We have a pinball named Dale now

This Friday’s new releases!
– JOHNNY CASH “Songwriter” – believe it or not this is actually an album of previously unreleased material Johnny Cash recorded in 1993 in Nashville.
– NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS new album “South Of Here”, we should have on exclusive green and regular black vinyl.
– Hip hop artist LUPE FIASCO’s 9th studio album “Samurai”
– IMAGINE DRAGONS are here with a new EP of some sort called “Loom” and there are a couple of different variations with vinyl color ways and alternate artwork we are getting
– SPECIALS “More Specials” is getting re-issued from this 2nd wave British ska group, originally released in 1980.
– NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE “Early Daze” – a collection of rare and unreleased studio recordings from 1969 from this legendary group.
– LORD HURON “Strange Trails” – a reissue of this 2015 indie folk album on clear blue vinyl.
– CAMILA CABELLO “C, XOXO” the fourth studio album from singer songwriter, blue raspberry flavor.

This week Pepperoni chose RUSH

“It’s about time that I made a move on picking a RUSH album as a pick of the week! Any band that has their own pinball machine deserves a Pepperoni pick. This is their second album “Fly By Night”. I tell you what, it is harder and harder to come across this album used (original copies go for a lot), so I have decided it is time to stock up on the newer copies.”

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!

This week we went on a business trip to the Chicago suburbs. We picked up 2 pinball machines and visited the Volo Museum to see our favorite band, The Rock-afire Explosion!

Speaking of bands, here are some playing our place on Friday! We have punk band Kids from St Louis and local psych metal Acid Fog, folk punkers Yardwaste, and solo artist Whitney Divine.

Here are this Friday’s new releases!

– TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACKS. For the first one and “New Moon” (is that the second movie?). Looks like silver and gold exclusive vinyl.
– DAVID BOWIE with “Rock N’ Roll Star” – alternate mixes from the Ziggy Stardust sessions, on black vinyl.
– A new album from THE DECEMBERISTS called “And So It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again” we should have indie exclusive vinyl.
– Re-issue of Seal’s 1991 self-titled album (featuring Kiss From A Rose), on double black LP.

This week Pepperoni has picked Diamond Dogs

“It’s about time we had another David Bowie pick around here. This was Bowie’s 8th studio album “Diamond Dogs” released 50 years ago in 1974. You may recognize the glam-rock hit “Rebel Rebel” which was the first single off this album. Something, something, something “Diamond Cats” haha ha ha?”

Oh and we had another new billboard go up recently with a completely different design.

Last Friday we all went to Robin Roberts stadium to see the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes take on the Normal Cornbelters. And I’d say they belted us pretty good at 14-0. It was also Star Wars night so they were handing out lightsabres! Plus we saw some really great Stars Wars characters walking around during the game. It seems the Horseshoes are off to a bad start this year but the games are still fun to attend!

Here are your Friday releases this week!
– The 7th album from PEDRO THE LION “Santa Cruz” out on exclusive green vinyl… this guy played at Jeff’s house once.
– THE CURE compilation album “Japanese Whispers” being re-issued on a double LP!
– A number of reissues from country artist DWIGHT YOAKAM which had been extremely hard to come by before now, we chose to stock up on and highlight “Hillbilly Deluxe”
– It had already gotten pushed back, but BAD BUNNY & THE WEEKEND with a really long album title that looks like a western soundtrack.
– Big release for “CHARLI XCX” with her new album “Brat” which features really pixelated artwork on purpose because it’s a vibe, on exclusive pink splatter vinyl

This week Pepperoni picked this Greta album.

“My pick this week is the 2018 debut album from Michigan rock group Greta Van Fleet, “Anthem Of The Peaceful Army”. Hey wait a minute this kid sounds just like Led Zeppelin?? Who does he think he is!? Anyways, I wanted to be stocked up on this album so that we will be ready for the next time this band goes viral on Tik Tok.”

Saturday we’re hosting this loud hardcore show featuring Dry Socket from Portland OR, Blight Future from St Louis, and local loud bands Payasa, Propoganda, and Worldview.

Kind of a quieter weekend coming up after the holiday weekend last week and another hardcore show last Tuesday. Tonight is the first Levitt show, which is only a block away from our store and best of all it’s free.

The Springfield Lucky Horseshoes have started their season and have racked up 2 losses so far. That means they have to play our song! Everytime they lose a game this season they all have to come in and buy a record from us. Some of us plan to attend the game this Friday night, which also happens to be Star Wars night.

Here are your Friday releases this week:
– ATEEZ with “Golden Hour Part 1” (this is K-POP just so you know)… black ice vinyl
– R.E.M.’s third studio album “Fables of the Reconstruction” originally released in 1985
– JOAN JETT with a greatest hits album spanning her career (on black vinyl).
– MAYA HAWKE (actress and musician) with her third (?) full length album, the picture shown is red vinyl but I can’t tell what kind exactly we have coming in, sorry.
– WILLIE NELSON, age 91 years old is here with his 75th studio album, “The Border”
– JOHN MORELAND country artist who played the first LEVITT AMP Springfield series back in 2019, here with a new album “Visitor”

This week Pepperoni has picked another Dead album

“Good morning music fan’s! This one is for all of you dirty old hippies. This week I am picking The Grateful Dead’s twelfth studio album “In The Dark”. It is a must-have for any Grateful Dead collector because it features their only good song that they have – “Touch Of Grey”! You know you all love it. Sometimes I like to put on my jogging shorts and grab my cassette walkman and listen to that song while I jog in Washington Park. Come on, sing along with me! IIiiiii willlll get by, I wiiiiiillll get by, I willll get byyyyeyyeyyeyyeyeyyyy, I will survive!

Boy it must be a slow week with no shows as all I hear about is this and that about how the toilet paper is all wrong in our store. You’d think there would be anything else more important??

Anyway, Pepperoni has now taken his rightful place along the Springfield skyline! It may be facing the wrong way on Jefferson where no one will ever see it, but we have a billboard now!

Speaking of Pepperoni, he’s picked Melanie’s Crybaby this week.

“I have my own billboard now and I’m back for another pick. This week it’s rising songwriter / pop artist Melanie Martinez with her 2015 debut “Cry Baby”. Mak from Dumb Records wanted me to let you all know that they were the first ones to like Melanie Martinez (out of everyone in Springfield I guess). Where did this girl come from, did she have her own Disney show when she was younger or something?”

Here are this week’s Friday Releases!
– TWENTY ONE PILOTS with “Clacy” – their seventh studio album! Available on black and indie exclusive clear and red splatter vinyl!
– WALLOWS. Their third full length album “Models” we will have the indie exclusive – it says “orange and clear” for us but that photo looks red and purple to me.
– oh yeah, it’s AQUABATS REIUSSES TIME. The silliest ska band of all time, we are stocking up on “Fury of the Aquabats” and “Return of the Aquabats”.
– DANGER MOUSE & JEMINI have a new album called “Born Again” we will have a few copies of.
– DAVID BOWIE’s “Diamond Dogs” gets reissued and remastered! (Just on black vinyl).