Records and Needles

Johnny snagged this turntable at a yard sale for $5 recently.  We had a pretty sweet setup in our last house, but since we've been in Springfield, the little Crosley combo record player is all we've been using.  The thing is cute, but it plays all everything just a little too fast... which can be pretty bothersome when you're familiar with an album.  Anyway, after purchasing a couple of needles for our last turntable and having trouble with that, it was great to just start fresh with this guy.

Last weekend I broke out the can of "Watermelon" spray paint, dug out our old record table from the basement, and got to work sprucing it up for our little music nook.  Here was the table before:



And now, after:


It's nice to have music going in the house all the time again.  I've really missed that.  Impromptu dance parties are one of our very favorite things!  xo.

Record Store Day

We ended up being in St. Louis for Record Store Day this year, so I was pretty pumped leading up to it.  We made our way over to Vintage Vinyl once I was up and going on Saturday morning.  It was all pretty hoppin'-- they had live music outside, free beer inside, and a two hour wait in line to see any of the record store day exclusive merch.  I'm a person who can go either way in those crazy crowded situations-- sometimes it's way too much and sometimes it's totally fine, depending on how I prepare myself.  Unfortunately I wasn't really in the mood that day, so I grabbed a Bryan Adams album I don't have (he's my guilty pleasure love), Johnny snagged a Pearl Jam album he didn't have, and we came home to our good ol' faithful record store here in Springfield to snag the Mazzy Star RSD 7".  I'm pretty happy with our loot, but who really needs a special day to buy records?  You know me, any day is a good day for music!

Did you snag anything great for Record Store Day this year?  You can see our purchases from last year right here.  xo.  Katie

Record Store Day

Happy Record Store Day... yesterday.  This is our first one living in a town with an actual record store. We visited, I bought some records (2 that I already have in the ol' iPod, but hey, I have to get them on vinyl eventually), and it was a good day.  :)

How about you?  Did you participate in Record Store Day?  I love any excuse to buy new (or old) records.