Record Store Day – michael jarmer

#779: K is for Klark Kent

It’s alphabetized under Klark and not Kentbecause this is more of a project namethan it is the name of an artist. It is the pseudonym, the stage name, the appellation, the moniker, the sobriquet, used on the first solo album by the most famous drummer of the most famous band of the 80’s, one ofContinue reading “#779: K is for Klark Kent”

#624: We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program to Talk about Record Store Day on Black Friday

It’s Black Friday Record Store Dayand I am boycotting the experience. I thought I was going to pay a visitto my local neighborhood record storebut they really don’t need my supporttoday because they get my supportprobably a couple times a month, sometimes every single week, and the titles offered this year arenot very enticing. IContinue reading “#624: We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Program to Talk about Record Store Day on Black Friday”

#462: Yesterday, when I was at the pet shop . . .

Along with the terrible very bad nasty no-good weather we’ve been having in my Oregon neck of the woods, it appears also to be raining sonnets. Cloudy with a strong chance of sonnets. I reeled in three yesterday, and I caught two today, both big ones, 15 lines long. That’s an extra 7.1228% of sonnet.Continue reading “#462: Yesterday, when I was at the pet shop . . .”

#307: Priorities

(a casual facebook post this morning turned into a bonus poem for day 21 of Napowrimo) Morning: There’s a lawn to mow, some errands to run, and it’s record store day. But first, I must write a poem. Evening: I wrote the poem. With a rebel yell, I cried mow, mow, mowed, ran those errands,Continue reading “#307: Priorities”

#158: Shopping for Records on the Anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride

On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride, I ride to Music Millennium for Record Store Day. I wait in line for an hour to get inside and while I wait I see a former student of mine whose friend (just along for the journey) is offered $100 by some dude with an ankle injury toContinue reading “#158: Shopping for Records on the Anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride”