From quimpersound at lists.olympus.net Fri Dec 1 18:53:19 2006 From: quimpersound at lists.olympus.net (quimpersound@lists.olympus.net) Date: Fri Dec 1 20:10:50 2006 Subject: [Quimpersound] Quimper Sound Newsletter 12/1/06 Message-ID: Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge Washington's Oldest Independent Record Store Newsletter Vol.3 No.37 12/1/06 _____ Greetings from Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge. OK - now that we've got Winter over with... It's safe to come downtown again! Tomorrow (Saturday the 2nd) there's a lot going on... >From PTGuide.com : Last chance to enter the Hometown Holiday Sweepstakes by 12 noon--you might win $1000 in Town Dollars for shopping locally (some restrictions apply, must be 18 to enter, and MUST be present to win Dec. 2). - Horse and carriage rides downtown with Port Townsend Livery from 1-4 pm (small fee). - Caroling in the Streets with The Wild Rose Chorale 2-4 pm - Arrival of Santa via at Union Wharf at 4:30 pm. - Community Treelighting and Caroling 4: 45 pm - Sweepstakes winner announced after 5 pm (Must be present to win!) sponsored by First Federal Savings & Loan Santa visits children after the Tree Lighting on the 2nd floor The Kuhn Building, Water at Polk Streets from 5:30 pm to 7 pm. Visit www.enjoypt.com or www.ptguide. com for accommodation information. Extended hours at participating stores -- until 7 pm. Join in the First Saturday Gallery Walk While you're down here waiting for Santa (or spending your hundreds of Town Dollars, you lucky dog!) be sure and stop in for a hot drink. Whether it's a Hot Chocolate, Chai, Tea or Espresso drink our coffee bar can't be beat. And to celebrate the season we're now featuring "Spicy" Hot Chocolate and Eggnog lattes - and now we have the new Apple Spice cookies from Candace's - freakin' awesome. Give us a try - our drinks really are superb and they're always served with a smile! Also, check out our website for this years Staff Picks and, over the coming weeks, our annual gift guides. As always, feedback is much appreciated - keep it coming to: feedback@quimpersound.com - thanks! And now, on with the show . . . _____ -Contents- 1. New Releases <> Coming 12/5 2. Special <> Orders We've Filled 3. Best Selling <> CDs 4. Best Selling <> DVDs 5. Local Tickets <> On Sale 6. New Features of <> Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge! 7. Interested <> in Performing? 8. Useful Links <> 9. Privacy <> Statement 10. Sound Off _____ -Selected New Releases of Note: 12/5-* -CDs: 1. Ciara: Evolution [R&B] 2. Eminem/Various: Eminem Presents: Re-Up [Rap] 3. Gwen Stefani: Sweet Escape [Rock/Pop] 4. Dreamgirls: Soundtrack [R&B] - DVDs: No New Releases of Note *These titles are scheduled to be released on this day but sometimes release dates are pushed back with little or no advance warning. Use this list at your own risk. _____ - Special Orders We've Filled- Special Orders Filled So Far in 2006: Over 3225! (if there is anything you've been itching to get but haven't seen, don't hesitate to ask us about it. We fill most special orders within a couple of days (often "next day") and never charge a fee.) _____ - Quimper Sound Top 10 Best Selling CDs- 1. Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong 2. Cale/Clapton - Road To Escondido 3. The Beatles - Love 4. Tom Waits - Orphans 5. Sting - Songs From the Labyrinth 6. Akon - Konvicted 7. Bob Dylan - Modern Times 8. Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love 9. Loreena McKennitt - Ancient Muse 10. Michael Franti - Yell Fire! _____ - Quimper Sound Top 5 Best Selling DVDs- 1. Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [Rockumentary] 2. Inconvenient Truth [Feature Film] 3. Louise Brooks - Pandora's Box [Music Videos] 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Cartoon] 5. Pixies - Acoustic: Live in Newport [Concert Film] _____ - Local Tickets For Sale This Week*- 1. Andrew Jr. Boy Jones - Thursday, December 7, $15 general admission - The Upstage Restaurant 923 Washington St - info@upstagerestaurant.com - 360.385.2216 2. Port Townsend Main Street - Holiday Open Parlor - December 8th, 5pm-7:30pm - Adults $10, Children $2 - Main Street Event , ptmainstreet@olympus.net - 360.385.7911 3. Key City Players - Christmas Radio Show - December 8th, 7pm; December 9th, 2:30pm and 7pm; December 10th, 2:30pm - General admission $10, Students $8 - Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St, Port Townsend - 360.385.7396 4. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - MOTT GREENE: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage Be Saved? - Sunday, January 14, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 5. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - TERRENCE DEACON: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" - Sunday, February 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 6. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - JANET DALLETT: Listening to the Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age - Sunday, March 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 7. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - LORI B. ANDREWS: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies - Sunday, April 8, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com *This is a list of local events to which Quimper Sound is currently selling tickets. Quimper Sound sells tickets to local events as a community service and never charges a fee. Because we give all the proceeds back to the performers we can only accept cash or checks made out to the performers themselves. All tickets are General Admission unless otherwise noted. _____ -Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge now features:- 1. Full Service Espresso Bar - complete with a fine selection of Teas, Chai, Sodas and Candace's Cookies and Biscotti - featuring gourmet fair trade, shade grown organic coffee & espresso from Grounds For Change. In fact, all the espresso/coffee/tea and dairy (w/the exception of the whipped cream) is organic. 