tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310412328522123242024-03-05T22:59:53.260-08:00aQuarius recOrds blOgan aQ-blog about music, and our store that sells it!
new arrivals, new releases, unearthed gems
and long lost favorites.<br>
also just the everyday goings on here at aQ...aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-35819136594740676292011-11-14T19:34:00.001-08:002011-11-14T19:37:31.469-08:00This should be cool, tomorrow niteWhat are you doin' tomorrow night? If you're in SF, you might want to check <a href="http://publicsf.com/events/celluloid-salon-with-live-score-by-water-borders-6542">this</a> out. <div><br /></div><div>Free admission. Free booze. AQ faves the <b>Water Borders</b> doing soundtracks to old silent films! You gotta RSVP at that link above.</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-56382047603112926222011-10-10T19:15:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:18:41.885-07:00CANCELLED: Instore tomorrow, 10/11, 5:30pm!<div>Update:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"> CANCELLED!</span> (the instore, not The Hemlock show). Sorry!</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtJjGB5zYI4oeaFT9_oJoD3cdLm59EW8cP2uPTOYKbtJhiz1E-jrdoGMyEv41PqKrxPut1WPgCJlhyphenhyphenX7tsjnnwNKUuQjutT9ctd_sfj2QRtZtuTPNte8XWtKcnMynSXTrNBrJCmsos1Q/s1600/Renderers-SE+Tour.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtJjGB5zYI4oeaFT9_oJoD3cdLm59EW8cP2uPTOYKbtJhiz1E-jrdoGMyEv41PqKrxPut1WPgCJlhyphenhyphenX7tsjnnwNKUuQjutT9ctd_sfj2QRtZtuTPNte8XWtKcnMynSXTrNBrJCmsos1Q/s400/Renderers-SE+Tour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662053051678246306" /></a><br />Old AQ faves The Renderers, from New Zealand! <div>And they'll be at The Hemlock later that night, too!</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-30050097809619755092011-10-07T21:14:00.000-07:002011-10-07T21:41:10.157-07:00Frisco Freakout Tomorrow!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgBYpwHgjEZje6hU5VVEOzB_pUy-c4FJfYSTAwFD3FUcaYAXvL1L9BhKhJgeHnGtxkLRuAnKxZFdxD1a271-P2htYfNcO9HTW1ioAyhBMfZepBOo9Kixf-AeB_lzN_VxgPoxOAWNv9-s/s1600/Forbesfreakout11sm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgBYpwHgjEZje6hU5VVEOzB_pUy-c4FJfYSTAwFD3FUcaYAXvL1L9BhKhJgeHnGtxkLRuAnKxZFdxD1a271-P2htYfNcO9HTW1ioAyhBMfZepBOo9Kixf-AeB_lzN_VxgPoxOAWNv9-s/s400/Forbesfreakout11sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660970128030329314" /></a><a href="http://www.friscofreakout.com/">Can't read the poster?</a>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-14946409437348007412011-09-27T10:19:00.000-07:002011-09-27T10:39:44.314-07:00Dep't of CorrectionsA bit of a mixup in one of our otherwise 100% accurate reviews, from the latest list, pointed out by a customer, who wrote to say:<div><br />"By the way, the <b>Sitar Outreach Ministry</b> is doing Hall of the Mountain King from Greig's Peer Gynt Suite, not Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. At least that's what's in the audio clip. Tsk, tsk. And here I thought you guys were infallible!"<div><br />Thanks for spotting that. Whoops! Although, in our defense, the sticker on the cassette SAYS it's a cover of "Rites Of Spring", for some reason.</div></div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-68406494632226118982011-09-07T11:11:00.000-07:002011-09-07T11:19:26.570-07:00Finders Keepers/B-Music DJs at AQ this Friday!<div style="text-align: left;">Hey, hey, you're invited...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>B-Music</b> / <b>Finders Keepers Records</b> Live DJ set @ </span>Aquarius Records</div></b><div><div style="text-align: center;">Sept. 9th, 8:30pm 'til close</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">featuring Doug Shipton & Mahssa Taghinia</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><blockquote>Doug Shipton (Finders Keepers Records/B-Music UK) is a renowned record hound, LP compiler, international DJ and co-founder of Finders Keepers Records. He's in the States to promote his long awaited debut mixtape, DEDICATED SWALLOWER OF FASHION - a cacophony of syncopated psychedelic madness that draws from his enviably expansive record collection and challenging DJ sets, dusting off handpicked fuzz-ridden-break-heavy platters from as far and wide as Malaysia, France, India, Germany, USA, Russia, Spain, Columbia, Italy and Indonesia.