National Record Store Day, Take 2

As you know, I jumped the gun last month and did my record shopping early. Of course I didn't let that stop me from venturing out again this time for the real thing. Since I was up in Capital Hill for breakfast, I stopped by Sonic Boom to pick up Lisa Hannigan's album Sea Sew. I posted one of her videos (Lille) a couple weeks ago, and another has been making the rounds on the interwebs (through the series of giant tubes) that has the same simple yet beautiful quality. On top of the lovely voice and charming videos, the cd includes lyrics! I hate that fact that so many artists no longer include the lyrics to their songs. I like to sit down with the lyrics and follow through with the album a couple times. Not only does this album include the lyrics, she hand stitched the lyrics, notes, and cover art. Thanks L for letting me know about her.

I Don't Know from ATO Records on Vimeo.

I was also sucked into buying a t-shirt so that I could get the screenprint to honor the day and raise money for the School of Rock. It's a rock music school for kids 8-18. I thought they were pretty clever with the design. It is a record broken in half like the friendship necklaces little girls wear. You could get half of the design at the Capital Hill store and the other at the Ballard store. Since it was such a nice day, and I was on my bike, I decided to trek to Ballard. Fortunately I was already at the top of Capital Hill, so it was a nice downhill ride to Ballard. I'm not sure I would have done it the other way around.

One of the things I really like about the design is that it could stand on it's own, each portion has part of the name on the record and the other in the field. I imagine most people would only get one of the designs. I think that I was the first person to come to Ballard, because the kids printing the shirts were really excited to see the other half.