2. Expanded CD/DVD inventory - about 30% new titles 3. Vinyl Vault - So many new titles on vinyl that we had to by a new rack! 4. Listening station - we now have two turntables and two CD players set up in the Vault for your listening pleasure. 5. Great place to hang out 'cause: a) Open late: 9am-9pm Sun-Th. 9am-10pm Fri. & Sat. b) Tables, Chairs, Couch, Love seat... c) "Kiddie Mosh Pit" - including books, toys and a DVD player _____ -Interested in Performing?- Now that Fall is coming around, we want to start offering our modest stage up to folks who might want a low-key outlet for their performance jones. If you or someone you know wants a place to work out some new tunes, show-off for their friends or just generally have a good time making music send me a note at: booking@quimpersound.com I'm open to spoken word, magic, whatever - as long as it's a good fit with the vibe of the store... _____ -Useful Links- http://www.quimpersound.com http://www.ptguide.com (city guide to Port Townsend - Historic Victorian Seaport) http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/ (Your tax dollars at work - in a good way!) http://www.centrum.org/ (Washington's home for the arts and creative education) _____ -Privacy Statement- Quimper Sound collects email addresses on a voluntary basis and only for the purposes of sending you this newsletter or other store-related updates. Except for some friends, family and select business associates (whom I took the liberty to sign up myself) every email address used was submitted on a form at Quimper Sound. If you think there has been some mistake, send email to steve@quimpersound.com and I will personally see that your address is removed - I hate spam as much as you do. Your address will never be sold, given away or hinted at. We respect your privacy. _____ Your Rose Theatre ticket stub may now be redeemed at Quimper Sound for $1 off any purchase of $10 or more. This offer is valid for one month from movie date, one stub per purchase. While it's not valid on gift certificates or tickets - there are no other restrictions. _____ Quimper Sound 230 Taylor St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 www.quimpersound.com (360)385-2454 Open 7 Days A Week. Winter Hours: Sunday through Thursday: 9-8 Friday - Saturday 9-9 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.olympus.net/pipermail/quimpersound/attachments/20061201/de45e90a/attachment.html From quimpersound at lists.olympus.net Sat Dec 9 10:50:14 2006 From: quimpersound at lists.olympus.net (quimpersound@lists.olympus.net) Date: Sat Dec 9 11:13:11 2006 Subject: [Quimpersound] Quimper Sound Newsletter 12/9/06 Message-ID: Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge Washington's Oldest Independent Record Store Newsletter Vol.3 No.38 12/9/06 _____ Greetings from Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge. hope you all enjoyed our "Springtime" weather this last week as much as I did. It's a very light new release week - and it will remain sparse through the holidays - as the industry focuses on 'Greatest Hits' collections and 'classic' reissues as it does every December. However, it's been a great year for new music. Check out our staff picks online and in the store to get a taste of our favorites. Remember, we're always happy to let you listen to anything first - just ask. We have (as of this writing) *10* copies of the much sought-after hardbound cover version of Tom Waits 'Orphans' 3-CD set. This was originally planned as a 50,000 copy limited edition release. However, after enormous press coverage and critical praise (see our own stunt-reviewer Chris Gunn's take on it here), the set sold out in about 10 days. The label immediately decided to "re-issue" it in a digipak (paper sleeve) version at a lower price - but without the book-like look and feel of the original hardbound version. Of course, the music is the same and that's fundamentally what's most important - but if you are a Waits fan (or have one on your list) I recommend coming down ASAP to snag one of these soon-to-be collectors items. This week we're proud to present our first gift guides of the season presented to you by none other than our talented coffee bar manager, Sarah Fields and stunt reviewer Chris Gunn. Check 'em out below. Finally, along with Staff Bios, Staff Picks and our blog "Sound Off" we've now got our coffee menu and local ticket listings up on the website - check 'em out. As always, feedback is much appreciated - keep it coming to: feedback@quimpersound.com - thanks! And now, on with the show . . . _____ -Contents- 1. New Releases <> Coming 12/12 2. Holiday <> Gift Guides 3. Special <> Orders We've Filled 4. Best Selling <> CDs 5. <> Best Selling DVDs <> 6. Local Tickets On Sale <> 7. New Features of <> Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge! 8. Interested <> in Performing? 9. Useful Links <> 10. Privacy <> Statement 11. Sound Off _____ -Selected New Releases of Note: 12/12-* -CDs: 1. Mary J. Blige: Reflections: A Retrospective [R&B] 2. Ghostface Killah: More Fish [Rap] 3. Taylor Hicks: Taylor Hicks [Pop] 4. Sonic Youth: Destroyed Room: Be-sides [Rock] - DVDs: 1. Devil Wears Prada [Feature Film] 2. Talladega Nights - Ballad Of Ricky Bobby [Feature Film] 3. World Trade Center [Feature Film] *These titles are scheduled to be released on this day but sometimes release dates are pushed back with little or no advance warning. Use this list at your own risk. _____ - Holiday Gift Guides- Holiday Gift Suggestions from the Analog Lounge! To Go! We have Quimper Sound signature travel mugs; Brushed Stainless Steel with our new Logo. They have snap tight closure and thermal insulation, and when you bring them in (just like any mug) you'll receive 20 cents off your coffee purchase. They are Great for keeping your latte piping hot in the cold weather too! Travel Mug $ 9.95 If your looking for an easy stocking stuffer or christmas gift, we have quite a few choices: If you like our coffee in the store, then take some home or share it with a loved one. We offer 12oz bags of whole bean in the most popular varieties, for drip coffee or espresso. We have a variety of roasts, as well as our Cafe Feminino which is grown, processed and traded by women. If you don't have a grinder at home, ask one of our baristas, we'd be happy to grind it for you upon purchase to your specifications. 