This has 2SB cross-post all over it. An email from an independent CD
marketing/promo/hype firm. Good people. Feel free to pass on.


Friends of ours have decided to write a book about our favorite thing in the
world: Record Stores! We are really looking forward to digging into this once
its out. Cody even proclaimed he was going to learn how to read before then.
We have included a letter from them to all of you, because they are looking for
help! Please send your responses to fleas@flea-marketing and we'll forward them
along to them. It would be so cool to read about all of you in this book. I
know some of you have stories that are more entertaining than my favorite
movies, so please, don't be shy.

Thanks!!!

Here is their letter:

Hello,

We are Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo. We're writing a book tentatively titled The
Record Store Book....From Amoeba to Waterloo, to be published by Sterling
Publishing in Spring, 2010. Sterling is a major New York publishing house, owned
by Barnes & Noble, and the book will be sold through B&N as well as other book
chains and independents. Sterling is the publisher of other high-profile music
books including Anyhow, Anyway Anywhere (The Complete Chronicle Of The Who
1958-1978), The Encyclopedia Of Heavy Metal, Hippie, and the forthcoming Canyon
Of Dreams.

The Record Store Book is a history of record retailing, from the Grand Openings
a century ago to the Fire Sales of today. The Record Store, a combination
community center, information exchange, social club, singles bar and art
gallery. We'll cover the rise and fall plus the new vinyl stores that are
popping up. We are both lifelong music fans who spent many an hour flipping
through the racks at retailers from New York to California As part of that
history; we are collecting anecdotes and photos of record store experiences from
people of all walks of life and would like to include you and any other people
you can recommend that we speak to.

Among the subjects we hope to cover:

-First record bought/first visit to a record store

-Your favorite record store, and why

-Hearing/finding a record that changed your life

-Finding that rare record you always wanted

-Bargains (or rip offs) you found in record stores

-Discovering your favorite band by hearing it in a store

-Meeting a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, or future spouse in a record store

-Discovering (or buying) bootleg records

-Buying (or selling) used records

-Interactions with staff (or if you worked at a store, with customers)

-Experiences with shoplifters

-Your feelings when the store you loved closed

-The Vinyl Resurgence

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR PHOTOS

THANKS SO MUCH, ,

Gary Calamar
Phil Gallo

Gary Calamar, president of Go Music, is a Grammy-nominated producer and music
supervisor for his work on HBO's "Six Feet Under." He is currently overseeing
the music on some of the most acclaimed and popular shows on television: "True
Blood" (HBO) "House" (Fox), and "Dexter" (Showtime). Gary has also chosen the
songs for the films "Varsity Blues," for which he received a gold record, "Slums
Of Beverly Hills" and "After The Sunset". Gary hosts the hit radio show, The
Open Road, every Sunday night, on public radio powerhouse KCRW in Santa Monica.
Gary's unique brand of "adventurous pop music both timely and timeless" has been
a favorite of listeners for over a decade. Through the years Gary has hosted
live performances and interviews with musical greats ranging from Brian Wilson
and Elmer Bernstein to Wilco, Lucinda Williams, and The Flaming Lips.

Gary cannot pass a record store without going inside to check it out. He started
his record retail career at E. J. Korvettes Record Department in Paramus NJ
before moving west and managing Licorice Pizza in West Los Angeles CA, Moby Disc
in Santa Monica, CA, and the legendary Rhino Records in Westwood, CA.

Phil Gallo has been a music journalist and entertainment editor for 25 years,
most recently overseeing all music coverage - news and reviews - for Daily
Variety and Variety. Between June 2008 and March 2009, he wrote a weekly column
on music and the industry that also touched on film and television. His blog,
the Set List, was one of the most popular sections of Variety.com.

Gallo was Variety's chief music critic for more than 10 years and he continues
to review concerts for the paper. He also contributes to The Wrap, Live Daily
and other websites. He has written about music for the Los Angeles Times, LA
Weekly, Daily News of Los Angeles, Riverside Press-Enterprise. He started
writing about music for the New Haven Register in Connecticut where he had a
weekly column.

Prior to being associate editor at Variety where his responsibilities included
Southern California theater coverage and television reviews, he was
entertainment editor for the L.A. Daily News, Riverside Press-Enterprise, New
Haven Register and St. Louis Sun.

In addition to writing for publications, Gallo has also penned liner notes for
box sets, most notably Love's "Love Story" and Chicago's "Chicago Box." He has
appeared on many television shows and news broadcasts to talk about issues in
the music industry, among them "Hardball with Chris Matthews," ABC's "20/20,"
CNN, Headline News, the BBC and all of the local LA TV outlets. Radio
appearances include KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" and "Which Way L.A."

Gallo also won the critics edition of "Rock and Roll Jeopardy."