Downtown Pinball Tournament Round One Final Scores, Round Two Begins Today

Okay NOW that we’ve gotten the mayor’s emergency order extending round one of our pinball tournament out of the way, we can finally post the results of round one and move on to round two. Round one was a lot of fun, it was great getting over 30 local businesses on board participating, there were a few twists and turns, and a lot of fun was had. Here are the final scores for round one, the names in bold are moving on to the next round. We took the three highest scoring losers to move on to the next round as well to compete in a bracket of their own.

Also pictured above you can see what we have mapped out for round two, which features the game No Good Gofers and runs from today, September 10th through September 19th.

WILLOW & BIRCH = 5,940,070
SPRINGFIELD VINTAGE = 25,537,780

GALLINA’S PIZZA = 4,558,300
CORRINE’S CLOSET = 0

MAYOR LANGFELDER = 33,647,500
RESOURCE ONE = 28,523,470

KRISTI MITCHELL PHOTOGRAPHY = 11,955,060
LA PIAZZA = 8,621,670

REVERIE APPAREL = 24,216,290
PRAIRIE ARCHIVES = 29,513,160

GOOD HEART TATTOO = 4,654,640
ABRAHAM LINCOLN = 0

DAISY JANE’S = 5,495,790
DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD INC. = 16,804,280

MURPHY’S LOFT = 3,257,070
CUSTOM CUP = 31,538,560

THE PHARMACY GALLERY = 41,024,650
PURE PERFORMANCE FITNESS CENTER = 19,372,710

WILD ROSE = 9,277,470
PUBLIC MARKET = 19,125,210

BUZZ BOMB = 16,348,680
HARRIS LAW CENTER = 7,925,240

SECURITY BANK = 0
ARLINGTON’S = 25,063,020

INNOVATE SPRINGFIELD = 13,052,300
HEAD WEST = 28,841,160

CRAFT BEER BAR = 55,215,180
STAUNZTASTIC ART = 16,347,400

ANVIL & FORGE = 34,306,260
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE = 48,028,140

FERRY & ASSOCIATES = 0
THE SAA COLLECTIVE = 21,752,090

LONG NINE JUNCTION = 5,050,470
UPTOWN LOOKS = 4,454,210

OLD STATE CAPITOL = 23,100,370

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

Sometimes, we have so much fun and play so much pinball that we forget that we are a record store. We are a record store, and we have a lot of records to go out on the shelves this week! That’s right. Our store is still open every day from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm downtown, we have a big green elephant outside. This week as usual we have new and used LPs, CDs, and more. Alright, here’s what’s new!

New LPs
Bauhaus – Mask
The Black Keys Brothers
Body Count – Carnivore
Chris Stapleton – Traveler
Collective Soul – Collective Soul
Joe Henderson – Page One
Molly Tuttle – But I’d Rather Be With You
Rex Orange County – Bcos U Will Never B Free
Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful

Used LPs
Alan Price – Between Today And Yesterday
The Beatles – Love Songs
Bernie Green – Musically MAD
Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
Bobby Bare – Singin’ In The Kitchen
David Wilkerson – The Coming Persecution
Diana Ross – Anthology
Dianne Brooks – Back Stairs Of My Life
Floorpunch – Division One Champs
Focus – In And Out of Focus
Foreigner – Double Vision
Harry Belafonte – At Carnegie Hall
Jeff Beck – Wired
Jefferson Airplane – Flight Log 1966-1976
Jerry Reed – Greatest Hits
The Jonah Jones Quartet – Swingin’ Round The World
Johnny Kemp – Dancin’ With Myself
Johnny Mathis – Romantically Johnny Mathis
King Crimson – USA
Leo Kottke – Mudlark
The Kingston Trio – The Best Of, Vol. II
Molly Hatchet – Molly Hatchet
Monty Python – Contractual Obligation Album
Myleka – Myleka
The Oak Ridge Boys – Fancy Free
The Oak Ridge Boys – Christmas
Patti Austin – It’s Gonna Be Special
Perry Como – Como’s Golden Records
Peter, Paul & Mary – Late Again
Ramones – Pleasant Dreams
The Roadside Band – Storms About To Brew
Roger Williams – The Solid Gold Steinway
The Rolling Stones – Flowers
Skeeter Davis – Best of Skeeter Davis, Volume II
The Smothers Brothers – Curb Your Tongue, Knave!
Spyro Gyra – Catching The Sun
Til Tuesday – Voices Cary
Various – Superecord. Contemporary
Various – Walt Disney Favorites
Various – The Young And The Restless
The Ventures – The Christmas Album
Warren Benson – Percussion
Wishbone Ash – Live Dates