12oz bag $ 9.95 If you want to introduce someone to our lovely coffee bar offerings, or you just want to give them the gift of reducing their weekly coffee bill, then pick up one of our coffee punch cards. They are good for any five espresso drinks and cost only twelve dollars. If you drank 5 sixteen ounce lattes, you would save $5.50 in total! It's really a great deal, and also a nice back up for when you don't have cash on hand. Pre-paid 5 espresso drink card $12.00 If you really want to make things easy, get the beautifully gift wrapped mug, with a 5 coffee punch card, all for just $20.00. This makes the cost of the punch card a mere $10.00, that's essentially $2.00 per espresso drink of your choice. It's really a great deal, and it's all ready to place under the tree! There are lots of other goodies coming in soon; amazing breath mints with hilarious themes and an espresso lovers gift basket for any occasion (it also makes a great hostess gift). I would also like to briefly mention our new Coffee Spot service that will be up and running very soon. We will have Air Pots of your favorite Coffee available with all the extras (cream, sugar, honey, sweetener), to transform any spot into a Coffee Spot. If you have a meeting to host, a party, or a special event, let us keep everyone warm and cozy, and awake, with some freshly brewed coffee from The Analog Lounge. Email me for details if interested. Keep checking in for upcoming events and new coffee deals! Come visit us, we're always glad to help with gift giving ideas. And if you need to just take a load off after all that holiday shopping, come in, acquaint yourself with our big comfy couch, and let me serve you up a coffee drink of your choice. Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing you, and as always we appreciate your business. Sarah Fields Coffee Bar Manager sarah@quimpersound.com _____ Chris Gunn's Top 5 Cds To Buy The Hipster On Your List 1. Tom Waits "Small Change" a true classic in the catalog of Waits. bar-room ballads, spoken word tirades and songs from the wrong side of tin-pan-alley. 2. Eels "with strings-live at town hall" excellent song-writing, intimate setting. appropriate for early mornings, late nights, alone or with the "in" crowd. 3. Rachel's "systems/layers" is it classical? is it jazz? is it post-rawk? is it good. . .yes. 4. Alexander "Skip" Spence "oar" the most original thing to come out in 1969. . .still one of the most original things available today. Covered by the likes of Tom Waits, Robyn Hitchcock and Beck. 5. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "best of" an actual rap cd that's good without a ton of naughty words on it? creative and inventive featuring tracks from Hieroglyphics and a duet with Dinosaur Jr. _____ - Special Orders We've Filled- Special Orders Filled So Far in 2006: Over 3300! (if there is anything you've been itching to get but haven't seen, don't hesitate to ask us about it. We fill most special orders within a couple of days (often "next day") and never charge a fee.) _____ - Quimper Sound Top 10 Best Selling CDs- 1. Cale/Clapton - Road To Escondido 2. The Beatles - Love 3. Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong 4. Loreena McKennitt - Ancient Muse 5. Il Divo - Siempre 6. Bob Dylan - Modern Times 7. Il Divo - Christmas Collection 8. Vince Guaraldi - Charlie Brown Christmas 9. Tom Waits - Orphans 10. Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love _____ - Quimper Sound Top 5 Best Selling DVDs- 1. Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [Rockumentary] 2. Inconvenient Truth [Feature Film] 3. Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest [Feature Film] 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Cartoon] 5. Classic Christmas Cartoons [Animated] _____ - Local Tickets For Sale This Week*- 1. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - MOTT GREENE: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage Be Saved? - Sunday, January 14, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 2. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - TERRENCE DEACON: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" - Sunday, February 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 3. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - JANET DALLETT: Listening to the Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age - Sunday, March 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 4. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - LORI B. ANDREWS: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies - Sunday, April 8, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com *This is a list of local events to which Quimper Sound is currently selling tickets. Quimper Sound sells tickets to local events as a community service and never charges a fee. Because we give all the proceeds back to the performers we can only accept cash or checks made out to the performers themselves. All tickets are General Admission unless otherwise noted. _____ -Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge now features:- 1. Full Service Espresso Bar - complete with a fine selection of Teas, Chai, Sodas and Candace's Cookies and Biscotti - featuring gourmet fair trade, shade grown organic coffee & espresso from Grounds For Change. In fact, all the espresso/coffee/tea and dairy (w/the exception of the whipped cream) is organic. 