Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

February 3, 2009: The Clean - "Anything Could Happen"

The last few days have been pretty busy and exciting at Treehouse Records (my place of employment).

Yesterday, Mark Olson and Gary Louris - the former frontmen of the Jayhawks - gave a fanastic in-store performance. It got me thinking about my favorite in-stores that we've done over the years, and one of those favorites would have the be The Clean.

"Anything Could Happen" is also an appropriate song of the day because this morning we completed a bold move that would have been difficult to imagine a few years ago. After removing one of our CD racks at the end of last week, six LP browser racks were hauled up from the basement and two rows of shelving for vinyl was added to our floor. My boss Mark joked about "this new analog age" yesterday. Indeed, vinyl is back!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clean

Monday, December 1, 2008

December 1, 2008: The Chills - "I Love My Leather Jacket"

Winter is here. It is December, there is snow on the ground, and high temperatures are not expected to escape the 20s all week. Therefore, it is officially time for me to ditch my lighter jackets in favor of my super-warm leather jacket.

As I put it on for the first time this season, I will no doubt have this 1986 ditty from Martin Phillipps and The Chills. All albums from this wonderful New Zealand band are worth owning, and an excellent starting point is the greatest hits anthology Heavenly Pop Hits on Flying Nun Records.



http://www.softbomb.com