Archive for April 22nd, 2009
Record stores host holiday
by Angelo Carosio on Apr.22, 2009, under Articles
The constant flow of people through local record shops on Saturday was a rare sight, a throwback to a time when the record store was the only place to buy music. The crowds turned out for the second annual Record Store Day, an unofficial holiday started last year as a celebration of the over 700 independently owned record stores in the United States.
Many of Seattle’s record shops participated in the event, including Sonic Boom Records, Easy Street Records and Everyday Music. Festivities included exclusive Record Store Day releases from world-renowned bands like Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips, in-store performances from local bands, T-shirt silk-screening and discounts on records and CDs.
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Tea bag tax protests don’t make much sense
by Angelo Carosio on Apr.22, 2009, under Articles
Tea party protesters gather to voice their collective dissatisfaction with taxes. Tea parties were named after the Boston Tea Party of 1773.
As tax day came and went last week, it seemed to bring out the crazy in some Republicans and other anti-Obama people who wished to protest the fact they have to pay taxes to the government that protects them.
“The American taxpayers are the Jews for Obama’s ovens,” read a sign being held at a “tea party”-the name given by right-wing media outlets like Fox News to a nationwide series of protests during tax week. “No Taxes. Obama Loves Taxes. Bankrupt USA. Loves Baby Killing,” read another, seemingly written in a stream-of-consciousness format.
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