2. Expanded CD/DVD inventory - about 30% new titles 3. Vinyl Vault - So many new titles on vinyl that we had to by a new rack! 4. Listening station - we now have two turntables and two CD players set up in the Vault for your listening pleasure. 5. Great place to hang out 'cause: a) Open late: 9am-9pm Sun-Th. 9am-10pm Fri. & Sat. b) Tables, Chairs, Couch, Love seat... c) "Kiddie Mosh Pit" - including books, toys and a DVD player _____ -Interested in Performing?- Now that Fall is coming around, we want to start offering our modest stage up to folks who might want a low-key outlet for their performance jones. If you or someone you know wants a place to work out some new tunes, show-off for their friends or just generally have a good time making music send me a note at: booking@quimpersound.com I'm open to spoken word, magic, whatever - as long as it's a good fit with the vibe of the store... _____ -Useful Links- http://www.quimpersound.com http://www.ptguide.com (city guide to Port Townsend - Historic Victorian Seaport) http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/ (Your tax dollars at work - in a good way!) http://www.centrum.org/ (Washington's home for the arts and creative education) _____ -Privacy Statement- Quimper Sound collects email addresses on a voluntary basis and only for the purposes of sending you this newsletter or other store-related updates. Except for some friends, family and select business associates (whom I took the liberty to sign up myself) every email address used was submitted on a form at Quimper Sound. If you think there has been some mistake, send email to steve@quimpersound.com and I will personally see that your address is removed - I hate spam as much as you do. Your address will never be sold, given away or hinted at. We respect your privacy. _____ Your Rose Theatre ticket stub may now be redeemed at Quimper Sound for $1 off any purchase of $10 or more. This offer is valid for one month from movie date, one stub per purchase. While it's not valid on gift certificates or tickets - there are no other restrictions. _____ Quimper Sound 230 Taylor St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 www.quimpersound.com (360)385-2454 Open 7 Days A Week. Winter Hours: Sunday through Thursday: 9-8 Friday - Saturday 9-9 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.olympus.net/pipermail/quimpersound/attachments/20061209/039a2c1d/attachment.html From quimpersound at lists.olympus.net Fri Dec 15 22:56:21 2006 From: quimpersound at lists.olympus.net (quimpersound@lists.olympus.net) Date: Sat Dec 16 08:52:08 2006 Subject: [Quimpersound] Quimper Sound Newsletter 12/15/06 Message-ID: Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge Washington's Oldest Independent Record Store Newsletter Vol.3 No.39 12/15/06 _____ Greetings from Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge. Only one new release of note this week (see below). So as we enter the holiday homestretch we're stocking up on all the essentials. But if you need to special order something, we're ready to go (we're the best in the biz) - but be forewarned that the distributers shelves are getting pretty bare... However, if you are a last week shopper, don't despair! We've got Gift Guides and Recommendations to help you find the perfect piece of music for that special someone. And if all else fails, a Quimper Sound gift certificate is one of the most sought after gifts in town. Perhaps the only thing more coveted is a gift certificate wrapped in a Quimper Sound T-shirt. Or perhaps a Travel Mug/Pre-paid Coffee Card Gift Pack... If "when" is as hard a shopping question as "what" remember that we are open late every night - 9am-8pm Sunday*-Thursday and 9am to 9pm on Friday and Saturday. *Sunday the 24th we will close at 5pm. A reminder that along with Staff Bios , Staff Picks, Gift Guides and our blog "Sound Off " we've now got our coffee menu and local ticket listings up on the website - check 'em out. As always, feedback is much appreciated - keep it coming to: feedback@quimpersound.com - thanks! And now, on with the show . . . _____ -Contents- 1. New Releases <> Coming 12/19 2. Holiday <> Gift Guides 3. Special <> Orders We've Filled 4. Best Selling <> CDs 5. <> Best Selling DVDs <> 6. Local Tickets On Sale <> 7. New Features of <> Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge! 8. Interested <> in Performing? 9. Useful Links <> 10. Privacy <> Statement 11. Sound Off _____ -Selected New Releases of Note: 12/19-* -CDs: 1. NAS: Hip-Hop is Dead [Hip-Hop] - DVDs: No New Releases of Note *These titles are scheduled to be released on this day but sometimes release dates are pushed back with little or no advance warning. Use this list at your own risk. _____ - Holiday Gift Guides- Holiday Gift Suggestions from the Analog Lounge! To Go! We have Quimper Sound signature travel mugs; Brushed Stainless Steel with our new Logo. They have snap tight closure and thermal insulation, and when you bring them in (just like any mug) you'll receive 20 cents off your coffee purchase. They are Great for keeping your latte piping hot in the cold weather too! Travel Mug $ 9.95 If your looking for an easy stocking stuffer or christmas gift, we have quite a few choices: If you like our coffee in the store, then take some home or share it with a loved one. We offer 12oz bags of whole bean in the most popular varieties, for drip coffee or espresso. We have a variety of roasts, as well as our Cafe Feminino which is grown, processed and traded by women. If you don't have a grinder at home, ask one of our baristas, we'd be happy to grind it for you upon purchase to your specifications. 