Hymie's Records Respect From Chicago.

I love Hymie's. This is a really great read from the Chicago Sun Times so I wanted to share it with you. Dave Hoekstra is more than welcome to join the next East Lake Taquería Crawl.

MINNEAPOLIS — A great record store can provide a memorable soundtrack to any road trip.

When I travel, I try to find an independent record store to buy local music. I ask the staff what’s going on in their city. It’s the same deal used in meeting folks at a farmer’s market. But I’ve often found people to be more friendly at a farmer’s market than at a record store. My experience has been the more used vinyl, the more scratchy the store owner.

Hymie’s Vintage Records on East Lake Street near the Minneapolis-St. Paul border is not that kind of place. Read more...

Hymie's Vintage Records
3318 E Lake St Minneapolis, MN 55406
(612) 729-8890

Wizards Are Real @ Hymie's Records

Photo by Steven Cohen

320kbps mp3s of this recording can be downloaded here.

Wizards Are Real
Hymie's Records
Minneapolis, MN
Sunday November 13th 2011

Recorded by: emptystapes AT gmail DOT com
Location: DINish, at the pilar, 7' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Cards) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > Razorlame > 320kbps mp3]
Edit: mild compression (Sound Forge 10) track indexing (CD Wave)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. I’m Your Free Lieutenant
02. We Need Zinc
03. The Expert
04. Through the Pipes
05. 9 Volt
06. Clamander
07. Falconry
08. Flavor of Coal
09. Stay Golden
10. Keep Still
11. Making Out the Hard Way

Melanie Bergstrom - sax
Tim Baumgart - drums
Ted Held - bass
Brian O'Neil - pedal steel

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Thanks to Dave and Laura at Hymie's (3820 East Lake Street) for doing what they do for the community and Wizards Are Real for being cool with me sharing this. Check out the Hymie's site for weekly in-store performances from some of the best bands in all the land.

The Cactus Blossoms Turf Club Residency!

Join The Cactus Blossoms at The Turf Club every Tuesday this month. They play first every night so get there early! Invite yourself on the Facespace in you're into that.

Check back here as well because I plan on posting some recordings from the release show at the Ritz last month...perhaps also a bonus track from the Hymie's Records in-store performance.

Hymie's Record Road Show at The Turf Club!

I was asked to play records at Hymie's Record Road Show at The Turf Club tonight. Sounds like Dave and I will be switching off every hour or so. Stop on down if you're in the neighborhood! Swing by Hymie's Vintage Records for your vinyl needs.

Nate Nelson will also be there serving up some delicious food. He's spent the past year or so building quite the reputation for quality. The following info is straight from him...

This is best Pastrami and/or Reuben you will ever have most likely. People (I'm not naming names) have told me they like it EVEN BETTER THAN KATZ in NYC. I wouldn't argue with them.

Hymie's Dj'ing featuring John Empty starts around 9. 2 4 1 rails from 8-11. NO COVER.

The Menu:

Pastrami - smoked and steamed the day of serving.

Reuben - Corned Beef with kraut, swiss cheese and my own homemade 1,000 island

Vegan Sloppy Joe - Vegans/Vegetarians love this shit!

Coleslaw - Red cabbage and carrots in a creamy onion dressing.

Caraway Rye and Dark Russian Rye from Cecil's.

CLAPS & The Funeral and the Twilight In-store at Hymie's Tonight!

Hymie's Vintage Records
3820 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 729-8890

Free!
All Ages 6 PM
Friday September 16th
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The Funeral and the Twilight - 7:00 PM
CLAPS - 8:00 PM

Two of my favorite bands playing one of my favorite records stores? Well hot damn I say! The Funeral and the Twilight's new LP is out now on Forward! Records while the new CLAPS LP is out on Guilt Ridden Pop. Both records will be available at Hymie's tonight!

Record Store Day 2011

Many deals can be had at these establishments today:

Hymie's Records
Roadrunner Records
Yeti Records
Extreme Noise Records
Cheapo
Electric Fetus
Treehouse Records
Fifth Element
Down in the Valley

Just transferred 3 plus gigs of recordings from earlier in the week. Unfortunately no time to post anything before heading down to Hymie's but hopefully Sunday can be a catch up day. It's been too long since I've had Blue Moon coffee so that's sounding pretty delicious right now.

Speaking of delicious, this is an IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION that Psycho Suzi's offers Giardiniera as a pizza topping. Tip of the day: Get it to go.

Ben Weaver @ Hymie's Records

A .RAR file containing this recording can be downloaded here.

Ben Weaver
Hymie's Records
Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday October 19th 2010

Taper: empty (emptystapes AT gmail DOT com)
Location: AB, left of center, ~6' ^
Source: AKG 414B-xls (Cards) > Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Transfer: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > RazorLame> 320kbps mp3]
Editing: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge Pro 10 (slight compression)

This Recording is for Promotional & Archival Purposes Only.

01. Grass Doe
02. City Girl
03. Drag the Hills
04. East Jefferson
05. While I'm Gone
06. Maiden Cliff
07. Split Ends
08. 22 Shells
09. The Rooster's Wife

Ben Weaver - acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
Liz Draper - upright bass

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This was the first in-store performance at the new Hymie's Vintage Records location (3820 E Lake Street Minneapolis). Look for more performances there in the future as well as daily specials on vinyl including 10-20 percent off depending on the day. Hymie's also offers 10 percent off on your birthday. This performance was in support of Ben's new album Mirepoix and Smoke out now on Bloodshot Records. Mr. John Kolstad was the sound engineer. Ben will also be joined by Liz Draper (Black Blondie, Hips Don't Lie, Carpscale Orchester, Town Hall Stompers) on upright bass for a string of 3 shows in Wisconsin.

Oct 20 Stage North, Washburn, WI
Oct 21 Kiki’s House of Riteous Music, Madison, WI
Oct 22 Green Room Pub, Sheboygan, WI
Oct 25 Pioneer Place on Fifth, St. Cloud, MN
Oct 27 Rochester Civic Theatre, Rochester, MN
Nov 3 Duffy’s Tavern, Lincoln, NE
Nov 4 Davey’s Uptown Ramblers Club, Kansas City, MO
Nov 5 Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA
Nov 6 Nutty’s North, Sioux Falls, SD
Nov 9 The Mill, Iowa City, IA
Nov 10 Mike and Molly’s, Champaign, IL
Nov 11 The House Cafe, Dekalb, IL
Nov 12 The Brass Rail, Fort Wayne, IN
Nov 13 Schubas, Chicago, IL