When Thomas Juliano first sent me his answers to the RNRHS questions, he insisted that this very process was itself, exactly like high school. He thought everyone else’s answers were way cooler than his, although he later added, “I think half of these people were actually listening to Human League and The Outfield. Thelonious Monk my arse!”.   He really shouldn’t give himself a hard time about the whole Rush thing.  Lots of guys liked Rush in high school–the only question is whether any of them saw any…

Today’s RNRHS is from Billy Maupin (another of my former fellow co-workers from Mammoth Records) and mentions two things I hadn’t thought about in a long time–Poindexter Records and cassingles.  Ah, the cassingle, such a perfect nugget of musical enjoyment–like Jolly Ranchers for your ears.  And Poindexter…well, one of the best record stores ever.  It is missed by many, like countless others all over the country.  Nothing beats a Saturday afternoon spent puttering about in a record store.  Does that sound like something an old person says?  Like,…

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