</blockquote><blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbW78UUV3OSmLoEdrH1VixhKiVlG6uYk7xKJMwVEJV8EX_kIMyVbfgiE4f8E-vUak-XV5MZ0KrSI-OIj0WqytV2aLbL_k4dxN18FQq8d8ZGyXqDiYSGOvSpVr1KxGVhCXg4ZwfQMux8Q/s1600/DSOF+Pakshot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbW78UUV3OSmLoEdrH1VixhKiVlG6uYk7xKJMwVEJV8EX_kIMyVbfgiE4f8E-vUak-XV5MZ0KrSI-OIj0WqytV2aLbL_k4dxN18FQq8d8ZGyXqDiYSGOvSpVr1KxGVhCXg4ZwfQMux8Q/s320/DSOF+Pakshot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649683604050054690" /></a><br />Mahssa (B-Music/Finders Keepers Records Los Angeles) represents the UK- based B-Music/Finders Keepers Records in the States (West Coast office) and is part of a global collective of DJs and "Vinyl Librarians" dedicated to the art of discovery (and rediscovery) of off- kilter music, film, design and literature of the better part of the '60s/'70s and beyond. Her own psychedelic "record party" in LA is called CUREATION, and she's responsible for the curation and compilation of the respective POMEGRANATES and GOOGOOSH collections.</blockquote><blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz1EZbYHYk23eewV1quGgPdWkY9Oi76YDFsH8FFKsj2Szot15fBCPseX6bDqHnCjhgxltYF4PyqnBqX6z-9psndSoZuFzw7M9pAPgJVHjafSmferx5w7RIlytBbTkDcmKWxyQt_rZ1ss/s1600/Goosh+mini+LP+mok.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYz1EZbYHYk23eewV1quGgPdWkY9Oi76YDFsH8FFKsj2Szot15fBCPseX6bDqHnCjhgxltYF4PyqnBqX6z-9psndSoZuFzw7M9pAPgJVHjafSmferx5w7RIlytBbTkDcmKWxyQt_rZ1ss/s400/Goosh+mini+LP+mok.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649683869596600898" /></a></blockquote></i><i><br /></i><div style="text-align: left;">Should be a lot of fun. They'll be playing wild, rare stuff we're sure, and some upcoming Finders Keepers / B-Music treats. Even though it's a "list night" we'll be groovin' as soon as we get the list done.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So be sure to come by!! We might even have some beverages to share.</div></div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-60822974307982093732011-09-06T18:40:00.001-07:002011-09-06T18:40:34.381-07:00Question Of The Day<div>Are flexi-discs the new cassette? </div><div><br /></div>Discuss.aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-3721363698321316742011-07-20T17:57:00.000-07:002011-07-20T17:58:26.362-07:00Modern technology and absent mindednessAndee just tried to send a text to one of our co-workers, using a calculator!aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-58588867975728164162011-05-19T18:27:00.000-07:002011-05-19T18:29:15.113-07:00Wavecore<div>So, we've got <i>coldwave</i> and <i>chillwave</i> and <i>floorcore</i> and <i>metalgaze</i> and <i>doomcore</i>, right? All have multiple citations on the AQ site, if you do a keyword search.</div><div><br /></div><div>But not any <i>floorwave</i> or <i>shoecore</i> or <i>chillgaze</i> or <i>doomwave</i>... or do we? Can you think of any examples of those?</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-64519078982619852602011-05-17T15:44:00.000-07:002011-05-17T16:13:02.867-07:00Thursday nite SF Cinematheque at 50 party!