Aquarius Records

If you're buying metal and psych (and I always am) they are INDISPENSABLE. Its usually a highlight of being in SF for me to get to go there. Last time I was there my buddy Cl@y and I went about six times within a three day period. We were zombies for Aquarius.

The mailorder leaves a tiny bit to be desired in my experience, only because they've had a CD of mine on 'backorder' since before xmas, and have been holding the complete order until it arrives. I guess i could just ask them to send what they have now and cancel the damn Blues Creation CD, but I'm lazy.

Their online catalog will speak to the depth and breadth thereof. They have a particular taste for black metal and dark ambient stuff, so expect to find loads of it.

As far as ordering goes, one weird caveat is that they often have things "UNAVAILABLE OR OUT-OF-PRINT" when this simply means that their particular distributor(s) can't get it. However, I've been able to find many 'unavailable' items at other online retailers like Forced Exposure, Other Music, or even Amazon in a pinch.

I have had to cancel the odd piece of an order here and there when they weren't able to turn something up, but overall it's a great resource for just seeing what else is out there. And their new-releases bulletin is sufficiently different from other prominent online indie stores that it's worth revisiting each week.

In retrospect, this isn't a "weird" caveat at all... it's how all stores operate. Sorry, no idea what I was thinking at the time...

I've ordered 3 or 4 times from them now (I'm from the UK) and all my stuff has arrived without any problems.

DMX The Great Depression
I used to think Ice Cube had the most evil voice in hip hop. The voice I picture the devil having or some evil beast that returns to reign terror on the earth. But DMX may have finally outdone Cube. I mean his voice was always gravelly and deep and completely menacing, but too much of DMX's music was of the 'whooooah, put your hands in the air, wave em like you just don't care, whooooah, party, woooah...' variety. Slowly but surely, the music has begun to catch up with the voice and all that bloody/desolate imagery in all his videos and on all his album covers. Don't get me wrong, it's still super catchy, and you'll no doubt find your room vibrating at 2 in the morning, from some dude's boomin' system on the street outside, pumping 'The Great Depression', but this time around it's harder and colder and meaner. Still like a party, but like the party at the end of the world, on the edge of the abyss, smiling and mingling, trying to hide the fact that this shit is scaaaary!

Steve

White Hills has a new disk up there for sale, they teamed up with San Fran's White Pee. I am ordering now, and very very excited.

man, am i sick of whoever writes the reviews for their updates.

DOOOOOOOOOOOM!
LIMITED EDITION SO ACT FAST BEFORE THEY'RE GONE!
BORIS SHITS GOLD BRICKS!

some excellent lolz on this thread, would chuckle again.

For fans of Sunroof!/VCO/BCM. Sooooooooooooooo good! We could listen to this all week and write paragraph long sentences about it too, the thickest, grimiest, most blown-out bliss we've heard in a long time, so very very recommended!

Argh, how dare they like what they like???

...they like everything. more than everything else. it gets a bit cloying.

yeah, they're trying to sell stuff, i know. but it gets pavlovian with the "BORIS!" "SUPER LIMITED!" "ALREADY SOLD OUT!"

Why would you write negative reviews of albums you are trying to sell?

At least the reviews actually seem like they are written by people who have ya know listened to the records as opposed to just read the one sheet.

And they do write the odd negative (or disappointed) review actually.

as i said, they like every album better than the last album which they liked more than anything ever in the world; it's a bit much and those disappointed/negative reviews are few and far between.

points for: their reviews do read like they've heard the records, yeah, and lack the twatty "i was listening to this when you were in short pants" tone of, say, other music's reviews. (which was really funny when OM started carrying metal and tried to pass it off as something they had always, you know, meant to do...)

Gushing reviews T/S: Aquarius vs. Dusty Groove vs. Other Music!

(Also where is the fake Dusty Groove thread?)

(which was really funny when OM started carrying metal and tried to pass it off as something they had always, you know, meant to do...)

but Aquarius did THE SAME EXACT THING only about 3 years earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

i wasn't reading their stuff back then, duder, so i didn't know. besides, 2000 = noob, 2004 = POSEUR.

haha yeah see the Dusty Groove thread

I don't really have a problem with enthusiastic music fans writing in constant rhapsodic prose. It makes the times I actually agree with them strangely affecting.

(i think i even stood up for aquarius in some old thread... a few years later i just don't read anything and go for soundfiles, wonderful objective soundfiles.)

