BOSTON Baked Beaner
Hotsauce84
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What up, hoLmeses?One of my best friends (and my DJ partner) is visiting Boston this week. He hit me up looking for record spots, sneaker spots, cool clubs, etc.Where should I send this foolio?Herm
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tell him to go to cambridge. Soul on Ice wouild prob be more help than me. i rarely make it up to the Bean.
There is MassIve records on Mass Ave. closer to harvard sq. Walking distance from Cheap0, and catering to hip hop/breaks. Way overpriced on some stuff though (Tough Guys OST= $25)
In Your Ear on Comm Ave in Brighton is a great spot; they have another location in Harvard Sq, but this is the one worth going to.
Also, SoI is hosting a record swap; tell your man I've got late 90s shithop for free if he'll take 10 off my hands. In Jamaica Plain, hit up the SoI for details, but a fun time to drink and dig.
Jaymack, are you really in Bridgewater? Get yer ass up this weekend! C'mon, we got folks trekin' all over Europe for a meeting, and you can't drive 45??? I swear...no wedding talk for a month if you make it up.
If he has any other questions, shoot a pm, and i'll get you/him my info. i'm working saturday evening, but i'll try to get him squared away with some food/drink/records.
i PMed SoI this morning for the directions and details. Imma try like hell to get myself there.
word. hope to hand you a cold one.
cheapos is moving, actually this city is quite dry if you are expecting to come up...me and dj spinna went out yesterday to some spots..
i was lucky, he was....scooping up rick wakefield and smokey robinson lps.
as far as clubs go...stay away from downtown and landsdowner st.
massive is not even worth going to.
in your ear is the only spot left , and that location will be closing.
looney tunes on boylston may look promising, but its been years since i came up there...although edan has some luck.
have fun
I lived down the street from here in college and it seemd like not many heads were checking this spot or at least going to it often. i pulled many records outta there and kept it on the low for a bit, aside from a few buddies.
thats the only record store i went to in my brief stay in beantown.
i dont know if you meant it, but thats a great little rhyme you concocted there.
gone. upscale restaurant now.
looney tunes on boylston has treated me well this year; i would check regularly, when i worked up the street. but, its worth a shot.
i've never bought anything at massive; i just threw it on the list in case someone was looking for hip hop (which i ain't.)
He hit up Cheapo's and came up on some decent Hip Hop 12"'s (the only one I remember is DJ DMD's "25 Lighters"). He was only there for the day then he bounced to New York but he appreciates your input.
Herm
Did you know that when In Your Ear closes there will no longer be ANY stores
in Boston selling used 45's?? Cheapo's has 45's but I don't ever see them
buy used 45's and re-sell them...only IYE and they are gone in 3 months
i didn't know they're closing; also didn't know cheapo is moving. is that true? man, someone put me on the rumor mailing list.
that sucks, though. bad. what about looney tunes, though? don't they still deal in the used 45 trade?
They got rid of their open 45 section last year, which
was no great loss since they never added anything to it
and it was crap - and they never add anything to those boxes
behind the counter either. Once in the past year they actually
bought and put out a big buy of soul/R&B 45's, but I only even
knew about it because I was there when it happened and kinda
forced my way into the box - got some good stuff (James K Nine for $8)
but that seriously was the only time in like the last 2 years they
even bought 45's from anyone...
yeah, but they're just moving down the street to the old Skippy White's location.
please, all should start feeling bad for us,send donations starting today.
my address is....