Call my lawyer – John Barrymore in William Wyler’s Counsellor at Law, 1993! “The greatest record store in the known universe for three days only,” that’s MY line. (See “Playback,” May 5, 2017.) Prominently attributed on the Austin Record Convention website to some wacky weed writer, the Doc Brown of the scene, I either fed him that line or … erm (cough) … edited it into one of his columns (ahem). Because think about it: The U.S. populates the best record stores in the world, so if Earth inhabits the only life known around us … So, yeah, “Greatest record store in the known universe for three days only.™” Early shopping Friday, $30, Saturday-Sunday, $5. – Raoul Hernandez
Oct. 19-20