"but Aquarius did THE SAME EXACT THING only about 3 years earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

To be fair they did that because they hired a bunch of metalheads and they started writing reviews.

man, am i sick of whoever writes the reviews for their updates.

if I'm not mistaken the guy who revived this thread is one of said writers

so he's like astroturfing for orders?

I dunno what that means (I may be wrong anyway - looks like there's an Andi Mags in NY who's obviously not an Aquarius employee)

i meant "pretending to be a aquarius customer to get people to order whatever he was talking about," but it's probably not him.

AQ guy is Andee anyway.

ah. thanks for clearin that up

I get a kick out of their gushy reviews, but I always take them with a grain of salt. They are trying to sell records. Their enthusiasm is often contagious, but the sound clips serve to temper that in a lot of cases.

The only thing I actually get a little annoyed about is when they say something is "super super limited 700 copies" or whatever, and I listen to the sound file, decide I must have it, order it, and months later see two copies sitting on their shelf. Probably isn't their fault or anything - maybe the discs just didn't sell.

I dig AQ because they still write reviews unlike many of the online mail order companies that regurgitate the same reviews circulating like viruses across the internet.

AQ does need to learn the concept of breaking up text/negative space and increasing its font size. Yes, the reviews would take up more space, but they would be so much easier to read.

I'm a total sucker for the 3-sentence post-it review @ Aquarius.

Probably because I don't have to worry that I'm spending 1/2 my paycheck on a single release. If it sucks, then that's OK.

Other Music got rid of their metal section! It was certainly slim pickins but always nice for a browse.

Also, AQ have always been super-super-super dudes to me! Love to order from them lots. A++++ will buy from again!

But don't answer your cell phone in the store (whoops)

I will own up to that one being my fault.

Haha! Whiney, that happened to me as well. They slowly increased the volume of whatever noise they were playing before holding up a sign that said I needed to go outside. I found the experience fairly obnoxious when they could've just tapped me on the shoulder. Ah well, I still order from them.

I'm still proud of being checkmark #187 on the Aquarius "Who bought copies of the Conet Project box set?" tally poster.

AQ guy is Andee anyway.

-- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, July 3, 2007 5:31 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

andee = indee

DOOOOOOOOOOOM!
LIMITED EDITION SO ACT FAST BEFORE THEY'RE GONE!
BORIS SHITS GOLD BRICKS!

...

For fans of Sunroof!/VCO/BCM. Sooooooooooooooo good! We could listen to this all week and write paragraph long sentences about it too, the thickest, grimiest, most blown-out bliss we've heard in a long time, so very very recommended!

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

from this week's list:

And of course, limited, only 500 copies!
Essential!
So lovely.
Recommended.
SUPER LIMITED! ONLY 300 COPIES!!
LIMITED TO 324 COPIES!!
ONLY ONE PER CUSTOMER!!!
LIMITED TO 116 COPIES, each one hand numbered!!
And as always LIMITED TO 100 COPIES.
Gorgeous.
Recommended!
Recommended.
SO recommended.
Definitely recommended.
Recommended as if you couldn't tell already.
So awesome!
LIMITED TO 100 COPIES!
Highly recommended!
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES.
Simply beautiful.
Only 300 copies.
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES!!
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. Each tape hand numbered.
So good!
Excellent!
Either way, totally recommended.

Haha

aQ are awesome, They always get me stuff In that I cant find elsewhere and they keep stuff on hold for a month until I can afford to pay and things like that. Always very friendly too.

I like that the recommended list is about three times as long as the "selected new arrivals" this week too. Sign that I am getting old is that I've heard of maybe three or so of the bands on the frontpage.

rules. also, they take paypal now.

am0n perfectly sums up why i hate their new releases list anymore. except the sound samples. those sound samples are SOOOOOOO SWOONSOME, guys.

also: DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
ACT NOW OR YOU'RE STUCK WITH EBAY

first world problems

not really into the new site design either http://www.aquariusrecords.com/

why the hell are there limited runs of cd-rs? is it that hard to keep a cd burner going?

What do you have against Sum 41?!

http://www.aquariusrecords.com/images/aq_recent_crownedking.jpg

why the hell are there limited runs of cd-rs? is it that hard to keep a cd burner going?

artificial scarcity. if it's not limited edition, is it really worth buying?

I've thought that too, but for the more deluxe cd-r releases I'd guess it's more that you'd make all the artwork in one go. And then crap out the next one.

