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Published at 3:36pm
Published on 10/14/08
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Other Music
WHY ESSENTIAL:
One of NYC’s premier spots to buy actual prerecorded music—not just compact discs but also vinyl (7-, 10- and 12-inch)—has added a digital-sales outlet to its website. But you can get OM’s singular rush of stimuli only by heading down to 4th Street. What’s just released? Whose photos are hanging on the walls? What upcoming shows can I buy tickets for? Oh, what is that over by the magazine rack? The out-there indie-rock decadence free-jazz electronica section? Awesome.
The secret:
“We were super psyched when we got our first gold record plaque from local boys done good the Strokes, right after their Is This It album had broken 500,000 copies in sales,” says the store’s Josh Madell. “But anyone who’s seen the shop knows that we don’t have much wall space in the front or the back. Rather than one of the Other Music owners taking it home to keep it to themselves next to their old bowling trophies, we hung it in the only spot in the shop with wall space—the staff toilet, where it hangs to this day.” 15 E 4th St between Broadway and Lafayette St (212-477-8150, othermusic.com)
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D
Thu, Sep 25, at 10:36am
What white people will fall for.
D
Thu, Sep 25, at 10:36am
Kiosk is hilarious. They were selling a package of dried plums for $15 that you can find 3 blocks south at hong kong supermarket for $2.
Rosie Collins
Thu, Feb 07, at 07:31am
I am trying to find Peter Tear! Please forward to him.
adam tobin
Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 7:54pm
Josh, it is true. X is not on the menu.
I am really upset that Time Out printed my secret website for everybody to see. gugunnameable is so secret, you can't even view it on a regular computer -- the secret password is
www.unnameablebooks.net
josh
Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 3:59pm
The concept of this piece, as described, is excellent; the execution is terrible and misleading (per the description, anyway–it would have been a fine article properly described). A tip would be, for example: "order X at Pearl Oyster Bar, it's not on the menu, it's excellent, and you have to request it." Or a reservation password or somesuch.
josh
Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 3:55pm
How is this an "ultra-valuable tip?" It's not even a "tip," it's a piece of trivia.
eyeball hatred
Thu, Nov 01, 07, at 2:05am
url is indeed wrong. gugunameable books sell textbooks.
