July 12, 2011
This is the last night my folks are in town, so I’m going to go meet them and my sisiter and her family for dinner. I thought afterwards I’d just take some random shots while wandering around in midtown. We’ll see if we can find some interesting place in a part of town that’s not too interesting.
Okay, dinner's over so we begin the evening with an obligatory elevator mirror shot with Gumby at my side.
And now we begin our random night out in midtown, let's see what we can find out here.
Here's a Duane Reade with a "Doctor On Premises." What they don't tell you is, it's Dr. Pepper, so if you've got a brain aneurism, you should keep going straight to the hospital.
Turn me on dead men, The Beatles are back! But they must close by Sept. 4th to get John and George back into their coffins.
Hey, there's the Late Show theater. Some drunk guy trashed the outside of the joint the other night. Let's go see the damages.
Wow, they fixed everything already. I guess when you're David Letterman your landlord moves quickly.
Colony Records! I forgot this place existed, and I'm amazed it's still here.
Look at all the different albums in the window.
Ha! Guitar air freshners. Okay, let's go inside and check this place out.
There's a whole case with Beatles stuff in it.
Here's Brian Epstein's book, "A Cellarful of Noise." I remember the National Lampoon satirizing The Beatles in one of their issues and they renamed the book, "A Cellarful of Boys."
Beatle hairdos!
I had this picture sleeve 45 as a kid. I think I traded it for a joint to someone when i was in high school. It now sells for three hundred bucks. Oops!
Here's a reprint of a vintage Beatles poster in the store.
And there's actual albums to flip through in here, what a treat! Let's take a look at some of them.
I always loved the Mothers of Invention album cover! RZZZZZ!
Pisces, Aquarius,Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. My favorite Monkees album.
Here' a copy of the original 3-D cover of "Their Satanic Majesties Request" by the Rolling Stones.
And the album that three out of four proctologists preferred back in 1967, "Bugaloo '67" by Johnny Colon and His Orchestra.
All in the family, Michael and Janet Jackson, together again!
And of course we all know that Abba spelled backwards is Abba.
One last in-store photo of James Dean and Lucy. I knew that this store has been on this block for over 60 years, but I didn't realize the history of this place till I got back home. I have to go back and document it further and talk to some employees, so stay tuned for that.
And this gentleman in the newsstand outside was nice enough to wave goodnight to everyone. See you tomorrow after dark.
Further reading and watching: Time Out New York, Manhattan Lullaby, StashinRecords and New York Magazine.
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