I once bought a Burmese CD from tUMULt before Andee took the reins at Aquarius. He left me a nice note with the disk, which I really appreciated.

http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/features.php?whichlh=77

Really sick of the limited to 500 copies stuff, too. I really wanted to check out that Cave LP/CD thing, but I guess I don't check the site fast enough.

Another thing that's happened at least twice that I can remember is liking a sample on their site, waiting for months to get a limited to 500 copies CD, then going in the store three months later and seeing it sitting on the shelf with dust on it. Grr.

I don't quite understand the scenario you are talking about. Did they tell you they didn't have a copy and then they did and then really had one all along?

V/A "I’m Sorry And I Miss You" - a black metal re-envisioning of Slint's “Spiderland” album, featuring Leviathan, Draugar, Nachtmystium and more...
V/A "I’m Sorry And I Miss You" - a black metal re-envisioning of Slint's “Spiderland” album, featuring Leviathan, Draugar, Nachtmystium and more...
V/A "I’m Sorry And I Miss You" - a black metal re-envisioning of Slint's “Spiderland” album, featuring Leviathan, Draugar, Nachtmystium and more...
V/A "I’m Sorry And I Miss You" - a black metal re-envisioning of Slint's “Spiderland” album, featuring Leviathan, Draugar, Nachtmystium and more...

^^^ going to be 1000x better than the slint record.

it's kind of a shame that the only black metal stuff he seems to care about is leviathan and stuff that sounds like leviathan but lacking in imagination.

i'm sure the store stocks lots of great stuff, no?
never been, not on their mailing list, so i'm only guessing.
i'm kind of a black metal tourist myself; i like emperor and a few darkthrone records, but beyond that.. if someone plays it, i'll listen, but you know.

V/A "I’m Sorry And I Miss You" - a black metal re-envisioning of Slint's “Spiderland” album, featuring Leviathan, Draugar, Nachtmystium and more..

whoa!

i love leviathan, nachmystium and slint! perfect!

^^^ going to be 1000x better than the slint record.

no

okay, have it your way.

Could be an interesting novelty, I guess. Is the release date listed anywhere?

Funny to hear so much worship of Slint now when long ago the debate was whether they were better than Squirrel Bait. I'm still not sure, and kinda edge toward SB.

slint are a very overrated band.
not a bad band, but just an overrated one.
they're no codeine, fer instance. ;)

Slint's best moments are sublime. But consistency wasn't their strong suit. SB's output, though only great, was relatively uniform.

Closing! Reopening under the new ownership of Superior Viaduct
http://aquariusrecords.org/cat/5025.html

Beloved Customers and Friends:

So, today you would normally be seeing a new New Arrivals list. But instead, we're doing an special in-betweener (the one we skipped last week), because we've got some BIG news.

After a combined 40+ years at the shop, aQuarius OverlOrds Andee and Allan have decided it's getting to be time for us to move on. We'll be in touch again real soon to let you know about all the whys, wherefores, and what-are-they-gonna-be-doings...

For now, we just want to let you know that the shop WILL continue and many exciting changes & improvements are on the way, including a much-expanded vinyl inventory, both new and used!

While our decision wasn't an easy one, we're super happy that we've found the right people to work with the current aQuarius staff to carry on aQ's unique mission and legacy of "getting the music to the people".

Starting next month, our friends at Superior Viaduct will be taking over ownership of aQuarius. You may know Superior Viaduct as a fantastic archival label that is always reissuing really cool music in a variety of interesting genres - including many essential releases we've made Records Of The Week in the past - but they also have a great record store over in Oakland called Stranded.

We really couldn't think of a much better fit than Superior Viaduct / Stranded to whom to pass the torch. At the end of the day, it's all about discovering great music, being enthusiastic about the bands and artists we love, and sharing that passion with others. AQ and SV have similar "tastes" in many ways, and we know they'll do a great job and be worthy successors.

In the coming weeks, you will see the usual faces behind the counter as well as some new ones.

AQ's Valencia St. shop will continue to operate as usual until Monday July 4th. Then, after some renovations & remodeling, the store will re-open under the Stranded banner on Friday July 29th.

The aQuarius website & mail-order will also operate as usual for the time being and orders will be fulfilled by Superior Viaduct. Our usual New Arrivals List, however, will be going on indefinite hiatus as of now, though you'll still be receiving email updates containing more details about all these developments. For one thing, we will definitely be having a party to welcome the new overlords and celebrate the shop's continued survival!

