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I Got A Rock

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This Saturday at the Mall we have a Peanuts event going on! We’ll have various Charlie Brown/Peanuts/Vince Guaraldi records available plus free stickers and posters!

Also this Friday we have our possibly only Hip Hop Show happening at our store downtown this year. We’ve got a whole new lineup of new up’n comers, pull up.

Last week we had hardly any new vinyl releases, so we’re making up for it this Friday!

– TAME IMPALA are back with their 5th studio album “Deadbeat” and the long awaited follow up to 2020’s “The Slow Rush.” We’ll have copies on exclusive clear and also black.
– THE MINECRAFT MOVIE SOUNDTRACK is coming out on vinyl and we will have copies on teal vinyl!
– THE LAST DINNER PARTY are here with their second album, “From The Pyre.” We will have copies on black vinyl, and maybe a couple of exclusive pink.
– A 10th anniversary reissue for GHOST’s 2015 album “Meliora” out on double slime green vinyl!
– Death metal band MORBID ANGEL gets a reissue of their 2000 album “Gateways To Annihilation” on fancy purple and blue vinyl.
– There are also a large number of releases coming out as part of Rhino Records’s ROCKTOBER series and this time around we’ve ordered all of them! A few notable titles pictured below include:
–Black Sabbath “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
–Death From Above 1979 “You’re A Woman I’m A Machine”
–Morphine “Good”
–Type O Negative “The Least Worst Of…”

This week Pepperoni picked the other Minecraft record

“Here we are back with another pick. The Minecraft Volume Alpha soundtrack by C418 has been flying so fast off the walls we can hardly keep up, so I’d say we are ready for Volume Beta as my pick, even though it’s only been a month since the last one! This one is TWO records in one, that’s right four whole sides of instrumental minimalist tracks, the soundtrack to your minecraft playing or probably just good study music or music to read to. Enjoy!”

Talking Eraserheads

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Well last Saturday we had our most attended and craziest listening party to date with Twenty One Pilots. We had 100 wristbands and posters to give out which we thought was way more than necessary, but after over 120 people came through we were out of everything. We also might have got in trouble with the mall for having too many people in our store and being too loud, sorry.

Yesterday Pepperoni turned 7! Folks came in and wished him happy birthday and at least one handmade card was presented. For folks who don’t know their Pepperoni lore, 7 years ago he wandered into our original location and never left. He’s been running the show ever since.

Here are your Friday Releases!
– TWENTY ONE PILOTS and their eighth studio album “Breach” – is actually being released tomorrow even though we had the advance listening party last weekend! Yes we will have copies available for sale, most of them will be the blue smoke indie exclusive vinyl!
– LED ZEPPELIN have a “Live EP” coming out!?!? Going along with the 50th anniversary of “Physical Graffiti” this consists of (four) songs from that album performed live in years 1975 and 1979.
– A re-issue for the 1995 album by JOHN PRINE, “Lost Dogs + Mixed Blessings” out on black and also popcorn flavored vinyl.
– A 50th anniversary pressing of Grateful Dead’s “Blues For Allah” – available on green vinyl and also picture disc!
– ED SHEERAN has his 8th studio album out, called “Play”. There are a bunch of different variants for this, we ordered three different kinds.

This week Pepperoni picked a Minecraft record!

“Heyyyy all you Pepperoni fan’s. Do any of my followers out there play the game “mine craft?” I am just now finding out about it. It’s a computer game where you play with blocks and they came out with a movie about it this summer. Well, apparently some people like it. Or if you like ambient music, think Brian Eno, you might like this. (This is apparently music from the actual game, not the movie soundtrack). (The movie soundtrack IS coming out on October 17th on vinyl and we will have it).”

We also just stocked new shirts at our Downtown store for all you loud music enjoyers

this show is happening downtown on Saturday, also for you loud music enjoyers

Wow, He was on Fire This Whole Time??

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Boy do we have a packed week! Hardcore show tonight (Wednesday). Then Thursday we have the Laufey Midnight Release Party, and on Friday we have a rock ‘n roll show booked by Lovelorn. All of these events happening at our downtown location.

