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YES!! There is FINALLY a record store in downtown New London! Congrats to managers Rich & Daphne Martin who have been working super hard to get this going ! Well, this is an adventure.
The street emits the kind of hazy heat that blurs the gates and dinner plate sized hibiscus of the Hygienic. My motivation should be nothing short of anemic. Except…
Dangermouse and Sparklehorse are cranking on a brand new turntable next to a cash register with buttons on it that say things like Cosmodemonic and New Vinyl. Shopping bags adorned with New London Main Street‘s logo and an arching “Historic Downtown New London”. There are posters in the windows advertising the Bela Fleck documentary which will be showing in the Art Park on August 11th, the new Arcade Fire album, and this weekend’s Sinners Circle.
When people step through the door, their faces light up. They haven’t seen an old school record store in a good long time. They go for the new stuff, look at the records, stroke the covers. Go over to the used stuff, laugh at the silly ones like DOKKEN, show them to their friends, fish through the Weird Beards pins, Stereolab posters and Radiohead stickers, run their fingers across the spines of the poetry volumes on the bookshelves. And if all goes well, they find that one special something that really brings them. I’m looking forward to years of stories about the songs they danced to at their weddings, the first cassingle they bought in 1984, or the mind-blowing show they saw that turned them into lifelong musicians. I’m looking forward to our upcoming release, Above Below and the celebration to follow. I’m looking forward to Whalie pre-parties, and I Am Festival after-parties.
Yes, this is an adventure.
Come take a look, 19 Golden Street, New London.
The Telegraph is open:
Tues: 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wed - Sat: 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sun: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