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyw_ZGh7DKavY3840cnud6brBQphNsAxoUfTCpAzDiuC7sWwwU7dp1OKWM2RijCCgFTDPr9s_OGCXH7jJ6tsKTNMFP8_vWmUvUu-_srl8xjAqh3n8P7pjs2BfX91MBRpqUfrqaiNcu_0/s1600/SFC+Benefit+Card+Front+small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyw_ZGh7DKavY3840cnud6brBQphNsAxoUfTCpAzDiuC7sWwwU7dp1OKWM2RijCCgFTDPr9s_OGCXH7jJ6tsKTNMFP8_vWmUvUu-_srl8xjAqh3n8P7pjs2BfX91MBRpqUfrqaiNcu_0/s400/SFC+Benefit+Card+Front+small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607820192049080994" /></a><div><a href="http://www.sfcinema.org"><br /></a></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzIg4PK5wZObXZ65DOZTRSambGdWCyVAyjxMVyMwDaXBUuHRsJM4E0zJTXnh_dKqzCw9yUUtp_QfncYyKJzy0KojFzbFRftICtk4vjkb1t9M9aWNr8Gs6FtkRJFp4hJGcRval5qnn2SM/s400/SFC+Benefit+card+back+small.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607820036562689186" /><br />We're co-presenting this event, this Thursday!</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-34402564192469865912011-04-25T16:06:00.000-07:002011-04-25T16:20:05.588-07:00ICP's "Miracles" didn't make the list?Pretty cool, <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=rock-out-with-your-erlenmeyer-flask-2011-04-22">AQ got a shout out on the Scientific American's website</a>, in a blog post about "science-inspired" songs! <div><br /><div>Fun list, it even includes a track by <b>Portal</b>! We'd second the suggestion by one of the commenters that Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" should be on there too. What else is missing? Maybe some <b>Carcass</b> (medical science, right?). And something by Anthony Braxton, one of those compositions of his with a title like physics equation... oh yeah, that's right, what about <b>Physics</b>?</div></div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-30014714941245165712011-04-21T17:19:00.001-07:002011-04-21T17:23:25.144-07:00Whoops, didn't mean to be quite so face meltingSunday's Record Store Day After instore by Mitchell And Manley was reviewed by The Signal And Noise blog, who <a href="http://www.signalandnoise.com/2011/04/show-report-mitchell-and-manley-melt-faces-at-aquarius/">report</a> that the duo "melted faces". They later told us that they hadn't meant to be quite so loud... It <i>was</i> good though!aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-47475329424074061472011-03-31T09:18:00.000-07:002011-03-31T09:51:30.125-07:00Two exciting instores in April!Heads up, folks! We're pleased to announce two awesome instore performances this coming month. <div><br /></div><div>First, on Monday, April 11th, at 6pm, we've got <b>MOON DUO</b>! The <b>Wooden Shjips</b> offshoot's new album for Sacred Bones, "<a href="http://www.aquariusrecords.org/bin/search.cgi/exkeyword=moonmazzcd">Mazes</a>", was one of our Records Of The Week this past Friday, as if we had to tell you. (By the way, we sold out of those <i>really</i> quick, we'll have more in stock tomorrow though - alas, without the super limited bonus disc, those are gone gone gone.)</div><div><br /></div><div>That'll be a kind of a kick off to the week leading up to, yes, <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">RECORD STORE DAY</a>, Saturday April 16th! Can't wait. We're not gonna have any bands play here <i>on</i> Record Store Day, that would be too crazy, but guess what? We've got a special Record Store Day related instore on Sunday the 17th. Record Store Day After, as it were. </div><div><br /></div><div>It'll be another duo, Phil Manley aka <a href="http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2011/02/video-phil-manley-ft2-theme">Life Coach</a> (<b>Trans Am</b>, <b>Jonas Reinhardt</b>, <b>The Fucking Champs</b>, etc.) and Isaiah Mitchell (<b>Earthless</b>) in support of their RSD release on Thrill Jockey, the vinyl-only <b>Mitchell and Manley</b> "Norcal Values" album.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's Sunday April 17th at 5pm. We're pretty excited about this, so be there, and make it a Record Store <i>Weekend</i>!</div><div> </div><br /><div>Here's Thrill Jockey's press release blurb about "Norcal Values", btw:<br /><i><blockquote>Floating down the Yuba River, hang gliding off the cliffs at Fort Funston, a day at Ocean Beach with the dog, a leisurely stroll in Golden Gate Park, a fat bag of Trainwreck; these are among the many images that come to mind when listening to Mitchell and Manley’s Norcal Values.