12oz bag $ 9.95 If you want to introduce someone to our lovely coffee bar offerings, or you just want to give them the gift of reducing their weekly coffee bill, then pick up one of our coffee punch cards. They are good for any five espresso drinks and cost only twelve dollars. If you drank 5 sixteen ounce lattes, you would save $5.50 in total! It's really a great deal, and also a nice back up for when you don't have cash on hand. Pre-paid 5 espresso drink card $12.00 If you really want to make things easy, get the beautifully gift wrapped mug, with a 5 coffee punch card, all for just $20.00. This makes the cost of the punch card a mere $10.00, that's essentially $2.00 per espresso drink of your choice. It's really a great deal, and it's all ready to place under the tree! There are lots of other goodies coming in soon; amazing breath mints with hilarious themes and an espresso lovers gift basket for any occasion (it also makes a great hostess gift). I would also like to briefly mention our new Coffee Spot service that will be up and running very soon. We will have Air Pots of your favorite Coffee available with all the extras (cream, sugar, honey, sweetener), to transform any spot into a Coffee Spot. If you have a meeting to host, a party, or a special event, let us keep everyone warm and cozy, and awake, with some freshly brewed coffee from The Analog Lounge. Email me for details if interested. Keep checking in for upcoming events and new coffee deals! Come visit us, we're always glad to help with gift giving ideas. And if you need to just take a load off after all that holiday shopping, come in, acquaint yourself with our big comfy couch, and let me serve you up a coffee drink of your choice. Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing you, and as always we appreciate your business. Sarah Fields Coffee Bar Manager sarah@quimpersound.com _____ Chris Gunn's Top 5 Cds To Buy The Hipster On Your List 1. Tom Waits "Small Change" a true classic in the catalog of Waits. bar-room ballads, spoken word tirades and songs from the wrong side of tin-pan-alley. 2. Eels "with strings-live at town hall" excellent song-writing, intimate setting. appropriate for early mornings, late nights, alone or with the "in" crowd. 3. Rachel's "systems/layers" is it classical? is it jazz? is it post-rawk? is it good. . .yes. 4. Alexander "Skip" Spence "oar" the most original thing to come out in 1969. . .still one of the most original things available today. Covered by the likes of Tom Waits, Robyn Hitchcock and Beck. 5. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "best of" an actual rap cd that's good without a ton of naughty words on it? creative and inventive featuring tracks from Hieroglyphics and a duet with Dinosaur Jr. _____ Michael T's Past and future classics that anyone can enjoy "If you don't got 'em, get 'em. If you got 'em, give 'em" 1) Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm - Ike's Instrumentals Rockin' and raunchy grooves from one of R&B's hottest bands. 2) Orlando Cachaito Lopez - Latin beats mix with smoky sax and moody organ on this irresistible masterpiece. 3) Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information Called the "Sgt. Pepper of soul", this album was deemed too futuristic in 1974, but the world is finally ready. 4) Groundation - We Free Again Truly the most profound reggae release of the new millennium; ponder the oblique lyrics and haunting harmonies. 5) Sam Cooke - Night Beat Simply the greatest soul sessions of all time. #11 Best of 2006 cont. Hazmat Modine - Bahamut Balkan boogies, badass harmonica and Tuvan throat singers - what's not to like? _____ Corey's Top 5 Gift Suggestions of Christmas Past 1. Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um" Covering a wide range of emotions and filled with inspired life, Mingus Ah Um is arguably Mingus' best studio effort - perfect for jazz lovers of nearly all stripes 2. Liz Phair "Exile in Guyville" Never dull and pared down to the nerve, this classic Liz Phair album hits the raw center time and again with her simple rock sensibilities and clear-eyed insight into life 3. Brian Eno "Before and After Science" Bridging Eno's move from pop to ambient, this album contains some of the best of both, serving up both the funky and the hypnotic 4. Viktor Krauss "Far from Enough" Bluesy, Jazzy - kinda homespun, kinda happening - this inspired and laid-back album of instrumental music features Bill Frisell on guitar 5. Beastie Boys "The In Sound from Way Out!" Proving they can do more than rap, this all-instrumental, groove machine of an album will have the recipient struttin' and shufflin' like the tripped out hipster they think they are in no time flat _____ - Special Orders We've Filled- Special Orders Filled So Far in 2006: Over 3400! (if there is anything you've been itching to get but haven't seen, don't hesitate to ask us about it. We fill most special orders within a couple of days (often "next day") and never charge a fee.) _____ - Quimper Sound Top 10 Best Selling CDs- 1. Cale/Clapton - Road To Escondido 2. The Beatles - Love 3. Il Divo - Christmas Collection 4. Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong 5. Bob Dylan - Modern Times 6. James Taylor - Christmas Album 7. Il Divo - Siempre 8. Vince Guaraldi - Charlie Brown Christmas 9. Loreena McKennitt - Ancient Muse 10. Tony Bennett - Duets: An American Classic _____ - Quimper Sound Top 5 Best Selling DVDs- 1. Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [Rockumentary] 2. Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest [Feature Film] 3. Inconvenient Truth [Feature Film] 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Cartoon] 5. Tom Russell - Hearts on the Line [Concert Video] _____ - Local Tickets For Sale This Week*- 1. