52nd City

Granite Vintage (-1), Cabin Inn (+1)

Granite City Vintage Vinyl

I always liked the Granite City Vintage Vinyl, though I liked it much more in theory than in practice, as I seldom actually went to the store. But I enjoyed the notion that when in Granite City, I could enjoy the same quality record buying-experience that I enjoyed on my more frequent trips to University City. More importantly, the store gave countless Ill-Side kids a chance to buy quality music at a real record store, instead of whatever chain was nearest.

On October 1, though, the store shuttered quietly. No sale. No hoopla. A shame, in that my video collection is compiled from the bones of dying video stores and I never felt bad enough about taking advantage of a retailer's woes to not buy from their going-out-of-business stock. Alas. In a node to the late Granite's employees and long life, I bought $56 of very-needed music in U. City yesterday. (And might I say, Vintage is radically altering the price of many used CDs. Yesterday, I picked up various bits for $3.99 and $5.99.) In short, support your local record retailer.

The Cabin Inn

Little birdy say: The Cabin Inn will be reborn (yay!) on October 26, during the 10th anniversary celebration of the City Museum. The club will apparently be booked and managed by Peter Venezia (yay!), founder of the Atomic Cowboy's original location, and a partner in the Grove venue. Don't know much beyond this, but City Museum types are known readers of this site, so we're hopeful for some added insight/corrections/additions.

Cannot wait.