Here are the new releases coming out this Friday!
– LAUFEY (pronounced “Lay-vay”) with her third studio album “A Matter Of Time”. We are having a midnight release party for this one the night before!
– TYLER THE CREATOR with a long awaited re-issue of his 2015 album “Cherry Bomb” – two different front cover variants for this one!
– DEFTONES here with their tenth studio album “Private Music!” There are two different variants for this one as well – one with a pink cover and one with green.
– MAC DEMARCO has a new album out just called “Guitar” and we will have copies! Indie exclusive orange vinyl variant.
– JON BATISTE with his sixth studio album “Big Money”
– THE SMASHING PUMPKINS with a re-issue of their 2000 album “Machina” out on double black 180g vinyl.
(also being released but not pictured):
– TEYANA TAYLOR “Escape Room”
– a re-issue of BILLY JOEL “Greatest Hits Volume I & II”

This week Pepperoni picked the Doors

“It’s back to school season. The weather is getting a tad cooler, tourist season is ending downtown and things are slowing down a little bit. So why not I pick a record that has a track “Summer’s Almost Gone” for us all to cry to. That’s The Doors 1968 album “Waiting For The Sun.” Can you believe I haven’t picked a Doors album yet? This one kicks off with the pulsating hit, “Hello, I Love You.” This was also the band’s only album to hit the top of the billboard charts! Enjoy!”

photo by Jordan Minder Photography

Goth night last friday was a huge success! Lots of people dressed up, came out, danced, and we all had a good time.

Just a gentle, soothing reminder to keep an eye on our Upcoming Shows for all the shows, release parties and other events we have coming up! Besides 1 million hardcore shows, we have some cool stuff coming up like the Twenty One Pilots and Sabrina Carpenter release parties and our next Illinois Vintage Fair.

I Dropped My Cookie

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Our line outside last week waiting for the midnight Ethel Cain listening party. These are fun, looking forward to the next one!

Speaking of parties, this Friday we’re hosting our very first GOTH DJ NIGHT

Here are the hot new record releases this Friday!

– Indie rock band BIG THIEF are here with their sixth studio album “Double Infinity” and we’ll have the indie exclusive green vinyl!
– We’ll have a reissue from THE CRANBERRIES 1994 studio album “No Need To Argue” – (yes, this is the one that has “Zombie” on it.)
– 20th anniversary red vinyl edition of AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s 2005 album “City Of Evil”!?!?
– It’s also not every day you get a 30th anniversary re-issue of VAN HALEN’s album “Balance”!
– A special re-issue of SLEEP’s “Holy Mountain”. We ordered 20 copies and have been told we are getting 2

This week Pepperoni Picked Kiss’ Hotter Than Hell

“Everyone sit down. Who remembers when KISS played our state fair? The mayor and the governor came out and everyone booed the governor and they gave KISS the key to the city and then they sang the pledge of allegiance. I had previously picked KISS’s disco album “Dynsasty” as my pick of the week and that was it. Well, it’s finally time I pick a NON-DISCO KISS and today that is going to have to be their second studio album, “Hotter Than Hell” from 1974. You see the thing about KISS is that they have 20 studio albums and when people come in asking for KISS they don’t really care which KISS albums we have, they’ll take anything. Anything before Dynasty is going to be some solid hard rock though. I was playing this on the outdoor speakers earlier and everyone from Good Heart Tattoo poked their head in while the song “Goin’ Blind” was playing and that’s when we realized that the band MELVINS cover that song on their album “Houdini” Pretty cool!”

We also just recently added Independence Day Pinball to our pinball lineup downtown. Hit the alien head for multiball. Keep playing and see if you can start Area 51 multiball. Designed by Rob Hurtado and our first SEGA pinball machine.

Teen Boys Playing Volleyball in the Middle of the Mall

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Recently Jeff, the more attractive of the two owners of this store is now working the store full time, he had to be real dramatic about it and wrote a speech:

“Big Announcement here. After 17 years in IT at Horace Mann I have very recently changed careers to full time retail.

This is certainly a big change for me. It feels my whole life has been a progression of, “5 years ago I sure wouldn’t believe I’d be doing this now!” From getting my masters in computer science, to becoming a PMP certified project manager, to managing my own team of software developers, learning how to operate and maintain vintage pinball and arcade machines, running a music venue for 8 years out of my basement, becoming partner in a record store. Every time it’s been a big leap. Opening a public arcade 5 years ago, working with an architect to have an official above-board all ages music venue, and learning the ins ‘n outs of record farming.

Thanks to my very intelligent and pretty wife, 2 amazing boys, parents who told me I could do big things, a business partner who agrees calling two stores Dumb and Dumber is a good idea, many people who have helped along the way, and an amazing community who comes out and supports our silly record store everyday. This is certainly big for me that I can give more attention to making Dumb Records a fun experience for our community.”

As soon as he did all that he slacked off and didn’t even post the new Friday releases on time to this site. Here is what was released new today!

