While shopping at Big Al's........................
Oldschoolspinna
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I meet this dude, nice enough guy it seems.He tells me hes from Sacramento, ca here in san jose doing some digging.A short time into the convo he asks me if Ive seen "Scratch " the movie, well sue I have, I reply.So he gets all geekes and starts in on how theres this record store across from "The Hard Rock Cafe" In sacramento called simply "Records".Anyhow he claims this place is the Basement Dj Shadow was diggging thru in that movie.Ok so heres where the rubber meets the hoe.Is this guy correct?Does nayone here know for sure where that basement is?In addition, he stated that this store is going to be closed and torn down.Any sac rezedents hear of this?
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No basement.Just a backroom and a upstairs unit that you are not allowed to go up(unless Al,Jim or Larry are around).
The store that guy(Not Gene) is talking about called "Records" IS in Sacto.(on K-St)So he's lying!!(or just not clued up)
That store(records in Sac) smells of cat piss everywhere.(But, you'll find something there!)
Big Al's smells of that Bird cage they need to clean up soon!!(and mold)
I seriously doubt that Big Al's is going to close anytime soon.(since they have been having that 50% off sale for the past 7 maybe 8 years now).
They just need to bring that stock from the back(and upstairs) upfront!
Hope this helps!
Are you from San Jose Mr.Oldschool?
Much peace and respect:
Adrian
also, that fucking parrot has got to go.
Big dude,
He does,
He does not,
Sometimes,
All the time,
El camino,
2 stores,
No longer,
No more!
He used to have a dumpster out front of the El Camino(when he supposed to call it quits).Then moved over to what was once known as Rowe's Rare Records.There also was a trailer next to it(My buddy got caught snooping around in there, pretty funny!)
But you'll find something,you just gotta be patient and he'll let you look at em.
Dudes full of shit it seems, tellin me he used to play in that basement as a kid, and some long ass story about how the old guy that owned the "Basement" died and gave the store to his kid, whom never set foot in it before, yadda yadda yadda.
So if you see a dude in thick black frames, and he looks like a Gay Indian Chris Gains, and he starts talking a bunch of smack, pop his head and walk on by.
I can smell 2 copies of Stark in there somewhere...not out in the open but somewhere....its that faint bean dip smell that drives me.
I've been to the K Street Records basement, and it's pretty damn amazing. Tell me if I'm reading what you're saying wrong, but if dude told you that the store across from Hard Rock Cafe has the basement from Scratch, he is correct. The store was owned by an old guy who was really chill, and had an encyclopaedic knowlege of what resided in the basement, even though they haven't started organizing it until very recently.
When he died, some younger folks took over and realized that they were sitting on a goldmine. A goldmine, however, that has been deemed as a health & earthquake hazard by the city. When the guys who works there go to the basement, they wear dust masks cause there are toxic chemicals that are present in unsafe airborne amounts (hence the "it smells like gas" comment in Scratch). They'll let you in the store, but usually only on a Saturday and if you're low-key about it. Of course, they're also not letting go of stuff for ridiculously low prices anymore, but there is still tons of stuff to be had.
As for the future of the store, they've been contemplating moving for awhile, and I'm not sure if anythings final yet. K Street is dead, no one seems to go beyond the damn mall anymore, and there are a bunch of vacant buildings in the neighborhood.
Cat piss and gas fumes, sounds like a party to me!
Last time I went(k-st basement) The cat had just ate a bat or maybe a bird(head was on the ground,yummie!)
That girl that works there freaked out when she saw it.
No, you're reading his story wrong again. The guy said that Records in Sacramento, across from the Hard Rock Cafe in SACRAMENTO was where the Scratch film was made with DJ Shadow.
No, you're reading his story wrong again. The guy said that Records in Sacramento, across from the Hard Rock Cafe in SACRAMENTO was where the Scratch film was made with DJ Shadow.
I read it as this:
I could be wrong..now you got me wondering..damn
3rd time is the charm.
Had to do it.(Just felt like the right situation)
He did die and he did give the shop to his son. That much I know.
My first thought was this guy is full of it.
But then folks here confermed, hes on the point.
Now I have to wonder..is that picked already? Could it be totaly picked out with that many records on hand?
Crazyness
Search around the djztrip.com forum. The son actually posted something over there about a year ago.
It's not picked. I mean it's not some digging wet dream where you just find sealed stacks of things you've been looking for forever, but you'll find a lot of solid stuff, especially from artists who were dope but didn't sell well.
i dont know what the basement looks like since i was down there in 4 or 5 years ago. if they are closing id like to be down in that basement again for a day.
epa superfund chemikill spills,mean store owners and HEAT that JOSH didn't get spooge on,,,,,,,,,,,
yet
free time = no money
money= no free time
the first time i went was with you and luke, haven't been back since.
WHY MUST I CRY!!!
Troof. I'm just waitin' for my first paycheck from the new jobby-job, and then it's on.
great yall will drive 90min north to buy records at a store thats been ran 100xs over instead of 20 minutes west to my crib. sniffle..
the love has been lost...
The who with the what now? Is there another Jinx record sale I'm not knowing about?
hahaha..not to you Justin..BTW..happy new year buddy!!
yeah last saturday...
by the way, the wife kept the LB mixcd you gave me at milk. she wont give it back... its her daily commute music to work.