Tips for Mental Flight from artist Lonnie Holley, Mysterious Recordings from 1930's Greece, & Revisiting the Portland Museum of Modern Art
Hello all,
Hope you are hanging in there okay. It’s been a busy time over here at Mississippi Records. New projects in the works, hawking wares on the internet where we can, and scheming and dreaming. Despair knocks on our door everyday, but we are not answering!. Keeping busy helps.
This week’s newsletter has 3 articles - advice from our favorite artist Lonnie Holley, a brief history of the mysterious Kostis of Greece, and some nostalgia about the Portland Museum Of Modern Art. There are links to our various online enterprises and free music services at the bottom of this newsletter.
We lost Matt Loomis, Andrew from Dead Moon’s brother, this week to cancer. He was rock n roll to the bone just like Andrew. A true character! He will be missed and our love goes out to the Loomis family.
Also sending love to all the Postal Workers out there. The Trump administration is trying to use this pandemic as an excuse to destroy them - so please make an effort to stand by your local post office.
Stay strong out there. If Mississippi Records can do anything for you, don’t hesitate to reach out. It’s like Andrew Loomis said - “There are silver ships and there are golden ships, but the greatest ships of all are friendships.”
Someday we’ll be dignified and old, together. Eric
Mississippi Records Newsletter
Volume Three- April 18, 2020
Table of Contents: I. Each Second That Comes Our Way Is the Future: Tips for Mental Flight from Lonnie Holley II. The Kostis Mystery III.The Portland Museum of Modern Art
Mississippi YouTube Mixes Because I have lost the luxury of DJing records in my record shop for a captive audience all day, I am now creating daily "youtube mixes" - 10 songs a day as long as this shut in continues https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt2giAvNmgcm-wnnCIlcmXA/playlists?view_as=subscriber Mississippi Records is still buying record collections in Portland! We are being selective, but our retail store is buying record collections during this pandemic. You can expect to receive 60% of the retail value of your records, but - keep in mind that's based on our retail shops usual cheap prices, not inflated internet prices. We are only buying in the Portland area and can do pickups. Happy to help you out with cash in this tough time - but please bare in mind we are bing selective on what we buy. If you are interested in selling, email -mississippierici@gmail.com Mississippi Store Gift Certificates Support the shop while we're closed with gift certificates by mail. Each gift certificate comes with special offers (see dropdown menu below).
Here's how it works: If you paypal, please include an address for us to send the gift certificate to. No need to specify what bonus prize you want until you come to the shop. Same if you mail us a check (Mississippi Records 5202 N Albina Ave Portland OR, 97217). You will only get the gift certificate by mail. Once we are re-opened, you can come in to redeem it for records and collect your bonus prizes. Gift certificates cannot be spent on our discogs store, website or bandcamp. (AND THANKS TO ALL WHO ALREADY PURCHASED THESE!)
Gift Cards + Prizes
Mississippi Records Website LIMITED TIME ONLY: 20% Off All Mississippi Titles! Flat $5 shipping no matter how much you order. New in stock: Moondog, Joe Meek, and brand new titles by Black Death and Impure from our friends at Wyrd War! Visit the site to get our label's records and tapes direct from us. We will continue to ship packages on a weekly basis as long as it's safe to do so. www.mississippirecords.net Temporary Mississippi Discogs We'll be adding at least 200 records to the site weekly. This online store will disappear the minute this pandemic is over. https://www.discogs.com/seller/mississippi-records/profile Mississippi Records Bandcamp There are hours and hours worth of albums available for free listening, and a whole lot of the releases are "pay what you want" if you want to download em. Check it out - https://mississippirecords.bandcamp.com/
Mississippi Home Stereo (Retail and Repair) Mississippi's home stereo shop is now operational though in a smaller capacity. we can still provide affordable stereo equipment and full systems, basic replacement parts (needles, belts, etc.), and tech support by direct communication. We are maintaining limited hours at the shop on Wednesday and Sunday from 1-5pm for pick up/drop off only, and are available by email most any time. Please don't hesitate to reach out for technical support, trouble shooting, or equipment questions. Music is life essential!, we're here to help you stay in tune and vitalized by supporting your ability to experience it. Please reach us here - mississippi.home.stereo@gmail.com Mississippi Records CSR Our Community Supported Records program directly supports the label. Get each Mississippi LP at a discount as it's released, no matter how limited, plus special schwag and gifts on occasion. Limited to 300 spots. The CSR contributions help us pay for record pressings and generally stay afloat. More details here: https://sites.google.com/site/mississippicsr/ Toody Cole / Junkstore Cowboy Toody Cole will be shuttering her Junkstore Cowboy Shop in our basement until the record shop reopens, but that does not mean you can't get your Dead Moon / Pierced Arrows / Rats / Range Rats / Tombstone schwag and records still from her badass online store. Dead Moon shirts look just as good on you around the house as out in the world - https://www.deadmoonusa.com/