– ALEX WARREN, I’ve been told this guy is a pro youtuber gone musician or something. His album “You’ll Be Alright Kid” available on white vinyl.
– Americana indie band LORD HURON have their fifth album “The Cosmic Selector” available on red swirl vinyl.
– Another indie artist ALEX G, with a new album “Headlights”.
– LAURA JANE GRACE has a new album out on Polyvinyl records called “Adventure Club”! We will also have a limited amount of exclusive patches to hand out with purchase of this one!
– Last but not least a silver re-pressing of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s greatest hits.

Next Friday at the mall, we will be hosting a release party for the new Tyler Childers album!

And so far this week we’ve hosted 2 shows already and this one is happening on Saturday. Looks like another loud ol hardcore bash.

Hundreds of FFA Students Sneaking into the Arcade

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This Friday we have a mixed bill show, sure to surprise and amaze!

Also this Friday we got a fresh batch of new vinyl releases!
– KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD are onto their 27th studio album with “Phantom Island”. We’ll have some copies on “recycled black wax”
– OZZY OSBOURNE, no this is not a new album it is a re-issue of his 2014 album “Scream” on black vinyl!
– BUDOS BAND the instrumental afro-cuban jazz / funk band with their album “VII”! We should have copies on purple vinyl.
– THE CURE “Mixes Of A Lost World” will be out featuring re-mixes from their latest album.
– GRATEFUL DEAD “Greatest Hits” compilation LP out on teal blue vinyl.
– METALLICA with a re-issue of their 1996 album, “Load” on black vinyl.
– A re-issue of the 1968 psych pop classic BILLY NICHOLS “Would You Believe” (only the real ones know)

This week Pepperoni picked Cowboy Bebop!

“I wish upon my nine lives that I knew what this is. I’ve never watched Cowboy Bebop as my parents blocked Adult Swim on TV with a device they got from church. This is my first time hearing the Seatbelts and they are very good. For some reason they stuck Faye Valentine on the cover as some sort of fan service which really doesn’t represent the show very well. People freak out about this and Jeff keeps telling me I need to watch it. As always Jeff is right. Jeff is right about everything. I should be watching this more than stupid scary movies where people’s heads fall off and goop comes out. I did listen to this in the store today and I can say for sure it’s a bop. A lot of good jazz actually?? Not that I am surprised since Jeff already told me 100 times that it is good.”

We had a great time at the Turnstile album release party at the mall last Friday!

Jeff is going out to see the biggest hole in the ground out west for the next 12 days so there may not be an update here next week, just keep your eyes peeled for shows happening here next Monday and Friday, and an album release party announcement for a HUGE HOT ARTIST

Like Hot Beef Oil Dripping From The Ceiling

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This Friday we’re one of the lucky stores hosting the Official TurnStile Release Party! This will be happening at our Mall store at 6pm! We’ll have a big stack of posters to hand out, some add-ons if you purchase the album. We’ll have plenty of copies of the record for sale as some CDs and a tape!

Here’s a look at all the records new this Friday!
– TURNSTILE out with their followup to their 2021 album “Glow On”, this is “Never Enough” and we will have the purply vinyl and of course we are having a big release party at our mall location on Friday 6:00pm!
– MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE “Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge” is hitting it’s 20 year anniversary, and we will have the special edition being pressed with alternative cover art on bloody red vinyl or something!\
– LIL WAYNE with his sixth Carter album, “Tha Carter VI” ! We will have vinyl.
– Alternative / folk band from Ohio called CAAMP with their album “Copper Changes Color”
– THE RED CLAY STRAYS have a double LP live album, “Live At The Ryman” out on red vinyl!
– There was a re-issue of Primus’s FRIZZLE FRY we were supposed to get a month or so ago that got pushed back to this week!

This week Pep picked Hozier

“Hozier favorite record store cat??? Me, Pepperoni?!? This week I am back with Hozier’s self-titled album as my pick! This album just hit its 10th anniversary too – released in 2014, a deluxe version recently dropped, but this is the original. Hozier is an Irish musician with quite the voice. The stand out vocal performance makes Hozier special, but it also blends genres of Americana, soul, R&B, pop, etc. He sings the song about taking him to church, which is actually on this album!”

Here’s our next show, coming up on Sunday!

Sorry We Already Have a Wacky Waving Tube Guy

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We’re having our first Official late night release party for Ghost this Thursday. All you Ghost weirdos better come out!