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - MOTT GREENE: Science and Democracy: Can This Marriage Be Saved? - Sunday, January 14, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 2. Galatea's Winter Waltz - Saturday, January 20, 7:30pm to 11:00pm - $20 - The Port Townsend Elks Lodge 3. An Evening with Robert Fulghum - Saturday, February 3, 7:00pm - $5 -The Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend - QUUF - 360/379-0609 - quuf@olympus.net 4. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - TERRENCE DEACON: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" - Sunday, February 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 5. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - JANET DALLETT: Listening to the Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age - Sunday, March 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 6. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - LORI B. ANDREWS: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies - Sunday, April 8, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com *This is a list of local events to which Quimper Sound is currently selling tickets. Quimper Sound sells tickets to local events as a community service and never charges a fee. Because we give all the proceeds back to the performers we can only accept cash or checks made out to the performers themselves. All tickets are General Admission unless otherwise noted. _____ -Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge now features:- 1. Full Service Espresso Bar - complete with a fine selection of Teas, Chai, Sodas and Candace's Cookies and Biscotti - featuring gourmet fair trade, shade grown organic coffee & espresso from Grounds For Change. In fact, all the espresso/coffee/tea and dairy (w/the exception of the whipped cream) is organic. 2. Expanded CD/DVD inventory - about 30% new titles 3. Vinyl Vault - So many new titles on vinyl that we had to by a new rack! 4. Listening station - we now have two turntables and two CD players set up in the Vault for your listening pleasure. 5. Great place to hang out 'cause: a) Open late: 9am-9pm Sun-Th. 9am-10pm Fri. & Sat. b) Tables, Chairs, Couch, Love seat... c) "Kiddie Mosh Pit" - including books, toys and a DVD player _____ -Interested in Performing?- Now that Fall is coming around, we want to start offering our modest stage up to folks who might want a low-key outlet for their performance jones. If you or someone you know wants a place to work out some new tunes, show-off for their friends or just generally have a good time making music send me a note at: booking@quimpersound.com I'm open to spoken word, magic, whatever - as long as it's a good fit with the vibe of the store... _____ -Useful Links- http://www.quimpersound.com http://www.ptguide.com (city guide to Port Townsend - Historic Victorian Seaport) http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/ (Your tax dollars at work - in a good way!) http://www.centrum.org/ (Washington's home for the arts and creative education) _____ -Privacy Statement- Quimper Sound collects email addresses on a voluntary basis and only for the purposes of sending you this newsletter or other store-related updates. Except for some friends, family and select business associates (whom I took the liberty to sign up myself) every email address used was submitted on a form at Quimper Sound. If you think there has been some mistake, send email to steve@quimpersound.com and I will personally see that your address is removed - I hate spam as much as you do. Your address will never be sold, given away or hinted at. We respect your privacy. _____ Your Rose Theatre ticket stub may now be redeemed at Quimper Sound for $1 off any purchase of $10 or more. This offer is valid for one month from movie date, one stub per purchase. While it's not valid on gift certificates or tickets - there are no other restrictions. _____ Quimper Sound 230 Taylor St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 www.quimpersound.com (360)385-2454 Open 7 Days A Week. Winter Hours: Sunday through Thursday: 9-8 Friday - Saturday 9-9 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.olympus.net/pipermail/quimpersound/attachments/20061215/b82edec7/attachment.html From quimpersound at lists.olympus.net Thu Dec 21 19:31:46 2006 From: quimpersound at lists.olympus.net (quimpersound@lists.olympus.net) Date: Thu Dec 21 20:11:13 2006 Subject: [Quimpersound] Quimper Sound Newsletter 12/21/06 Message-ID: Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge Washington's Oldest Independent Record Store Newsletter Vol.3 No.40 12/21/06 _____ Greetings from Quimper Sound & the Analog Lounge. No new releases of note next week - besides, you need to focus on getting all the stuff you really want to get with all the gift certificates you got, right? However, there are still a few things to look forward to in next week's newsletter - including our final year-end list of Port Townsend's 50 best selling CDs and 15 best-selling DVDs. A reminder - if you are a last minute shopper, don't despair! We've got Gift Guides and Recommendations to help you find the perfect piece of music for that special someone. And if all else fails, a Quimper Sound gift certificate is one of the most sought after gifts in town. Perhaps the only thing more coveted is a gift certificate wrapped in a Quimper Sound T-shirt. Or perhaps a Travel Mug/Pre-paid Coffee Card Gift Pack... If "when" is as hard a shopping question as "what" remember that we are open late every night - 9am-8pm Friday and Saturday and 9am to 5pm Sunday the 24th. Oh, and to help keep you warm, drip coffee is on the house this weekend! Last year I wrote the following paragraph and I think this year I'm just going to repeat myself as the need for Peace - and peace of mind - is greater than ever. Now, I know everyone is probably tired of all the last minute shopping hype and the rampant commercialism that only seems to get louder and more crass every year. If you need us, great - we're here for you. If you're done (or "don't do"), that's great too. Peace is not for sale. No matter what, our wish for you is to have a great Holiday. Here's to you and yours - may you have a joyful Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, Ramadan, Kwanzaa or just a plain old relaxing weekend! If you have any suggestions (or complaints/compliments) feedback is much appreciated - keep it coming to: feedback@quimpersound.com - thanks! And now, on with the show . . . *Breaking news!