Andee and Allan want to thank all our customers for their support and friendship over the years - aQuarius has been an amazing, hugely important part of our lives and it will continue to be. In fact, we have plans to FINALLY compile, edit and publish the "Big Book of aQ Reviews" that we've always wanted to, so you'll be hearing more about that project soon too!

bummer. i got to go there in person in december after many many years of mail ordering and it was a very nice experience. best record store.

aw, i haven't had time to go through their new arrivals lists in years but i'm bummed by this news

A lot of people are all "ARRRGH" and I'm all "Well...but it's still going to be an esoteric record store!" I mean it's not becoming, I dunno, artisanal ground glass central or something like that. I'm happily going to keep giving it a chance; my one question will be the stated turn towards more vinyl, given my CD purchasing. So we'll see.

yeah i hear you but aQ had such a singular point of view for a long time and that's definitely going to change

Their new arrivals lists were one of the best resources out there. I'm sad to hear this.

xpost -- Granted, but it evolved over time, much as the store moved locations throughout the city. I'm not handwaving -- hell, I live just five, six blocks from it -- but I think it's worth considering the reasons too why the decision was made. Andee and Allan are people who made their own call much like Windy Chien did before them, and you have to allow them that above all else. This is worth reading:

https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/06/17/aquarius-records-san-franciscos-oldest-independent-record-store-has-been-sold/

that's a good read, and it's totally fair for those guys to move on. i'll just miss their aesthetic--i found a ton of cool stuff combing through aQ lists.

Once you got past every album being The Best Thing Ever I did enjoy their new arrivals I've been reading them a long time; they've had a tangible effect on my taste in music. I do order from them occasionally still despite being the other side of the Atlantic. Hope this isn't too much of a bad change

the book of reviews sounds cool

the superior viaduct people are awesome, though, so it's in good hands.

I dont really consider this sad news - its not like they're being evicted or going out of business.

For me it's really the loss of the new arrivals. I can't imagine how much time it took to put those not-particularly-short reviews together. The comment about "Best Thing Ever" is completely OTM, but it was pretty easy to read around it. They were by far the best source I found post-internet for info on things that weren't going to get coverage anywhere else, and seemed the closest in tone to the 90s music zines that I used to read. I know I'll be ordering the book when it's available.

They published a nice little fanzine recently collecting a number of them, almost a trial run for the book if you like. They might still have copies, I got mine the other week.

the dudes at aq have way better taste than the sv dude who seems to reissue shit that doesnt even need to be reissued just to say he did it.

Will miss this store quite a lot even if current incarnation can never mean quite as much to me as the cozier Noe St version I lived at from ages 17-20.

the sv dude who seems to reissue shit that doesnt even need to be reissued just to say he did it.

hahaha, I have definitely felt that way about some of his releases. He has recently started a "new label" to release new material, and it has a different name ... I still don't understand why. I think you actually walked up when I was about to ask this "challenging" question!

i don't know, not everything S.V. has reissued is equally worthy, but on the whole it shows good and eclectic taste, which bodes well for a record store (i haven't been to the cleveland store).

frankly there was plenty of trainspotting dubious stuff aquarius championed, but that's fine; it's part of the exploration the store (and others like it) encouraged.

for me it isn't about "trainspotting" or "dubious" stuff -- it's that the record or its contents were widely available already, like the DNA one and the Branca Ascension.

that said, the Inflatable Boy Clams record is great, and I wouldn't have heard it without the S.V. reissue

was the DNA record widely available on vinyl? i'm not a format fetishist, so i don't really care, but if it was just on CD then it would make sense to make it available in a kind of replica of the original issue for people who are into those things.

I dont really consider this sad news - its not like they're being evicted or going out of business.

it is very sad news insofar as the continuity of the business has been a huge deal. there is a family of people connected to & through Aquarius who've been championed by them and turned on to new music by them for many, many years. for me it's the end of a business who was on my side when almost nobody had any idea who I was or what to make of my stuff.

I had a chance to swing by today and chat with Allan and a couple of other folks who were there -- informal talk, won't go into full details. But Allan definitely seemed content that it had worked out as best as possible, while acknowledging that the force of feeling from people was a moving surprise. It sounds like the website itself will live on as a memorial/resource of sorts, and other things were mentioned, so wait on word. Staff folks said they're all keeping their jobs too as indicated so that's nice to hear.

that's nice that they are keeping the website up. when twisted village in cambridge went under, IIRC they took the whole website, album descriptions and all, down with it, which was too bad.