12” Singles
Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap – We In Here
Klymaxxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room
Vikki Love – Stop Playing On Me

New / Used CDs
Alan Jackson – Here In The Real World
Alan Jackson – Greatest Hits Volume II
America – Alibi
America – Holiday
Bill Medley – The Best of Bill Medley
Billie Holiday – Priceless Jazz
Busta Rhymes – Genesis
Dave McKenna / Scott Hamilton – Double Play
Diana Krall – Live In Paris
Diana Krall – All For You
Dynamite Hack – Superfast
Frankie Valli And The 4 Seasons – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Gerry Mulligan – Watching & Waiting
Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Plays Mulligan
Hi-Tek – Hi-Teknology
Juvenile & JT The Bigga Figga – Gotta Get It
Koko Taylor – Royal Blue
Koko Taylor – The Earthshaker
Les McCann – Invitation To Openness
Les McCann & Eddie Harris – Swiss Movement
Little Texas – Big Time
Little Texas – Little Texas
Mahalia Jackson – Live At Newport 1958
Pat Metheney Group – Speaking Of Now
Pat Metheney Trio – 99 > 00
Patty Loveless – Only What I Feel
Patty Loveless – Mountain Soul
Perfec – Best Kept Secret
A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step
The Psychedelic Furs – The Psychedelic Furs
The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk
Ramsey Lewis – Ivory Pyramid
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Appassionata
R.E.M. – Document
R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office
Ruff Ryders – Ryde or Die Vol. III
RUN D.M.C. – Raising Hell
RUN D.M.C. – Down With The King
Shaggy – Hotshot Ultra Mix
Simon & Garfunkel – The Very Best Of: Tales From New York
Staind – Dysfunction
Superchunk – Foolish
Superchunk – Indoor Living
Various – Bad Boys II: The Soundtrack
Various – New Jack City: Music From The Motion Picture
Warren G – I Want It All
Warren G – Regulate – G Funk Era

Mayor Langfelder Issues Emergency Order Extending Downtown Pinball Tournament Round One To Today

Can you believe it, you may have seen this news going viral on the internet last night / this morning, but if not – the unexpected has happened: last night mayor Jim Langfelder showed up to our store with this signed Emergency Order extending round one of our pinball tournament one more day. Then he proceeded to go into the arcade, and set a new high score of over 33 million, currently beating Recourse One here in the first round. Downtown Springfield Inc. caught a video of some of this happening.

We were going to post a big update for the first round today, but now that is pushed back tomorrow. You can expect an updated tournament bracket and clear schedule for the rest of the tournament tomorrow. Follow our facebook page for daily updates on the tournament.

Lincoln’s Legends: “Why Is Everyone Flipping Out Over Dumb Pinball?”

Thank you to our friends once again at Lincoln’s Legends for doing a quick piece on our big Downtown Pinball Tournament and how it came about. The article called “Flipping Out Over Dumb Pinball” has a nice little write-up on the idea of the tournament, and a 18 minute or so long interview or phone conversation where we are kind of goofing off. You can check that all out on the Lincoln’s Legends site right here. From the article:

The record store is open until 7 pm and Brian mentioned that many business owners will stop on thier way home to check out the store as well as their “competition”. Many even choose to visit during their lunch breaks. The bracket is massive and takes up most of the left wall across from the counter. This close proximity almost forces engagement.

