6/28/2005
I was reading the first article in the June issue of the Believer (Rick Moody's very lengthy essay about how he discovered the Danielson Famile and why he became a fan plus lots of his thoughts on religion) wherein I read about a Record Club happening in NYC. Basically you invite a bunch of friends to gather together and bring two songs they're currently obsessing over and each person takes turns doing their show and tell (or play and tell). It's like a book club, but not. At the end, you can burn up CDs to commemorate that meeting's playlist forever.Why have none of my friends thought of doing this before?
Who wants to start one in San Francisco? I realize this is a pie-in-the-sky wish, to start an SF Record Club, because people are busy, and how many proactive music-loving friends do I have that can stick to a schedule, and who has a living room with a CD, cassette, mp3 and record player that can fit 6-10 people (not me)? But I can ask. So I ask.
(Nyla and I belonged to a monthly mix CD club a while back called Fellowship of the Mix, which lasted for about 6-8 months. My turn to make a mix never came up, unfortunately, but I did get some cool CDs. The concept of Record Club is way better though, because you actually interact with each other.)
Check out how it works, read the Village Voice article and peruse the NYC Record Club's past playlists. And get back to me.
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Does it have to be new music, or can it be 'new to you?' If so, I'm down! But you'll have to listen to two funky-fresh tracks full of wicked breaks, or maudlin, tear-jerking soul.
Suggestions: Maybe make it public at a friendly bar with a good sound system, and keep an MP3 blog with the tracks for folks who can't make it.
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I have a record player, tape deck, CD player and a computer in a living room that can fit 6-10 folks. I'm not sure how much new music I can contribute, but I'm in.
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It doesn't have to be new music by any means -- just two songs that you want to share with everyone else. Thanks for offering up yr digs Mel! Maybe I actually can get this going... I'm going to email a few other people and keep y'all posted.
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Shit, even I'd be willing to drive up from MP for something like that. I love the idea of leaving with a CD compilation party favor. How often would the club meet?
Of course, this Record Club will need a good name, Krissy...
By 
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10:46 AM
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I'm in! Fantastic idea and I too am happy to play host to the club...in a room with a view.
By , at
10:51 AM
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Ny, you'd better be willing to drive up from MP for this! ;) I'm open to name suggestions, of course, and the NYC club was monthly so that would be our goal. Penn, Chez Penn would be perfect but we'd have to bus all us SF dwellers over the Golden Gate. I could fit 4 other people in my car...
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Just a wee suggestion that can be ignored, but maybe we could rotate hosts so that poor valley dwellers like myself only have to drive over the GG once every few meetings. Then again, I'd probably make the trek anyway... but rotating hosts could be fun. Or not (?!)
By 
silver pear, at
11:04 AM
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Rotating hosts is kosher with me. If we actually get the FIRST meeting together somewhere (probably in SF proper, to split the difference), and then have to choose another place for a SECOND meeting -- I will be happy!
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My friends and I do this all online. The site we used (invented by one of the members) is called culture pool (www.culturepool.org)
During the month, we each upload a song and post comments explaining why we are obsessed with that song. At the end of the month, a member burns a copy of that month's mix (we each take turns burning). It's not as face-to-face friendly because it's all virtual, but it all gets done pretty efficiently, and there's no commuting, which is cool. You have the time to casually visit the site throughout the month to listen to everyone's tracks and let it all sink in. You also have the option of changing your track before the end of the month. We meet up to distribute the finished CD once its done.
This is an alternate version of your plan, and obviously you'd need a programmer to make it happen. But once the site is set up, there is very little maintenace from that point on. The whole thing has opened me up to lots of new music, so it's been worthwhile.
By UncleWendy, at
10:14 AM
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Programmer? I can do that!
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