* We just received 10 more copies of "An Inconvenient Truth" on DVD! Paramount Pictures is out, but we found a distributor that still had a few on their shelves and we snatched them all up. Get it while you can... _____ -Contents- 1. Holiday <> Gift Guides 2. Special <> Orders We've Filled 3. Best Selling <> CDs 4. <> Best Selling DVDs <> 5. Local Tickets On Sale <> 6. New Features of <> Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge! 7. Interested <> in Performing? 8. Useful Links <> 9. Privacy <> Statement 10. Sound Off _____ - Holiday Gift Guides- Holiday Gift Suggestions from the Analog Lounge! To Go! We have Quimper Sound signature travel mugs; Brushed Stainless Steel with our new Logo. They have snap tight closure and thermal insulation, and when you bring them in (just like any mug) you'll receive 20 cents off your coffee purchase. They are Great for keeping your latte piping hot in the cold weather too! Travel Mug $ 9.95 If your looking for an easy stocking stuffer or christmas gift, we have quite a few choices: If you like our coffee in the store, then take some home or share it with a loved one. We offer 12oz bags of whole bean in the most popular varieties, for drip coffee or espresso. We have a variety of roasts, as well as our Cafe Feminino which is grown, processed and traded by women. If you don't have a grinder at home, ask one of our baristas, we'd be happy to grind it for you upon purchase to your specifications. 12oz bag $ 9.95 If you want to introduce someone to our lovely coffee bar offerings, or you just want to give them the gift of reducing their weekly coffee bill, then pick up one of our coffee punch cards. They are good for any five espresso drinks and cost only twelve dollars. If you drank 5 sixteen ounce lattes, you would save $5.50 in total! It's really a great deal, and also a nice back up for when you don't have cash on hand. Pre-paid 5 espresso drink card $12.00 If you really want to make things easy, get the beautifully gift wrapped mug, with a 5 coffee punch card, all for just $20.00. This makes the cost of the punch card a mere $10.00, that's essentially $2.00 per espresso drink of your choice. It's really a great deal, and it's all ready to place under the tree! There are lots of other goodies coming in soon; amazing breath mints with hilarious themes and an espresso lovers gift basket for any occasion (it also makes a great hostess gift). I would also like to briefly mention our new Coffee Spot service that will be up and running very soon. We will have Air Pots of your favorite Coffee available with all the extras (cream, sugar, honey, sweetener), to transform any spot into a Coffee Spot. If you have a meeting to host, a party, or a special event, let us keep everyone warm and cozy, and awake, with some freshly brewed coffee from The Analog Lounge. Email me for details if interested. Keep checking in for upcoming events and new coffee deals! Come visit us, we're always glad to help with gift giving ideas. And if you need to just take a load off after all that holiday shopping, come in, acquaint yourself with our big comfy couch, and let me serve you up a coffee drink of your choice. Happy Holidays! We look forward to seeing you, and as always we appreciate your business. Sarah Fields Coffee Bar Manager sarah@quimpersound.com _____ Chris Gunn's Top 5 Cds To Buy The Hipster On Your List 1. Tom Waits "Small Change" a true classic in the catalog of Waits. bar-room ballads, spoken word tirades and songs from the wrong side of tin-pan-alley. 2. Eels "with strings-live at town hall" excellent song-writing, intimate setting. appropriate for early mornings, late nights, alone or with the "in" crowd. 3. Rachel's "systems/layers" is it classical? is it jazz? is it post-rawk? is it good. . .yes. 4. Alexander "Skip" Spence "oar" the most original thing to come out in 1969. . .still one of the most original things available today. Covered by the likes of Tom Waits, Robyn Hitchcock and Beck. 5. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "best of" an actual rap cd that's good without a ton of naughty words on it? creative and inventive featuring tracks from Hieroglyphics and a duet with Dinosaur Jr. _____ Michael T's Past and future classics that anyone can enjoy "If you don't got 'em, get 'em. If you got 'em, give 'em" 1) Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm - Ike's Instrumentals Rockin' and raunchy grooves from one of R&B's hottest bands. 2) Orlando Cachaito Lopez - Latin beats mix with smoky sax and moody organ on this irresistible masterpiece. 3) Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information Called the "Sgt. Pepper of soul", this album was deemed too futuristic in 1974, but the world is finally ready. 4) Groundation - We Free Again Truly the most profound reggae release of the new millennium; ponder the oblique lyrics and haunting harmonies. 