<br /><br />Inspired by his spiritual advisor, Bettina Richards, Phil Manley recruited the shredding stylings of Earthless’ Isaiah Mitchell to collaborate on a record comprised almost exclusively of a single continuous guitar solo. The recording was made live with no overdubs - completely improvised. This recording exhibits inspiration so pure that it could only come from within. Drawing from the classical Indian music tradition as well as from modern new age music, Norcal Values is the sonic equivalent of fine Californian cuisine. We invite you to dine upon its bountiful aural splendor. Bon appetite.</blockquote> </i></div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-26378897889628140952011-02-21T09:02:00.000-08:002011-02-21T09:05:27.555-08:00Guess we're part of the trendThe New York Times reports on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/technology/internet/21blog.html?hp">the decline of blogging, vs. the use of social media</a> like Facebook and Twitter.aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-34879155928747672582011-02-16T16:04:00.000-08:002011-02-16T16:07:45.966-08:00Most '90s album cover ever?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4K7zb3nO_rpf7kSyDdB_sn_H0_ViZc5cYsNvDS9IgARMJPEgBvtTrjN_OiiF0WE37IhJsmQCLSRZrA5C2BYjx8BCZ6qHB_hJP20gnSd9RN5ayFGAV_yDYMrkPkHPWl_bVuS6oXXg4JY/s1600/sparkle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4K7zb3nO_rpf7kSyDdB_sn_H0_ViZc5cYsNvDS9IgARMJPEgBvtTrjN_OiiF0WE37IhJsmQCLSRZrA5C2BYjx8BCZ6qHB_hJP20gnSd9RN5ayFGAV_yDYMrkPkHPWl_bVuS6oXXg4JY/s400/sparkle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574443393145708450" /></a><br /><div>Discuss.</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-61611856831162114812011-01-14T08:45:00.000-08:002011-01-14T21:49:51.964-08:00Whew, that's a relief...So we don't have to change the name of the store after all...<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/13/no-your-zodiac-sign-hasnt-changed/?hpt=C2">http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/13/no-your-zodiac-sign-hasnt-changed/?hpt=C2</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/15zodiac.html?_r=1&hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/15zodiac.html?_r=1&hp</a></div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-6440551615991890642010-12-14T20:44:00.000-08:002010-12-14T20:49:08.927-08:00Lichens instoreDon't forget, Robert A.A. Lowe aka <b>Lichens</b> will be performing at the shop tomorrow, Wednesday December 15th at 6pm!!!!!<div><br /></div><div>Here's what we wrote about <b>Lichens</b>' debut on Kranky/Holy Mountain:</div><div><br /></div><i>Robert Lowe, of the now defunct </i><b><i>90 Day Men</i></b><i>, as well as part time member of </i><b><i>TV On The Radio</i></b><i>, delivers his first solo record, using the name Lichens, and creates a ghostly otherworld, using primarily his voice. That's right. An acapella record. Well, mostly. Lowe's haunting impressionistic vocals are drenched in reverb and sent drifitng into the ether, a soft fluttering falsetto most of the time, a low monk like chant at others, swooping through ominous minor key melodies, over simple sparkling guitar lines, wrapped in a warm and shimmery haze, over a bed of rumbling drones and occasional chiming percussion. Delicate crystalline soundscapes equal parts Pelt, Sigur Ros, Scott Tuma and Jewelled Antler. All three tracks recorded live with no overdubs, all completely otherworldly and breathtakingly lovely. </i>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-49538392999770619322010-12-14T20:33:00.000-08:002010-12-14T20:42:59.774-08:00Blogging bluesHey folks, as you may (or may not) have noticed, posting has been light 'round here lately. Haven't even been keeping up with the usual blog post announcing a new New Arrivals list. That's 'cause until we manage to migrate this blog onto the front page of the actual AQ site (which is part of a major site upgrade we have in the works), it's seeming to us that we get a better response / wider readership from things we post to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/aQuarius-recOrds/268593333995">our Facebook page</a>, or <a href="http://twitter.com/aquariusrecords">Twitter</a> about. If you haven't signed up for either or both, may we suggest you do so?