Hey Everybody!

I keep hearing Tony Bennett crooning the refrain from that fine old song:

“… The falling leaves
Drift by my window.
The autumn leaves
Of red and gold.”

What a wonderful time of year. (Less than 2 weeks to Thanksgiving Day time off and pumpkin pie).  What a wonderful week we have going here. Two FREE In-Store CONCERTS, Wednesday JJ Grey 5pm, Friday 4pm The Waybacks, then Friday at 10pm The Black Diamond Heavies rock the Café unmercifully. In between that the noble staff of Horizon Records is here at your service daily tirelessly organizing hundreds of money saving used CDs, LPs, DVDs, and BOOKs to set out for your shopping, listening and economic pleasure. We are also happily knee deep in a slew of recent releases that are making the rounds. The hotness includes everything from Q-Tip to The Old Crow Medicine Show to the amazing new Live Lou Reed concert CD/LP of his classic Berlin just out. I could go on for hours about the huge stacks of classic rock LPs we just took in or the rare indie punk 45’s that landed here yesterday or the batch of sparkling like new classical CDs now on the shelf and all over the floor for $2.99 -7.99 in our classical room or the you-won’t-find-it-anywhere-else-in-town LPs Spiritual Jazz, Carolina Funk, and Bad Boy Butch Batson we now have stock on (while they last!). Oops don’t forget the indie store only stuff like Ollabelle Live.

Indeed, these are very crazy economic times, but several things are true regardless of the personal anxiety or media noise going on. One — supporting independent local business keeps our precious money here at home (a shout of thanks to Carl Sobinski of Sobi’s for a well said Op editorial in the Greenville Journal last week on this topic). Second — Music is a healing force. When you get something fairly cheap that goes with you in your car, your home and at work, that will last for years and gives pleasure over and over and especially is nice if you avail yourself of re-cycled (i.e. used) items like our CDs, LPs, DVDs, and books you are in one of the ultimate personal and economic rescue plans out there. And it’s right here on the Corner of Main Street and Stone Avenue. Never forget what my old blues rock favorites (apologies to Steve McGowan) Canned Heat sang about forty years ago:

“… united we stand, divided we fall.
C’mon now people get on the ball.
Let’s Work Together…”
That’s it…Come see us.

And Please Welcome Lauren Trapp to the Horizon staff. Big on records, especially 45’s, punk bands, Soul music, 60’s pop and French music stuff.