post that the first 50 people in line would get a free exclusive t-shirt. Today we are back with photos of those shirts. There it is pictured above. If you want one you better get in line early for when we open at 8:00 am on that day.
Is there a way for any out-of-towners or people unable to make it to Record Store Day to get these shirts? No, there’s not. These are limited run, exclusive shirts. They are very special.
You can find a facebook event with more info on Record Store Day Drop #2 right here. Also check out the Record Store Day website right here for the full list of all of the exclusive releases coming out for that day right here. In addition to the exclusives we will be holding a 10% sale on our whole store other than exclusive RSD releases, half off dollar records, live music, and free coffee!
It’s another tornado drill Tuesday… and today the tornado drill got to you before we could deliver the list to you here of this week’s records… oh well. This week just like every week we have a fresh stack of new and used LPs, 12″ singles (we also put out CDs and cassettes on to the shelves but we stopped listing those for now). Our store is open every day from 11:00 am to 6:30 pm. Don’t forget Record Store Day 2021 Drop #2 is coming up in just about 10 days on Saturday, July 17th!
New LPs Angel Olsen – Phases Aphex Twin – Cheetah Getting The Fear – Death Is Bigger Dinosaur Jr. – Give A Glimpse of What Yer Not Institute – Re-Adjusting The Locks The Flaming Lips – Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Jess Joy – Patreearchy John Carpenter – Halloween Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience Kaina – Next To The Sun Kanye West – Jesus Is King Kishi Bashi – Emigrant EP Maserati – Maserati VII Modest Mouse – No One’s First, And You’re Next Monster Magnet – A Better Dystopia The Mothers of Invention – Burnt Weeny Sandwich Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares For Me OXY – Along Alo: 1981-1989 Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pharmakon – Devour Ramones – It’s Alive Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Getaway Sharon Van Etten – I Don’t Want To Let You Down Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio Travis Scott – Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight Various – Strum & Thrum Walt Disney – Music From Sleeping Beauty Walt Disney – Tarzan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Yoko Ono – Feeling The Space Yoko Ono – Fly
Used LPs Al Martino – This Is Love Barrett Deems And The Hottet – Deemus Barry White – Can’t Get Enough Basil Valdez – Basil Billie Holiday – Lady Day Bobby Vinton – All-Time Greatest Hits Carman – The Champion Cedar Walton Quartet – First Set Cher – Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Chiliwack – Opus X Claude Thornhill – The Uncollected 1947 David Frizzell & Shelly West – Carryin’ On The Family Names Don Williams – Country Boy Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man The Eagles – Hotel California Electric Light Orchestra – Time Ella Fitzgerald – Sings The Gershwin Song Book Vol. 2 James Galway – The Magic Flute of James Galway Ferante & Teicher – You Light Up My Life Freddy Fender – If You Don’t Love Me George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’ George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Live Glenn Yarbrough – The Lonely Things Grace Slick – Software Guy & Ralna – Love Songs Hannibal Marvin Peterson – Naima Hank Williams – On Stage Recorded Live Head East – Gettin’ Lucky Horrible Things – Everybody Else Ipi ’N Tombia – The Warrior Ivan Moravec – Chopin 24 Preludes James Last – Music From Across The Way Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers Jerry White – Honky Tonkin’ Jimmy Dorsey – So Rare Johnny Mathis – I’ll Search My Heart Johnny Rodriguez – My Third Album Julian Bream – The Art of Julian Bream Lady Flash – Beauties In The Night Leftover Crack – Constructs Of The State Leon Patillo – The Sky’s The Limit Martha Reeves – Gotta Keep Moving Melissa Manchester – For The Working Girl Mike Reno And Moxy – Thinking About You The Mike Theodore Orchestra – Cosmic Wind Miles Davis – Tutu Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Another Monty Python Record Nancy Sinatra – Sugar Nazareth – Hot Tracks New Christy Minstrels – Merry Christmas! The Night Train Revue – Oldmate – It Is What It Is Paul Shaffer – Coast To Coast Patti Labelle & The Bluebelles – The Very Best of Patti Labelle Pele – Enemies Perry Como – So Smooth Q5 – Steel The Light Rare Earth – Grand Slam Rare Earth – Willie Remembers… Rita Coolidge – It’s Only Love Roy Orbison – Greatest Hits Sleepy LaBeef – The Rockabilly Giant Spooky Tooth – You Broke My Heart Stormie Omartian – Exercise For Life Susan Raye – Wheel of Fortune The Three Degrees – Standing Up For Love Tubes – The Completion Backward Principle Various – Country Christmas Vol. 2 Various – Fame: Original Soundtrack Various – The Winter Scene Wayne Newton – The Little Drummer Boy Weird TV – Weird TV
12” Singles Bits & Pieces – Don’t Stop The Music Brother And Sister – Midnight Desire Eminem – Like Toy Soldiers Frank Hooker – Ooh Sugar Wooga New Jersey Drive – Soundtrack Sampler Saint Tropez – Fill My Life With Love Spinners – Long Live Soul Music Stephanie Mills – What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’ Sugga & Spice – Boyz Just Wanna Get Skeezed! Viola Wills – Up On The Roof Wu-Tang Clan – Rules / In The Hood 8 Ball And MJG – Get Low 8 Ball – Creeses And Pieces
This is just a post to let you know we are closed today for the 4th of July. Sorry. We will resume with our regular hours of 11:00 am to 6:30 pm every day tomorrow (Monday). Enjoy your day!