The final round of our big pinball tournament is TODAY. This means we expect a lot of last minute scores to be rolling in today, and we will also likely post a big update including an updated and revised tournament bracket tomorrow to clearly map out the remaining rounds.

Demons On Wheels: “Souvenirs”

Today we bring you a brand new album from Springfield recording project Demons on Wheels. Demons on Wheels is one of a handful of projects put together by Mark Schwartz as mastermind and multi-instrumentalist, as featured on last month’s cover of Activator Magazine. This new album is called Souvenirs and you can find it streaming on the player below. You can also listen to and purchase more of Mark’s music over on the Demons on Wheels bandcamp page.

Demons on Wheels also released another album, Still Left Standing at the beginning of this year. We’ve also added this one to our Springfield album archive page, bringing us to a total of 44 local releases we have kept track of so far this year.

Free Downtown Parking Extended Until End of September (For Now)

Here is just another post to let you all know once again that parking downtown is free, and our wonderful Mayor has once again extended that free parking until the end of this month. We have decided to utilize some of this good free parking ourselves and plopped our elephant in front of our store (you aren’t actually supposed to take up spots for more than two hours though).

Parking has been free since we’ve been in a global pandemic. The mayor also came in and played pinball yesterday and set a score of 12,228,250 in our tournament.

Round One of Downtown Pinball Tournament Extended, Store Closed Monday

Okay, time for an update on a couple of things.

Our big downtown Springfield pinball tournament has been going very strong and has been a lot of fun. You might be following us on facebook where we have been posting updates as new scores of businesses participating are coming in. We also have all current scores and listings posted on our pinball forum. Today we are letting you and participating businesses know that we are pushing back the deadline for round one scores until the end of the night on Tuesday, September 8th. The deadline was previously this Sunday, September 6th. There is a retailers meeting at our space on Tuesday so this will allow some more businesses one more chance at putting down scores. Good luck! After Tuesday night we will be posting a big update including some adjusted and final dates to later rounds, and an updated tournament bracket.

In addition to that news, our store is going to be closed on Monday for Labor Day!

New Arrivals This Week At Dumb Records

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Welcome to another week at Dumb Records, the pinballs are flying and so are the records. We had a very successful Record Store Day “drop date” weekend this past weekend even though we told you all you would be disappointed if you showed up in our selection. Apparently that didn’t stop a lot of people from coming in and buying things. There will be another one of those “drop dates” at the end of this month on Saturday September 26th as well, be on the lookout for more info on that one soon.

This week we are continuing to put out new and used LPs, CDs, 12″ singles, and more. Our store is still open every day from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, wear a mask. Let’s take a look at what we’ve got:

New LPs
The Black Keys – Brothers
Body Count – Carnivore
Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Collections of Colonies of Bees – Hawaii
Dashboard Confessional – The Swiss Army Romance
Dawes – Passwords
The Front Bottoms – In Sickness & In Flames
Future – High Off Life
Green Day – Insomniac
Guided By Voices – Mirrored Aztec
Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
Mayhem – Daemon
Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
Sleater-Kinney – The Center Won’t Hold
Stranger Things – Season 3 Original Soundtrack
Superorganism – Superorganism

