“I am always behind the shopper at the grocery store who has stitched her coupons in the lining of her coat and wants to talk about a 'strong' chicken she bought two weeks ago. The register tape also runs out just before her sub-total. In the public restroom, I always stand behind the teen-ager who is changing into her band uniform for a parade and doesn't emerge until she has combed the tassels on her boots, shaved her legs, and recovered her contact lens from the commode.” WantTwoRunningStrongWaitingBehindsWeekBandLegsStoresContactChickensBootsTapeUniformsCoatsLensesImpatienceTwo WeeksGroceriesRegisterParadesGrocery StoresShoppersRestroomContact LensesTassels Book:I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression Source: I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
“Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry the punk bands from England or Sweden or Chicago or Los Angeles” RecordsRocksBandAreasEnglandAlbumsStoresLos AngelesChicagoMailPunkPunk RockSwedenRecord Stores Author:Dave Grohl
“I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.'” LightWantedRecordsBandStoresCoffeeBossSadisticRecord StoresIguanas Author:Iggy Pop
“There were so many bands in New Orleans. But most of the musicians had day jobs, you know -- trades. They were bricklayers and carpenters and cigar makers and plasterers. Some had little businesses of their own -- coal and wood and vegetable stores. Some worked on the cotton exchange and some were porters. They had to work at other trades 'cause there were so many musicians, so many bands. It was the most musical town in the country.” KnowsLittlesCountryJobsCausesBandMusicianTownsTradeMusicalWoodsStoresMakersVegetablesCoalNew OrleansCottonCigarCarpenterDay JobsBricklayers Author:Zutty Singleton
“My friend worked at a record store in Burlington and I really liked R.E.M. and a lot of music, but I didn't go to see much. I was 16, so I wasn't in bars unless I knew the band and could get in.” RecordsBandMy FriendsStoresBarsRecord Stores Author:Sarah Harmer