Now that it’s July, that means it’s not June anymore. And now that it’s not June anymore that means our June Bubbles arcade contest is officially over. Great! Here are our final results:
Chris O – 81,900
Nia T – 71,500
Corbin – 68,020
Levi – 64,300
Lanny D – 55,320
Eddie O – 51,080
Zach H – 47,250
Tyler S – 44,270
Kolton – 44,170
Connor S – 41,100
Shelby W. – 40,760
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this contest! We have prizes for all of the top 11 scorers. Almost all of those prizes are ready (whoops we still have to get our bubble gum and big bubble gift basket together)!!
What will are next contest be? We don’t know. The next contest just might be our big downtown Springfield business pinball tournament later this year! We will see!
Happy Saturday! It might be a busy one here at Dumb Records today. We are open 10:00 am – 6:30 pm. We just debuted a new pinball machine yesterday and also the Legacy of Giving Music Festival is going on downtown all day. And it’s the Saturday Old State Capitol Farmer’s Market!
But another thing we are doing today is hosting a pop-up shop all day long for Sketbort! Skateboards (a local / Taylorville) small skate company. There will be skateboards and skating gear for sale. Sketbort! is also part of the push behind “Taylorville Needs A Skatepark” – a campaign to get a new skatepark in Taylorville. The pop-up will be going on all day today.
*Once again, we would like to note here that we will be closed tomorrow for the 4th of July!
Good morning and happy 4th of July weekend! We just realized something very special – exactly one year ago on July 2nd, 2020, we opened up our Dumb Records arcade to the world. We haven’t had it open for a full year exactly – since we did have it shut down again for all of December and January this past winter, but this is still one year from when we opened it.
Almost completely coincidentally we are debuting a brand new game today! That game is an original Stern 1982 pinball called “ORBITOR 1.” It is really wacky. Check out a video below. This is one that you are really going to have to just come play in person.
Our arcade is still open along with regular store hours (every day 11:00 am – 6:30 pm). Entry is $5 or free with store purchase of $10 or more. – One more side note: we will be closed this upcoming Sunday for 4th of July!
Downtown music festival season is officially here! One of the major downtown music festivals, Legacy of Giving is kicking off tonight right at 5:00 pm. The music tonight goes all the way until midnight, and then tomorrow it’s an all-day festival going from noon until midnight!
Since our original post about the festival earlier last weekend, they have uploaded the full schedule for Friday and Saturday to the Legacy of Giving facebook page. And as you can see on the poster above, there are too many bands playing for us to even list off here. The headlining acts look to be Enamel, The Longmeyer Band, The Station, and This One’s Pink. There are probably about 50 bands listed on that poster playing throughout the weekend. Update – there are actually 60 bands playing 5 different stages for 10 different charities! The festival also features food trucks, a kids area, a vendor fair, a disc golf tournament, and much much more.
The festival also features a disc golf tournament, many different vendors, kids areas, and much more. You can find more information on the festival at logmusicfest.org.
Saturday, July 17th will be the second of two Record Store Day 2021 “Drop Dates” happening this summer. The first one in June was an overwhelming success for us, and we are excited for this next one coming up – we will have even more in store this time than just the exclusive releases!
Of course, we will have all of the exclusive releases being released by Record Store Day. There are close to 200 of them coming out for this specific date, and you can check out the full list at recordstoreday.com. Note: some of the releases originally planned for the first drop date last month got pushed back to this one coming up. And as usual, we can not place any holds on these items. They are first come, first serve.
One thing we are doing differently with handling our store right when we open at 8:00 am: to avoid a chaotic stampede, we will be letting in people 12 occupants at a time to our store at the start of the day. There will likely be a line when we open at 8:00 am, so come early if you want to guarantee a good spot!
In addition to all of that we have a few other goodies for you. We will have free coffee provided by Redbud City Coffee Roasters. There will also be some sales! We will be running a 10% off sale on everything in the store that is not RSD releases, and also 50% off dollar records. AND for the first time in over a year, we have live music in our store! Performances will be Idle Oath at 5:00 pm and Jessica Knight at 6:00 pm.
Hopefully we’ll see you there! The store is open that day from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. Check out a facebook event right here!
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