[Quimpersound] Quimper Sound Newsletter 5/13/06

Sat May 13 23:01:08 PDT 2006

Quimper Sound Music & Media
W. Washington's Oldest Independent Record Store
Newsletter Vol.3 No.18 5/13/06

Greetings from Quimper Sound! Another beautiful couple of days here in paradise... A reminder about our new hours - Monday through Wednesday 9-6pm, Thurs. 9-7pm, Fri-Sat 9-8pm and Sun. 10-6 - come early, come late - we're here for you. As always, feedback is much appreciated - keep it coming to: feedback at quimpersound.com - thanks! And now, on with the show . . .

-Contents-
1. New Releases Coming 5/16
2. Special Orders We've Filled 
3. Best Selling CDs
4. Best Selling DVDs
5. Local Tickets On Sale
6. Useful Links
7. Privacy Statement 
8. Sound Off

-Selected New Releases of Note: 5/16-*
-CDs:
1. Cam'ron: Killa Season [Rap/Hip-Hop]
2. Hoobastank: Every Man For Himself [Rock] 
3. Christina Milan: So Amazin' [Rock]
4. Raconteurs: Broken Boy Soldiers [Rock] *Features Jack White of the White Stripes
5. Eric & Leon Bibb: Tribute To Paul Robeson [Folk] *If this isn't the greatest new release this week, I'll eat a bug. 
6. T-Bone Burnett: True False Identity [Rock] *Legendary producer of such soundtrack gems as 'Walk The Line', O Brother, Where Art Thou' and 'Cold Mountain', T-Bone returns with his first new album in 14 years.
7. Fred Eaglesmith: Milly's Cafe [Folk-ish] 
8. Bill Evans/Randy Brecker: Soul Bop Band Live [Jazz] *Bill Evans the sax player not the corpse of the famous pianist...
9. Gigi: Gold & Wax [Rock]
10. Mason Jennings: Bone Clouds [Rock]
11. Robin Mckelle: Introducing Robin Mckelle [Jazz] 
12. Melvins: Houdini Live [Rock] *The Melvins will never, ever die. (hear hear! -Corey)
13. Charlie Musslewhite: Delta Hardware [Blues]
14. Over The Hedge: Soundtrack [Soundtrack] *Ben Folds, mostly
15. Thievery Corporation: Versions [Electronic/Dance] *Already Immanuel's favorite ablum of the year - and it hasn't even been released yet!
16. Whitestarr: Luv Machine [Rock] *Most hyped "new" band since the Arctic Monkeys 
17. Dan Zane & Friends: Catch That Train! [Childrens] 
-DVDs:
1. Duma [Feature Film] *See it at the Rose first 
2. Napoleon Dynamite [Feature Film] * Subtitled: 'Like the best special edition ever!' - 2 DVDs
3. Producers [Feature Film]
4. Lee Scratch Perry: Ultimate Alien [Concert Video/Interview] 
5. Violent Femmes: No, Let's Star Over [Concert Video] 

*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: 1203
(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. Neil Young: Living With War
2. Tool - 10,000 Days
3. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
4. Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
5. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium 
7. Godsmack - IV
8. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
9. Jack Johnson - Curious George
10. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams

-Quimper Sound Top 5 Best Selling DVDs-
1. Captain Beefheart - Under Review [Rockumentary]
2. Harold and Maude [Feature Film]
3. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rusty Never Sleeps [Concert Film]
4. Freeze [Documentary]
5. Red Hot & Blue [Video Collection]

-Local Tickets For Sale This Week*-
Note: Season Passes and Individual Lectures for the School of Athens are sold out
1. Key City Players - The Threepenny Opera ALL DATES SOLD OUT
      - May 11th-14th, 18th-20th
      - 8:00pm Thursdays through Saturdays, Sundays 2:30pm – $10 General, $8 Student 
      - 419 Washington St, Port Townsend – www.keycityplayers.org – (360) 385-7396
2. Norton Buffalo
      - Wednesday, June 17th, 8pm - $25 - The Upstage Restaurant
      - call for dinner seat reservations - 360-385-2216 - upstage at olympus.net 
3. Schoolyard Heroes - Inkrates - Vatara - The Blakes - Another Lost Hero
      - Saturday, May 27th, 6pm doors open, 7pm show - $8
      - American Legion Hall, Port Townsend
4. Port Townsend Orchestra
      - Sunday, June 4th, 3-5pm - $20
      - Fort Worden Commons
5. Johnny Winter
      - Wednesday, June 7th - $100 - The Upstage Restaurant
      - call required 5 days prior to show for dinner seat reservations - 360-385-2216
      - upstage at olympus.net 

*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.

-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 at 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
901 Water St.
Port Townsend, WA 98368
www.quimpersound.com 
(360)385-2454

Open 7 Days A Week.
Winter Hours:
Monday - Wednesday 9-6pm,
Thursday - 9-7pm,
Friday - Saturday 9-8pm
Sunday - 10-6pm

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