When I Grow Up I Want to Be Reactionary Records

Is it crazy to open a record store in 2009?

Paul Tilghmon doesn’t think so. He opened Reactionary Records in February 2009 across from The Earl in Atlanta, Georgia (465-A Flat Shoals Ave). They’re open Tuesday-Sunday 12PM-7PM (and sometimes later). They have everything from punk to soul to hip-hop, mostly in vinyl form. You won’t find everything, but you will find something.

Reactionary Records operates on the principle that people who are dedicated to their music will seek it out. Vinyl lovers are the scavengers of the music world; the hunt is half of the fun. So while other Atlanta music stores go under (R.I.P. Earwax Records), maybe stores should start catering to their discerning vinylphiles. Paul’s store offers just that…with a heap of musical knowledge.

Stores like Reactionary offer hope that, even with the Great Internet Circus, music lovers can always find that dusty piece of vinyl art that they’ve hunted.

Reactionary Records has lots of in-store performances, and every Tuesday and Thursday 3PM-5PM (eastern) they have an in-store radio show called  Killed By Radio.

The Good Guys Always Win at eBay

THE GOOD GUYS ALWAYS WIN is a brand new posting strategy of THE AWKWARD OFF in effort to stumble our way into what is right and wrong in our crazy world. Mainly it will serve as a forum to determine how we don’t “get” The Internet.

Today’s episode of The Good Guys Always win features the Internet auction site eBay. One eBay personality (we will just call him/her zumghalli for the sake of brevity) has figured it all out. We should rename this episode “How to make money off of music promos”–because that is what Mr./Ms./Mrs. Zumghalli is doing.

Right, wrong, moral, smart, or stupid-as-hell, this particular person is taking unreleased (radio promotion?) vinyls/CDs/whatever and sticking them straight on the Internet for virtual auction. Wouldn’t you too if you could make a sweet $113.61 off the unreleased Arctic Monkeys EP?

Isn’t that why you got into radio? So you could make a nice buck off unreleased indie darlings?

Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but this is hella greasy.

The Awkward Off Radio Show 11.26.2009

KVRX in AUSTIN, TX is currently on interim over Thanksgiving Break, so I got to do a sweet surprise radio show tonight from 10:00PM-12:00AM.

It’s finally getting cool enough outside to pretend like it’s fall in Texas. I think some of this autumn feeling seeped into the playlist.

Special thanks to the listeners and the call-ins. Thanks for reaffirming to me what college radio is all about. You’re the best.

Playlist for 11.26.2009:

Wild Beasts–This Is Our Lot

Cave Singers–I Don’t Mind

The Clientele–I Wonder Who We Are

Yo La Tengo–Stockholm Syndrome

Xiu Xiu–I Luv the Valley OH

El Perro Del Mar–Change of Heart

Voxtrot–Kid Gloves

Daniel Johnston–In My Infinite Memory

Fool’s Gold–Night Dancing

School of Seven Bells–Half Asleep

Wye Oak–Take It In

John Vanderslice–The Tower (Live at KVRX)

Lavender Diamond–Open Your Heart

Laura Marling–Ghosts

Alela Diane–White Diamonds

David Bazan–Please, Baby, Please

The National–Lucky You

Nada Surf–Inside of Love

The Eastern Sea–Young Lovers

Sunset–Civil War

Mew–The Zookeeper’s Boy

Massive Attack–Teardrop

Elvis Perkins–While You Were Sleeping

Eels–Lone Wolf

The Avett Brothers–I And Love And You

Vandaveer–Divide and Conquer

Madeline–Sorry

The Awkward Off Radio Show 11.25.2009

Did you know?

THE AWKWARD OFF has an online RADIO SHOW on KVRX in AUSTIN,TX.

It takes place every WEDNESDAY 5PM-7PM (CENTRAL).

To celebrate the harvest bounty, yesterday’s show featured music (new and old) for which I am thankful.

Next week’s show will feature CHAD BROCK as a guest-DJ. Join me as Chad educates us about great underground HIP HOP (new and old). We will explore how the genre is shaped both historically and sonically. We invite both the hip hop savvy and clueless to join as we investigate the rich culture of this genre.

The Awkward Off Playlist (11.26.2009):

Carrots–Secret Since ’99 (Live at KVRX)

The Gerbils–Crayon Box

White Denim–Radio Milk How Can You Stand It

Boredoms–Ant 10

The Mountain Goats–Color in Your Cheeks

Final Fantasy–Lewis Takes Action

A Place to Bury Strangers–In Your Heart

Fuck Buttons–Rough Steez

Del tha Funkee Homosapien–Catch a Bad One

Fela Kuti & Africa ’70–Zombie

The Radio Dept.–Where the Damage Isn’t Already Done

Metric–Empty

Real Estate–Green River

Espers–Caroline

The Strange Attractors–Between the Lines

My Milky Way Arms–Martin Zindler

YACHT–Psychic City (Voodoo City)

They Might Be Giants–Science is Real

The Unicorns–I Was Born (A Unicorn)

Scout Niblett–Do You Want to Be Buried With My People?

The Magnetic Fields–Born on a Train

Silver Jews–Random Rules

The Dismemberment Plan–A Life of Possibilities

Sebedoh–Skull

Jawbox–Savory

Liars–Mr. You’re On Fire Mr.