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Record Store Day 2017

For the music fans out there, this Saturday is the annual celebration of your favorite record shops known as Record Store Day. Every year there are special releases and events to mark the occasion. A list of these releases and participating shops can be found on the record store day website. There you will find something for lovers of all genres to get excited about.

Usually I would take the time to tell you what releases I am most excited about or what my plans are for the day, but this year I work with a record label and want to share the special little thing we’re doing. (Like I said, go check out the RSD site for all the cool things you can buy this year). When you’re done on the RSD site then head on over to Lonely Atom Records Bandcamp, where you will find we have a special sale going. Between now and April 23rd we will be discounting the price of shipping on all orders! International fans will pay $10, Canadians will pay $5, and members of the U.S. of A. will get FREE SHIPPING during this sale. You don’t need any special code for this either. Simply go to our Bandcamp and place your order as normal. We like to keep it simple when it comes to distributing music to the masses. As one of my favorite songs reminds us, “sound wants to be free”.

Happy shopping!

PS – don’t forget to share pictures of you with your shiny new records on our twitter or facebook pages! We love seeing people enjoying our baby.

Life Happens

Earlier this month I wrote my first post in over a year because one of my favorite shows turned 20 years old and I had to add my two cents on what that meant to myself and the industry as a whole. Writing that article made me realize I had one that was grossly overdue, a review of a comic for someone whose work I usually love. I wrote him an apology email today about how life got busy and I’m really sorry. And then I read the comic and wrote a thing on it and in that one article I came up with two others I should write – this being one of them (the other is a thing is on the current run of Doctor Strange and how much I LOVE it, but that can wait). The actual article I wrote about the thing I was supposed to will be coming out very soon, but for now I wanted to do yet another giant update on what I was doing that kept me here.

Mostly I got a new job that kept me very busy and RELEASED A RECORD.

Yes, Lonely Atom Records, the small start-up record label I work with, finally released our first 7″ record late February. The two bands featured are The Pandemics and InCircles (both bands from NYC/LI). You can either download the songs or purchase the vinyl on our Bandcamp. There’s also stickers and pins for sale, and we’re working on t-shirts.

Between releasing the record, booking shows, and my actual real job(s), I’ve been fairly busy. I honestly love writing on here though, so I’m going to try to pick it up again. I’ve been reading a lot of comics lately, and between that and watching The Wednesday Club every week on Geek & Sundry’s Twitch channel, I will probably want to talk about that more. Don’t worry though, I’ll still have plenty of music musings as well as just general stuff about the news and other random things. The site is called “News on Shuffle” for a reason…

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for the review I just finished and whatever other things pop into my head and scream to be written down into this void we call the internet. And remember folks, when life gets you down you gotta remember to just keep swimming.