What about Boston Beats on Newbury street. They have a reasonable
selection. Though some of their mix-tapes are horrendously expensive,
something like $25 for someone named DJ Danee.
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Niraj Agarwalla
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aran M. Parillo [SMTP:aran@hyperreal.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 1998 5:15 PM
> To: andysolo@juno.com
> Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (idm) boston?
>
> > I e-mailed aran a couple of times but I guess he's too busy to
> > reply to let me know about all this, so I ask you all: I'm moving
> to
>
> sorry, you got lost in my black hole of a pine box called "personal"
> :P don't take it personally, it happens often when I get behind on
> the
> daily crush of idm-owner emails.
>
> > boston soon and hoping some people there could let me know good
> shops,
>
> good shops:
>
> satellite 49 mass ave. 617-536-5482
> good points
> -little of everything, not too much of anything. (cd,12",mixtape)
> -cool staff, for techno check mike walsh.. for drum and bass and
> electro
> talk to bill crook.. for house, jay ine, for idm (ie everything) ask
> for
> matthew sordillo.
> -industry standard prices
> -hob nob with FredEx on any given day ;)
> bad points
> -kiddies checking the phatty phat pants rack
> -feeding frenzy on shipment day
> -good stuff gets snatched up quik (ie ordering #'s are low)
> -get in an argument with FredEx on any given day ;)
>
> biscuithead recoreds
> 93 Massachusetts Ave (3rd floor - buzz #9)
> good points
> -enamorous owner, dj bruno
> -cool staff, fran, billy, erika
> -vibe (ya know, for the love of the music)
> -realness (think about that as you ride the elevator up)
> -house, hip hop, r&b 12"'s and mixed tapes
> -a section for funk classics with stickers identifying
> who sampled this record into what song. :-)
> bad points
> -limited selection of genre's
> -no food/drink the the store unless you own the store
>
> 4 front records
> somewhere on newbury street
> good points
> -drum and bass only
> -vinyl is still hot when they get it
> -sale bin scores
>
> bad points
> -newbury street location
> -limited selection of genre's
>
> Twisted Village
> 12b Elliot St. Harvard Square area cambridge
> good points
> -Locals only know how to find it
> -IDM in various formats with pricing that will make you wonder
> (ie GAK 12" on warp for 8$?)
> -smart staff
> -weird collection of IDM-relatives (ie prog rock, psy rock, and
> general "noise" labels)
> bad points
> -Locals only know how to find it
> -Limited supply
>
> HMV and Tower and Newbury Comix can be lumped into one
> All are located in harvard square area
> with Tower and Newbury located also on Newbury Street
>
> good points
> -more genre's then just IDM (ie hmv jazz room)
> -reasonable prices, often coupon discounts in local papers
> -blank tapes cheap
> bad points
> -hmv and tower are like fast food chains (newbury comix has a rich
> boston history and we (hnt.com) host their w3 so :)
> -surveillance cameras
> -crap factor = +1,000
>
> There are of course more stores in boston then this, but if I don't
> list
> them here, I don't patronize them for one reason (lack of selection)
> or
> another (racist fuckwit owners) so you'll have to discover them on
> your
> own.
>
> > weekly events etc etc. Any info/insight is greatly appreciated. I
> have
> > no web acess with this free e-mail thing(so I can't try rotator
> locator).
>
> Someone else will have to hip you to the events as I'm no longer able
> to
> find motivation to even consider going out to a "regular" night since
> Spacecakes dropped off the radar.
>
> This list will keep you abreast of any "one offs" of the IDM nature
> though. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Teep
>
>