5) Sam Cooke - Night Beat Simply the greatest soul sessions of all time. #11 Best of 2006 cont. Hazmat Modine - Bahamut Balkan boogies, badass harmonica and Tuvan throat singers - what's not to like? _____ Corey's Top 5 Gift Suggestions of Christmas Past 1. Charles Mingus "Mingus Ah Um" Covering a wide range of emotions and filled with inspired life, Mingus Ah Um is arguably Mingus' best studio effort - perfect for jazz lovers of nearly all stripes 2. Liz Phair "Exile in Guyville" Never dull and pared down to the nerve, this classic Liz Phair album hits the raw center time and again with her simple rock sensibilities and clear-eyed insight into life 3. Brian Eno "Before and After Science" Bridging Eno's move from pop to ambient, this album contains some of the best of both, serving up both the funky and the hypnotic 4. Viktor Krauss "Far from Enough" Bluesy, Jazzy - kinda homespun, kinda happening - this inspired and laid-back album of instrumental music features Bill Frisell on guitar 5. Beastie Boys "The In Sound from Way Out!" Proving they can do more than rap, this all-instrumental, groove machine of an album will have the recipient struttin' and shufflin' like the tripped out hipster they think they are in no time flat _____ - Special Orders We've Filled- Special Orders Filled So Far in 2006: 3600 (over 200 this week alone!) (if there is anything you've been itching to get but haven't seen, don't hesitate to ask us about it. We fill most special orders within a couple of days (often "next day") and never charge a fee.) _____ - Quimper Sound Top 10 Best Selling CDs- 1. Cale/Clapton - Road To Escondido 2. Il Divo - Christmas Collection 3. Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong 4. The Beatles - Love 5. James Taylor - Christmas Album 6. Il Divo - Siempre 7. Vince Guaraldi - Charlie Brown Christmas 8. Bob Dylan - Modern Times 9. Loreena McKennitt - Ancient Muse 10. Tony Bennett - Duets: An American Classic _____ - Quimper Sound Top 5 Best Selling DVDs- 1. Inconvenient Truth [Feature Film] 2. Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [Rockumentary] 3. Talladega Nights [Feature Film] 4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Cartoon] 5. Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest [Feature Film] _____ - Local Tickets For Sale This Week*- 1. An Evening with Robert Fulghum - Saturday, February 3, 7:00pm - $5 -The Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend - QUUF - 360/379-0609 - quuf@olympus.net 2. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - TERRENCE DEACON: Emergent Evolution: Self-organization, Protolife, and How DNA Got Its "Aboutness" - Sunday, February 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 3. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - JANET DALLETT: Listening to the Rhino: Violence and Healing in a Scientific Age - Sunday, March 11, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com 4. 2006-07 School of Athens Lecture Series - LORI B. ANDREWS: Cloning and Beyond: Making Laws for Making Babies - Sunday, April 8, 1:00pm - $10 - Rose Theatre , Port Townsend - 360/385-1039 - movies@rosetheatre.com *This is a list of local events to which Quimper Sound is currently selling tickets. Quimper Sound sells tickets to local events as a community service and never charges a fee. Because we give all the proceeds back to the performers we can only accept cash or checks made out to the performers themselves. All tickets are General Admission unless otherwise noted. _____ -Quimper Sound & The Analog Lounge now features:- 1. Full Service Espresso Bar - complete with a fine selection of Teas, Chai, Sodas and Candace's Cookies and Biscotti - featuring gourmet fair trade, shade grown organic coffee & espresso from Grounds For Change. In fact, all the espresso/coffee/tea and dairy (w/the exception of the whipped cream) is organic. 2. Expanded CD/DVD inventory - about 30% new titles 3. Vinyl Vault - So many new titles on vinyl that we had to by a new rack! 4. Listening station - we now have two turntables and two CD players set up in the Vault for your listening pleasure. 5. Great place to hang out 'cause: a) Open late: 9am-9pm Sun-Th. 9am-10pm Fri. & Sat. b) Tables, Chairs, Couch, Love seat... c) "Kiddie Mosh Pit" - including books, toys and a DVD player _____ -Interested in Performing?- Now that Fall is coming around, we want to start offering our modest stage up to folks who might want a low-key outlet for their performance jones. If you or someone you know wants a place to work out some new tunes, show-off for their friends or just generally have a good time making music send me a note at: booking@quimpersound.com I'm open to spoken word, magic, whatever - as long as it's a good fit with the vibe of the store... _____ -Useful Links- http://www.quimpersound.com http://www.ptguide.com (city guide to Port Townsend - Historic Victorian Seaport) http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/ (Your tax dollars at work - in a good way!) http://www.centrum.org/ (Washington's home for the arts and creative education) _____ -Privacy Statement- Quimper Sound collects email addresses on a voluntary basis and only for the purposes of sending you this newsletter or other store-related updates. Except for some friends, family and select business associates (whom I took the liberty to sign up myself) every email address used was submitted on a form at Quimper Sound. If you think there has been some mistake, send email to steve@quimpersound.com and I will personally see that your address is removed - I hate spam as much as you do. Your address will never be sold, given away or hinted at. We respect your privacy. _____ Your Rose Theatre ticket stub may now be redeemed at Quimper Sound for $1 off any purchase of $10 or more. This offer is valid for one month from movie date, one stub per purchase. While it's not valid on gift certificates or tickets - there are no other restrictions. _____ Quimper Sound 230 Taylor St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 www.quimpersound.com (360)385-2454 Open 7 Days A Week. Winter Hours: Sunday through Thursday: 9-8 Friday - Saturday 9-9 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.olympus.net/pipermail/quimpersound/attachments/20061221/605de7dd/attachment.html