<div><br /></div><div>Lately we've been posting a "used cd score of the day" to the Facebook page, for those of you who don't regularly dig through our used section... there's some hidden gems.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not that we're gonna not post stuff here too... but just a heads up to check out those other socially networked means of staying in touch with what's going at AQ.</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-85377581689965519812010-11-25T00:32:00.000-08:002010-11-25T00:40:43.390-08:00Happy Thanksgiving!Hey friends, have a nice holiday! We'll be closed Thursday, but hope to see you all again real soon on (Black) Friday, the 26th, which is a bit of a mini Record Store Day, with a few special, limited edition releases for the occasion. We didn't get 'em all, just the ones we thought were most interesting, a new Iron & Wine ep being chief among 'em. <div><br /></div><div>(Also, sorry posting has been light on this blog lately, sometimes we have the blogging bug and sometimes we don't...)</div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-69069381851183899002010-11-19T11:47:00.001-08:002010-11-19T11:48:25.894-08:00Cool poster for cool show we're presenting, tomorrow!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdeEf_rK8-JInXSP_p_A_eieVUk21iBsnKKdz8GqhhP3QGZoem7xRXCAcNYKMCklu663kO2iOH3KBhSnmTHehvokq2j3bVHZLI7UaM3yfVyIiDGP5AAmewGEeseQq9x6qZhdyLG5VGmo/s1600/snailface-poster0720.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdeEf_rK8-JInXSP_p_A_eieVUk21iBsnKKdz8GqhhP3QGZoem7xRXCAcNYKMCklu663kO2iOH3KBhSnmTHehvokq2j3bVHZLI7UaM3yfVyIiDGP5AAmewGEeseQq9x6qZhdyLG5VGmo/s400/snailface-poster0720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541350041531643618" border="0" /></a>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-10094478783964664192010-10-29T19:33:00.001-07:002010-10-29T19:36:10.684-07:00Cake!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDUf4Zuams2-D0bm1t31-3ezuTQibCzyAID-EbJBZQzrK8Pk3YglC3M0Pl4RYMQd5-jGspmYMpoprOEWPQTk4D-TSMpEVB2VQWIPVkdeMKTwat3vKxuxGtcAlOzxt3pUoNn1y3M-cXYQ/s1600/caaaake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDUf4Zuams2-D0bm1t31-3ezuTQibCzyAID-EbJBZQzrK8Pk3YglC3M0Pl4RYMQd5-jGspmYMpoprOEWPQTk4D-TSMpEVB2VQWIPVkdeMKTwat3vKxuxGtcAlOzxt3pUoNn1y3M-cXYQ/s400/caaaake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533661906964073394" border="0" /></a><br />One of the two cakes we had made for our AQ40 party. Not the best-lit picture, but you get the idea. Very nice work, King's Bakery on Mission St.! And it was yummy too.aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-70467382818133125292010-10-29T19:31:00.001-07:002010-10-29T19:33:35.499-07:00New Arrivals #357.13: Happy Halloween!<a href="http://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/35713">Happy Halloween!</a>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-44030435362160042472010-10-15T17:07:00.000-07:002010-10-15T17:24:29.106-07:00Don't forget to Freakout<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHObiwa50tFY4rZqcg1YndNNu-1meaI3AcTFYhqaSBm2MHNxWhaQOvSFN4LKQLVCO2NVV3Grqz6EVGzqwkiFDB7GARPBmKeh26_h7hVk1h2T8fQdCqJeFHZWdSmzo1YAbdzH18DRv1pJw/s1600/ffposter.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHObiwa50tFY4rZqcg1YndNNu-1meaI3AcTFYhqaSBm2MHNxWhaQOvSFN4LKQLVCO2NVV3Grqz6EVGzqwkiFDB7GARPBmKeh26_h7hVk1h2T8fQdCqJeFHZWdSmzo1YAbdzH18DRv1pJw/s400/ffposter.