In and Out: Countdown to Record Store Day!

You only have a few more days to head down to Hallmark and buy your fave independent record store a card or some candy, as Record Store Day is almost upon us. Shops nationwide will be uniting to celebrate the place that music geeks used to congregate in the days before blogs and message boards.

Perhaps Cameron Crowe puts it best: "The record store. Where true fandom begins. It's the soul of discovery, and the place where you can always return for that mighty buzz. The posters. The imports. The magazines. The discerning clerks, paid in vinyl, professors of the groove. Long live that first step inside, when the music envelopes you and you can't help it. You walk up to the counter and ask the question that begins the journey -- "what is that you're playing?" Long live the record store, and the guys and girls who turn the key, and unlock those dreams, every day."

In celebration of this new holiday, record stores across the country will be planning special events. At 5:00 PM, New York's own Other Music will be hosting Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino for a DJ set. Should be...kind of weird?

But hey, might as well go out and show your local shop some love, and by love I mean go buy the new Breeders album. Or you know, just give your favorite grumpy clerk a hug.