Here are this Friday’s hot new vinyls!
– We should have copies of GHOST’s 6th studio album “Skeleta” on opaque violet vinyl for this weekend (hopefully some are left after the midnight release party)!
– VIAGRA BOYS are here with… “Viagr Aboys”?? On exclusive blue and white vinyl, and also black.
– Jam band GOOSE are coming out with a triple-LP mega album “Everything Must Go” on colored vinyl!
– OK GO first new album in 10 years, “The Adjacent Possible” on fancy red and blue vinyl! The cover might fold out into some sort of beautiful pop-up?
– TENNIS pop duo with their final album “Face Down In The Garden” and we should have indie exclusive bone vinyl!

his week Pepperoni picked Siamese Dream

“Sit down gang, it’s story time. The year was 2024. The city of Springfield was filled with excitement as the town was getting ready for the 171st annual STATE FAIR. The big headlining act this year was “The Smashing Pumpkins” from the big city of Chicago. The city of Springfield had never had such an act perform on a stage in its city before. The mayor of Springfield was sure to hang up banners reading “welcome Billy” every lamp post, and every piece of trash was picked up from the sidewalks.

It was the day before the big concert and I was doing my usual thing, working the counter at my record store, greeting customers and sleeping on the bags. Smashing Pumpkins greatest hits LP had came out on vinyl for the first time earlier that week so I was playing that in the store. A man wearing a purple zip-up jacket (I thought this was odd because it was the middle of the summer) and a ball cap and a mustache was perusing the jazz section and he stopped to give me a pet on the head. As he did this I recognized the scars on his hands right away. It was Billy. “Bil-” I almost shouted his name but he held one finger up to his mouth to “shhhh” me. He took off his fake mustache and winked at me. And then he took out his phone and took a picture of himself on his own greatest hits LP which was on our store’s wall and he posted it to his Instagram story. Then he bought like 4 jazz records and tip-toed away into the night! And that is the story on when I met Billy Corgan.”

You’re no fun

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We have so much going on right now, one thing is we finally got an official sign up at our mall location so we look like a real store even!

oh yeah there was a parade too

Here are your hot new vinyls plopping out this Friday!
– JAPANESE BREAKFAST with the fourth studio album from this indie pop band, “For Melancholy Brunettes” – we should have the marbled indie exclusive vinyl.
– MY MORNING JACKET with their 10th studio album “Is”. We should also have copies of the indie exclusive variant.
– IT’S THE EASTER BEAGLE, CHARLIE BROWN!?!?!??!?!?
– SELENA GOMEZ and Benny Blanco collaborative album “I Said I Love You First” on that juicy red vinyl.
– SOPHIE “Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-sides Non-stop Remix Album” Huh? I guess this is the re-mix version of a 2018 album.

This week Pepperoni picked out Type O Negative

“My pick this week is goth-metal band Type O Negative’s 1996 album “October Rust”. Every time I see this album cover with the thorns I think it is going to be the heaviest thing I have ever heard. But I listened to it in full again yesterday and you know what? It’s just guys singing in slow motion with bells and drums, actually kind of nice! Nick from Good Heart Tattoo next door heard me playing it outside and popped his head in and said “H*ll yeah, Pepperoni about time you played something good!”

We’ve been buying a lot of really great used records lately, lots of good stuff coming out on our shelves soon! We’re always looking to buy and we give big money for good stuff!

Up The Irons

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We just brought in our newest game to our downtown arcade and It’s Iron Maiden Pinball! This machine has a whole host of mods and upgrades. Even tho this game was produced in 2018 you probably have never seen one like this before. Plus we fixed a couple other games while we were at it. At the time of this writing, every game is actually working in the arcade! That can certainly change hour by hour as pinballs and vintage arcades are challenging to keep working at all times, a true labor of love.

Here are the hot vinyl releases this Friday!
– THE LUMINEERS with their fifth studio album “Automatic” and we will have the indie exclusive orchid/tangerine splatter version!
– SABRINA CARPENTER “Short N’ Sweet” is a top seller around here of course, but on Friday the DELUXE (double blue vinyl) version is out featuring five extra tracks!
– RED CLAY STRAYS “Made By These Moments” yes, this was an album that came out last year but copies sold out everywhere immediately and it’s been already due for a re-press! Out on cream colored vinyl.
– ICE SPICE with her album “Y2k” was released digitally last year, this Friday is the physical release.
– CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL have all of their albums being re-issued on color vinyl, “Green River” is the one we have featured and ordered the most copies of (on green vinyl).

This week Pepperoni picked Billy Strings

“Have I got the pick for you all this week. My first bluegrass pick? This is Billy Strings, a young up and coming country bluegrass jam band guitarist extraordinaire. I didn’t realize he was based out of Michigan until just now. The sticker on the cover says this was a 2020 grammy winner for best bluegrass album. Do you like your subs toasted at Head West, or do you like to smell all of the incense flavors at Penny Lane? Well if you do, then this BILLY STRINGS album “Home” might be just for you!”