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528433201004298418" border="0" /></a><br />We know we've got an event here at the store tomorrow too, but we also want to remind everybody that the 2010 edition of the <a href="http://www.friscofreakout.com/">Frisco Freakout</a> psychedelic dance party all-day festival at <a href="http://www.theeparkside.com/">Thee Parkside</a> is tomorrow!! Along with Arthur mag, KUSF, and um, Ice Cream Man, we're proud to be sponsors. Here's the lineup, with set times:<br /><br />12:30 AM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wooden Shjips</span><br />11:15 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Howlin Rain</span><br />10:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound</span><br />9:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Carlton Melton</span><br />8:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Strangers Family Band</span><br />7:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">White Manna</span><br />6:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Greg Ashley</span><br />5:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">JEFFERTITTI's NILE</span><br />4:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Young Prisms</span><br />3:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Sic Alps</span><br />2:00 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Glitter Wizard</span><br />1:30 PM <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mass At Dawn</span>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-86233866996895441492010-10-12T17:18:00.001-07:002010-10-12T17:28:55.421-07:00MSN's metal blog talks to AQMSN's metal blog, Headbang, <a href="http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/headbang-blogpost.aspx?post=04534961-16b1-4a50-9159-50be43a5c9d4">recently had a chat with Andee and Allan about Aquarius, and metal, and stuff</a>. Thankfully the video has been edited to not be too embarrassing. Though, as always, as soon as the camera stopped rolling, our conversation got a lot more interesting. Really. Still, if you're curious, check it out. The blogger guy, Phil Freeman, was really nice and we enjoyed talking with him, even if our discussion about obscure technical death metal ended up on the cutting room floor.aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-15714766624515287292010-10-12T17:09:00.000-07:002010-10-12T17:17:25.304-07:00Double Live On Valencia posters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrENpfQs1SHAM0x2nrDOZZf5bVz9KcZPgJdLcMX1mEP88loA4aHfv0UQazxgm-Tmb2uQwvupsbh-QpP_RRVFGdzKtmwUsh6YMEVRZM32OtAdwg8jGou9JjHF-sUrLTVOHTW7F546WiTtM/s1600/SUPERCHUNK_web_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrENpfQs1SHAM0x2nrDOZZf5bVz9KcZPgJdLcMX1mEP88loA4aHfv0UQazxgm-Tmb2uQwvupsbh-QpP_RRVFGdzKtmwUsh6YMEVRZM32OtAdwg8jGou9JjHF-sUrLTVOHTW7F546WiTtM/s400/SUPERCHUNK_web_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527318107574089730" border="0" /></a><br />We'll have these rad posters for sale ($25) at the instore Saturday (and they'll also be for sale across the street at <a href="http://www.lostweekendvideo.com/Missions_Most_Happenin_Video_Store.html">Lost Weekend</a>, 1034 Valencia, where <span style="font-weight: bold;">Superchunk</span> will be going to do a Q&A and screen the <span style="font-style: italic;">Quest For Sleep</span> documentary at 6pm, after their acoustic set here at 5pm). Thanks to our friends at Lost Weekend for making these posters happen!aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231041232852212324.post-25615508452279785902010-10-09T10:18:00.000-07:002010-10-09T10:26:14.661-07:00AQ 40th Birthday Show!! Oct. 25th!!<i>In case you didn't see our email about it...</i><div><br /></div><div>Lordy, lordy, look who's 40! </div><div><br /></div><div>Us, that's who. </div><div><br /></div><div>That's right, aQuarius has been "getting the music to the people" since <b>1970</b> (hence our Age-of-Aquarius moniker). </div><div><br /></div><div>So 2010 marks our 40th anniversary. </div><div><br /></div><div>Wow. