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Alcohol and Vinyl: A Deadly Mix!

Michael Fremer  |  Jun 11, 2012

An Australian record store owner recently had an idea: why not mix vinyl and alcohol? Thanks to changes in the liquor laws in Sydney, MOJO Music's Neville Sergent opened MOJO Record Bar.

I don't know about you, but the last thing I need is to get tipsy and then be confronted by a huge selection of vinyl. My resistance is low enough sober!

You can read the story here: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/about-town/shops-vinyl-solution-a-shot-of-rhythm-and-booze-20120610-204h6.html (Sorry there's no image associated with this story. We're awaiting reprint permission from the newspaper).

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deckeda's picture
Submitted by deckeda on Mon, 2012-06-11 12:06

I'd rather see a bar with a music-centric focus than one where the main "activity" is to talk above whatever the sportcasters are saying on one of the many loud TVs.

alan james's picture
Submitted by alan james on Mon, 2012-06-11 12:51

Is that section going to be viewable shortly.  I am most interested in the microscope story.  Thanks.

Devil Doc's picture
Submitted by Devil Doc on Tue, 2012-06-12 07:46

...an article about the folly of playing records drunk, a thing I learned not to do a long, long, time ago.

Doc

zoldar's picture
Submitted by zoldar on Tue, 2012-06-12 11:48

Actually I learned one of my favorite college-day bars has opened up an record store in the back!

Me and me mates couldn't believe our luck. We had a drink then went hunting for vinyl.

Playing them drunk is uhhmm well hey, it's only rock & Roll :) 

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Submitted by kfringe on Wed, 2012-06-13 18:10

Tipsy and viny is my favorite combination. In the basement below the bar where I married my wife (in the bar's former billiards room, in fact) was a record store that took far too much money from me when I'd wander down between drinks -- sometimes two or three times. Because leaving that Sun Ra behind was just a *mistake* of intolerable sobriety.

If you ever find yourself in Philly, be sure to hit up The Marvelous. It's not that it's great, but there's a congenial bar upstairs. And you'll never find another record store playing Bill Cosby's "Silver Throat."

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Submitted by Cody M. on Wed, 2012-06-13 19:11

Not a bar where you can buy drinks and then records, but Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville has a pretty regular "beer:30" that is free to people of age. Come in, have a locally made Yazoo brew and shop. Granted, not necessarily enough to get everyone wasted, but still a great time!

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Submitted by jgossman on Mon, 2012-06-18 06:26

Here in Louisville we have a new coffee shop/record store.  Enjoy it when you come to the biggest little city in the world!  Just ranked the most "livable" (whatever the hell that means) city in the US by the US conference of mayors!  

And no I'm neither a city employee, or an employee of P&T!

http://www.pleaseandthankyoulouisville.com/welcome/

geeker's picture
Submitted by geeker on Thu, 2013-05-16 00:52

For many decades now, consumers have listened to two forms of audio entertainment.192.168.1.1

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