Pace 6-The Michiaan Daily/New Student Edition - Thursday, September 5, 1991 The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition -TR Take a walk on the vinyl side 'Record' stores that actually still sell records and those who don't by Peter Shapiro Since most students are living and feeling beings, not the brainwashed automatons that George "Papa Doc" Bush and other noxiously fatuous mouthpieces of the Hitlerian "new world order" paint us as being, we would rather fetishize some kind of commodity than be blindly constructed by the "illiberal politics" of one of the "tenured radicals" on campus. Whether that object is the sultry upperclass woman in white t-shirt and cut-off Levi's sucking on an Evian bottle like Madonna, that soccer stud struttin' into the Psych 172 lecture hall with his quads rip- pling underneath his Umbros or the sleek cover of your first Vintage International paperback by some tortured Eastern European intellec- tual, your obsessions will invari- ably define your personality more apparently than H.D. Cameron's Great Books lectures. Since they're endlessly repeatable and easy to fondle and to ogle at, nothing lends itself to infatuation as easily as a record does. Unfortunately, like the rest of the country, Ann Arbor is being overrun by those obscenely impish little aluminum coated things that are too small to caress, that have great mid-range fidelity butabso- lutely no bottom and to which the liner notes are usually impossible to read. But, as long as there are stu- dents who grew up in the pre-digital '70s, there will be vinyl left in town and at least a store or two that will purvey it at reasonably cheap prices. P.J.'s Used Records (617 Packard): Don't be frightened by the Subway downstairs, P.J.'s doesn't serve up sterile plates of Oscar Mayer variety. With perhaps the greatest bargain bins anywhere east of Kalamazoo (decent condition copies of Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life for $2, sealed Gloria Gaynor Love Tracks for $3.50, free copies of nearly every Osmond record imaginable, etc.), P.J., Mark and Jeff deal in hard-to-find hi-qual items at low, low discount prices. While perusing the shelves for an- other copy of Thriller, Saturday Night Fever, Bruce's The River or begging them to find a copy of Funkadelic's Cosmic Slop, the al- bums and artists that they probably sell more of than any other, take a gander at their super jazz collection, solid reggae/African section, the 32- page color booklet to the album that accompanied the This Is Elvis documentary and definitely do not miss the "Ric Flair Is Running the White House" article from the February Weekly World News hang- ing on the wall. If you're an inveter- ate record buyer and are addicted to the rush you get when you receive the hipster's badge of acceptance (the nod of approval from the clerk behind the counter), then here's some advice: if Marc Taras is work- ing (the bald guy bopping and hum- ming to Eric Dolphy) then fork over some cash for a Coltrane or Cecil Taylor album, but make sure it's not Alice Coltrane with Strings; if Jeff is in the house (the head with long hair fanatically raving about the Dead resurrecting "Loose Lucy") then Go to Heaven or a Hot Tuna record is in order; and if P.J.'s around (the one-two stepping to Nathan Abshire songs) then it's MUSEUMS Continued from page 5 and one can get close to the exhibits some of which date back as early as the fifth century BC. Ancient Greek Roman and Egyptian sculpture Egyptian glass and stamp seals Roman and Islamic beads anc bracelets, Greek pottery, and a mummy room which offers two ca mummies, one dog mummy, and X- rays of human mummies, are some of the Kelsey's highlights. In addi tion to these permanent displays the Kelsey also mounts temporary shows from the collection and fron outside. But, like the Museum o Art, the Kelsey can not afford tc bring in all the shows it would like to. Tallalay explains, "The Uni versity is cutting back from al sides. We'll probably only be doing two shows a year. We used to de four or six." But even though both museum suffer from budget problems, ad mission to the museums, the tours lectures and films, and to th Museum of Art's lunchtime vide rid of those heinous Zep and Floyd records that scar your collection don't do it here, they have about a 1000 copies of them in back. Schoolkid's Records (523 Eas Liberty): Named as one of the 2C best record stores in the country, th !d1IS u-TOFRi ILLL I I wua While P.J.'s may not own, or at least display, Osmond Brothers' posters, the spatious upstairs location gives you elbow room as you look for that copy of "Delta Dawn" or "Le Freak" for your way cool party tapes. time to discover The Meters or The Wild Tchoupitoulas. Wazoo's Records (3361/2 South State): When you walk in the door, immediately turn left and walk towards the counter and look behind the door to find Ann Arbor's greatest cultural artifact. The poster of The Osmonds (Wayne, Alan, Merril, Bobby, and Donny) on a yellow background with Donny clad in Mickey Mouse trousers and a magenta knit jumper with a circular zipper that ends midway down his torso is hard to believe. If, after staring at it with mouth agape for half an hour, you want it as badly as I did, stop craving; it's not for sale. But don't fret because you are in Ann Arbor's other leading empo- rium of vinyl wares where every- thing from There Goes Rhymin Simon to Live Air to Let it Bleed to Flaco Jimenez Jr. is available in good condition at cheap Ann Arbor prices. If y'all want that party started right after the inevitable Led Zeppelin IV, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, So, Don't Be Cruel, Uplift Mofo Party Plan, whatever fails to move the crowd, then look below the CD crate near the afore- mentioned poster and scan the bril- liant selection of antique 45's from the disco era. Trust me, after Are You Experienced, flip on the first side of Saturday Night Fever and then the copies of "I Will Survive," "Le Freak," "We Are Family," and "Boogie Oogie Oogie" that you find and watch the party explode. One word of warning: if you want to get Wazoo Records may look big here, but the cramped upstairs place is chock full of LPs, CDs, and cassette tapes. Here you can only see a hint of the funky wall decorations but not the greatest cultural artifact in Ann Arbor, an Osmond Brothers poster. selection of vinyl dwindling faster at Schoolkid's i than Loverboy' ./ .! &7U II A.: ;,: * 4 , Attention Freshman! Don't Fight Over Fall Course Books. Reserve Yours Now! Michigan Book & Supply's Book Reservation Service guarantees your looks will be waiting for you when you arrive on campus. For quick, accurate service, please have your CRISP (registration) form ready and call us toll free at 1-800-765-6424 to place your order. A S25 non-refundable deposit (applied toward the price of your books) is required. We accept MasterCard, Visa and American Express. Or, if you prefer, fill out the form to the right and mail it with a S25 check or money order to Michigan Book & Supply, 317 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. All books must be picked up prior to the first day of classes, Thursday, September 5, 1991. All books are fully refundable up to two weeks after the first day of classes . with a receipt and in the same condition as when li Michigan Book & Supply Book Reservation Form Last 1Fir't Phunc: Department (o)urSe = SeCtioiB n1/ . albile la ok. L Opt ional TI titY EXAMPLE: /71 201 VC SI lo 17j II * 1 71 t_1'l ' i VCS 10 1 1 El7El WS 1 110 1 l__ES_7_ _11E E ' E Michigan 1( thillgI'VOU n " R eferenc " M c i a " GJreeting~ " And mw Hours: %Ic, Sat iy a ) AA t t R K f' Studies shoe " Freshman *Most stud " "A" stude Our transcr "A perfect . Professio students "'Great exa. UJ C Al i ,yaAA ',) Please fill out the form and mail it along with a S5 non-refundable check or money order (applied to the price of your books) to Michigan Book & Supply. 31 S. State St..Ann Arbor, N1I 18104. Your books will be held for you until Thursday. September 5. 1991. Please take advantage of this program before August 23, 1991. the deadline for accepting book reservations. 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