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Talked to @RecklessRecords @ToneDeafRecords about
#Chicago's indie record stores
#SavetheUSPS
@recordstoreday
and then ended up dropping my entire unspent concerts budget on supporting the music community. https://twitter.com/chicagohazemag/status/1295722176679747585?s=20
#Chicago's indie record stores
#SavetheUSPS
@recordstoreday
and then ended up dropping my entire unspent concerts budget on supporting the music community. https://twitter.com/chicagohazemag/status/1295722176679747585?s=20
Tim @ Squeezebox Books & Music in Evanston does not kid around when he says his store is happy to accommodate. He's holding the new @JasonIsbell for me & ordering some @chrisleehutson and @carlyraejepsen for me just because I asked. THE BEST 
https://www.facebook.com/SqueezeboxBooks/
https://www.facebook.com/SqueezeboxBooks/
Even though Chicago's records stores are still here, Chicago's live music venues are almost not. @imLeor @Chicago_Reader talked to 17 people from 22 Chicago venues about what's happening with them, and it's...not optimal https://twitter.com/Chicago_Reader/status/1289668984170860546?s=20
Re: supporting Chicago venues: did you know that donating to @MetroChicago's GoFundMe can net you perks like
-merch
-tickets to upcoming shows
-getting your name on the iconic Metro Marquee?
(I did not, until yesterday) https://gf.me/u/yjpdz9
-merch
-tickets to upcoming shows
-getting your name on the iconic Metro Marquee?
(I did not, until yesterday) https://gf.me/u/yjpdz9
Did you know that @LincolnHall @Schubas have gift cards you can purchase to support them now? (and they don't have expiration dates?) https://lh-st.com/merchandise/lincoln-hall-schubas-gift-card/
Besides intimate outdoor Summer Stage shows and To Go concerts delivered to your yard, @evanstonspace also has pandemic-specific merch! https://www.evanstonspace.com/shop-merch/give-me-some-space-tee-leaf
The music industry really is on the precipice of changing forever, and you should contact your Congresspeople with @nivassoc's form (it does literally take 30 seconds) or with a call about #SaveOurStages #RESTARTAct https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1294282663659012096?s=20
You can also donate to @nivassoc & @civlchi, as @Kristin_Stahlke details here, and #WearAMask to #SaveOurStages https://twitter.com/chicagohazemag/status/1293292250944987138?s=20
Like sports, live music is the reward for a functioning society. https://www.startribune.com/nats-sean-doolittle-sports-are-like-the-reward-of-a-functional-society/571645722/
Please **take & encourage nationwide actions to limit the spread of the virus,** as that is the real problem giving us all these societal symptoms. (you didn't predict that this was going to turn into a #scicomm thread, did you?) https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1283022409361174529?s=20
Anyway, if the story at the top of this thread doesn't have enough Chicago record store COVID content for you, check out @JoshhTerry's @NoiseyMusic story from last week, which has more on stores' RSD worries: https://twitter.com/NoiseyMusic/status/1295117130761994245?s=20