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, none of us here now have been at AQ quite that long. But still, it's a milestone worthy of note. And we're certainly proud of aQuarius' history as San Francisco's oldest surviving independent record store. aQuarius was SF's punk rock/new wave store back in the '70s (when we were located on Castro St.), and over the years we sure have seen lots of music trends/scenes/formats come and go. All along, doing our very best to bring you the best, music-wise. </div><div><br /></div><div>We said "surviving", and we won't kid you, as you can imagine, in the current economy, it's not always easy. But we'd sure like to be doing what we do for a long time yet to come. And thanks to all the folks like you reading this, hopefully we will! </div><div><br /></div><div>Everybody here feels like it's a special thing to be a part of aQuarius, a chance to be involved with the music we love, getting it to the people who will appreciate it. And we couldn't do it without you! In fact, there'd be no point. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, to celebrate 40 years of aQuarius, we're throwing ourselves a "surprise" birthday party. Real soon. And you're invited! </div><div><br /></div><div>It's in a little over two weeks, on <b>Monday October 25th</b>, doors at 7pm show starting at 8pm sharp, at the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.cafedunord.com">Cafe DuNord</a>, 2170 Market Street</div><div><br /></div><div>We've got six great bands lined up for the event (not necessarily in this order): </div><div><br /></div><div><b>THE MANTLES</b></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">power pop drone rockers, with records on Siltbreeze and Mexican Summer </span></i> </div><div><b>LUMERIANS </b> </div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">psychedelic hypno dirge space rock, & maybe they'll do "Crazy Horses"! </span></i></div><div><b>DZJENGHIS KHAN </b> </div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">retro-proto-metal garage rock power trio a la Blue Cheer </span></i></div><div><b>PIGS</b> </div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">heavy, rifftastic punk-metal radness sorta like a scuzzier Melvins </span></i></div><div><b>DATE PALMS</b> </div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">boy-girl dream-drone duo from Oakland with a fantastic debut lp just out on Root Strata </span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>PLUS a <b>special, secret headliner</b>!!! We can't tell you who they are just yet, but there's a pretty good chance you bought their new album from us... and their shows are usually at places a bit bigger than the DuNord... and they're on the poppier, sunshinier side of things... huge faves here. </div><div><br /></div><div>We'll have some birthday cake to share with folks who get to the show early enough (you'll want to anyway, with six bands it's gonna start on time, if not earlier!). Also we'll be doing a drawing for $40 aQuarius gift certificates at the start of the show as well. </div><div><br /></div><div>Admission is just $10, advance tickets will be available here at AQ and at the DuNord box office soon. We really hope to see you all there (and tell your friends!). Please come out, see some great music, support AQ, and make it a 40th to remember! </div><div><br /></div><div>We'll be posting/emailing you again with reminders and updates, it's really soon though so mark your calendars now. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks!!! </div><div><br /></div><div>(And yes, we know, it's been 2010 for a while now... but as you get older, you start forgetting things.) </div>aQuarius recOrds, inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17502427786410183540noreply@blogger.com2