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Paul Daugherty
Paul Daugherty has been an Enquirer sports columnist since 1994 and has been chronicling Cincinnati sports since 1988. He has covered almost every major sporting event in America, as well as five Summer Olympics. Along the way, he has been named one of the country's top-5 sports columnists four times, and Ohio columnist of the year on seven different occasions. Last year, he was voted 2nd-best sports columnist in the country, by the Associated Press Sports Editors.

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Saturday, March 25, 2006

everybody's records

There are places where you live that you would miss forever if you moved. One of those places for me is Everybody's Records, in Pleasant Ridge. I stop there every few months, just to see what's new. It never disappoints.

A bad thing about the wireless age is the easy access to free or cheap downloadable music, if only because it pushes to the brink places like Everybody's. Back when I covered college sports, 15 and 20 years ago, I spent lots of time scouting used record stores on or near campuses. In the wireless age, those places are about as common as 8-track tapes.

Everybody's has survived, thankfully. I stopped in yesterday, on the way to the Mike Thomas mea culpa/spin session and the Mick Cronin coronation complete with cheerleaders and pep band. I picked up 2 cds I'd been looking for for ages: Lou Reed's Rock and Roll Animal and Dickey Betts' 1st solo album, Highway Call. I have both on record. After 20 years, they sound like popcorn popping. Animal has an amazing live version of Sweet Jane; Highway has some vintage Dickey guitar work, and some tasty pickin' and grinnin'... all for 13 bucks, total. Props to Everybody's Records. Live big.


5 Comments:

at 7:29 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daugherty goes into a store, makes a purchase?

This must be what the Enquirers death throes look like.

They've now resorted to giving it away for 6, 12, 18 months at a time because they can't find any new people to buy it anymore.

They sell it for half price during the week and a 3rd off on Sunday.

Can you say dinosaur media? Sure you can. :)

 
at 5:20 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Props to Paul Daugherty for the "Everybody's Records" blog entry. In this day & age of big box Best Buys on every corner, Daugherty has identified a local business that helps make Cincinnati special - and not just another mid-sized Midwestern metropolis.

 
at 9:10 AM Anonymous Anonymous said...

Paul, if you're a fan of Everybody's Records, you'd probably enjoy Shake-It Records over in Northside. It's similar to Everybody's, but it has its own vibe. See: www.shakeitrecords.com. And no, I don't have a stake in the business. I'm just a record collector with limited funds.

 
at 9:52 AM Blogger EMC said...

I was going to post a reco of Shake-It and then I saw there already was one. But I definitely second that emotion.

 
at 7:23 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

sometimes it seems like people in this city only support clifton and northside businesses. not that they shouldn't, but other parts of the city need your dollars too. shake it is a great store, but it's not the only one in this city, nor should it be. variety is the spice of life and it's what makes a city liveable. support local independent business and switch it up from time to time.

 
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