Used LPs
AC/DC – Blow Up Your Video
Adam Miller – Who Would Give His Only Song Away
Billy May & His Big Band – Hey, It’s May!
Bing Crosby – Accentuate The Positive
Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
The Carpenters – Ticket To Ride
Crystal Gayle – Nobody Wants To Be Alone
David Gilmour – About Face
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Greatest Hits Volume 3
Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning
Ernest Tubb – The Ernest Tubb Story
Freddy Martin – Seems Like Old Times
Fugazi – Margin Walker
The Gaslight Orchestra – Gay Nineties Waltzes
Herbie Mann – The Best of Herbie Mann
Johnny Burgin – Live
John Barry – The Knack …And How To Get It
John Williams – Star Wars
Josef Locke – Hear My Song
Klymaxxx – Meeting In The Ladies Room
Liberace – Liberace’s Greatest Hits
The Limeliters – Tonight: In Person
The Mamas & The Papas – 20 Golden Hits
Marty Robbins – Golden Memories
Marty Robbins – Marty’s Greatest Hits
Mitch Ryder – In The China Shop
Myleka – Myleka
The Ormonde Folk – Truly Irish
The Osmond Brothers – Songs We Sang On The Andy Williams Show
Ralph Carmichael – I Looked For Love
Sammy Kaye – Music For Dancing
Sammy Kaye – Come Dance To The Hits
Seals & Crofts – I’ll Play For You
Seals & Crofts – Get Closer
Various – Blonde On Blonde Revisited
Various – Rock & Roll: The Early Days
Various – Unforgettable Fifties

12” Singles
Dru Hill – How Deep Is Your Love
Evelyn “Champagne” King – I Don’t Know If It’s RIght
Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap – We In Here
Linda Clifford – If My Friends Could See Me Now
Xzibit – Hey Now / Beware of Us

New / Used CDs
America – America Live
Anne Murray – Croonin’
Billie Holiday – Billie’s Best
Billie Holiday – The Essence Of
Buddy Holly – Oh Boy
Chris LeDoux – After The Storm
Dave Koz – Lucky Man
Diana Krall – Love Scenes
Diana Krall – Stepping Out
Dion – Runaround Sue
Gerry Mulligan – California Concerts Volume 2
Gerry Mullican – Legacy
Ginuwine – The Life
John Michael Montgomery – Kickin’ It Up
John Michael Montgomery – What I Do The Best
Loretta Lynn – Coalminer’s Daughter Live
Mahalia Jackson – The Best of Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson – 16 Most Requested Songs
The Manhattan Transfer – Swing
The Manhattan Transfer – The Very Best Of
Pat Metheny Group – Still Life (Talking)
Paul Simon – Concert In The Park
Psychedelic Furs – Midnight To Midnight
Psychedelic Furs – Greatest Hits
Puddle of Mudd – Come Clean
Puff Daddy – Forever
Queen Latifah – The Dana Owens Album
Ramsey Lewis Trio – In Person 1960-1967
Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Best Of
R.E.M. – Eponymous
Restless Heart – Matters of the Heart
Ronny Jordan – A Brighter Day
Run-D.M.C. – Tougher Than Leather
Run-D.M.C. – Back From Hell
Sammy Kershaw – The Hits Chapter Two
Sha Na Na – Greatest Hits
Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon And Garfunkel – Greatest Hits
Slick Shoes – Rusty
Slick Shoes – Wake Up Screaming
The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Christmas Caravan
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot
Stan Kenton – Portraits on Standards
Toby Keith – Boomtown
Toby Keith – Honky Tonk University
The Transitions – Back In Da Days
Various – A Twist of Marley

Timothy Donavan Russell: “Mix”

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Local sound artist and solo musician Timothy Donavan Russell has released a brand new mash-up album called Mix. Timothy has been a little more quiet than usual with this being his second release of the year. (He has some catching up with Mark Schwartz to do). Mix is a collection of 11 mash-up songs and you can find it streaming on the player below.

Also head on over to Timothy’s bandcamp page where you can purchase the download of the album and also check out more of his music. A list of songs sampled for this release are on bandcamp as well.

Satisfy: “Anomaly”

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Local hip hop artist Satisfy has released a brand new four-track EP called Anomaly. You can check it out on the youtube player below, or also on a ton of other streaming platforms you can find links to right here.

Satisfy released his debut full length album Take A Deep Dive Into What I Go Through last year. We’ve included this EP on our list of 2020 releases in on our Springfield album archive page, bringing us to 42 local releases we have kept track of so far this year.