An upscale vinyl reissue store is probably the only way a neighborhood record store can survive. Fuck. Aquarius' new arrivals list was the closest living thing to an old Factsheet Five zine of weirdos who are creatively incompatible from the entire you/yourbrand/social/streaming/online blarghfest. It was never my local record store, but good grief the list has affected my taste and p.o.v. on the world.One of my most favorite albums ever is a recording of undersea events recorded by hydrophones that out DROOOOOONES* anything by Alan Lamb, old Phillips synth-wizards, etc.. I love it, and without Aquarius stuff like that wouldn't exist. The world is an emptier place.

*Drink once whenever the word "DOOOOOOOOOM" is used in a New Arrivals List. Drink twice if a customer asks what it is.

Eternally proud to be #185 on Aquarius' list of Conet Project purchasers.

I will add that there's definitely a little pushback to SV about making it *all* vinyl, which might be their intent. I offered up that the model could be something like Factory Records in Costa Mesa where Dave maintains a couple of cases of CDs that he doesn't add to with new orders, but is happy to sell to folks if they ask, while the occasional further used CDs trickle in. Turns out Allan knows the store and Noise Noise Noise well! Anyway, we'll see what shakes down.

i think ned should take it over. to heck with those other hipster doofuses.

The Shoegeezer Nedporium!

also, can i blame Aquarius for the glut of tedious one man USBM all those years ago? i think i will anyway.

but best of luck to them.

count me among those who found their "Best Thing Ever" reviews kind of charming -- you had to take it w/ several grains of salt, but the enthusiasm was usually refreshing.

I didn't mean to be flippant about Aquarius positive role in the music scene, locally and otherwise, just that I guess I was prepared for this story to be a whole lot worse (which is why I referenced evictions/being forced out of business etc.) and knowing that it's a voluntary decision makes it a little easier to be more philosophical (as opposed to depressed) about the passage of a great thing. They were always good to me and I always liked shopping there.

they sure lasted a lot longer than most record stores! they have a lot to be proud of.

I will add that there's definitely a little pushback to SV about making it *all* vinyl, which might be their intent.

yeah, i'm definitely pushing back ...

A short hail and farewell

http://nedraggett.tumblr.com/post/146907900562/today-aquarius-records-closes-after-a-forty-year

There was a low key celebration of aQ yesterday at the Make Out Room hosted by Andee and Allan -- it was also an impromptu fundraiser for the Ghost Ship fire victims, which was good to see. (Raised almost $400 all told IIRC.) Didn't stay for the full length but was around to be filmed for a documentary that is being put together about the store, which I gather is near completion.

So I've heard rumors there was going to be a new Aquarius store set up by former employees? Heard anything about that, Ned? The guy who told me is kinda... slightly shady. But was apparently involved in the old store at some point.

Hm. I haven't heard anything specifically about that, but I can ask around. Nobody mentioned it yesterday, but I wasn't talking to everybody.

A few days ago, I realized that the zillions of old AQ reviews have vanished from the internet. It was such an amazing resource for reading about lots of music that flew well-under the radar. RIP AQ.

My understanding is that there's going to be an archive of some sort, but I should follow up.

Eight hours of hits from Aquarius: http://www.whydoyoulikeit.com/2016/12/over-eight-hours-of-aq-hits.html

Nice!

So as I said a couple of years ago about a post-closure hail and farewell:

Didn't stay for the full length but was around to be filmed for a documentary that is being put together about the store, which I gather is near completion.

And that is out next year...but enjoy the first seven minutes. Lots of, how you say, familiar names:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0ab_cI65E

nice!

new store that took its place kinda sucks tbh

Not a fan, no.

And another clip!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6bU7KqYP54

enjoyed both of those clips, looking forward to the film! I'll never forget my first time going into Aquarius in the late 80s when it was on 24th St in Noe Valley. I think I ended up buying a cassette of Surfer Rosa. I fell in love with the store that day

Watched that last night, a few times. Didn't expect that last ilxor cameo near the end, very nice!

I still think about their weekly email lists all the time, nothing was like those in your inbox. I'd ordered from them for years, but had never had a chance to go. In January of 2016 we booked a trip to San Francisco that was to take place in September, since it was at the top of my list for places to visit I was really bummed when I heard the news. Still made the trek down to see the sign and check out the new Stranded, which was a disappointment. At the time I put it down to still getting going, but sounds like it hasn't really improved much.

Didn't expect that last ilxor cameo near the end, very nice!

Odd thing was I didn't even recall filming that bit! We were mostly filming inside the Make Out Room.

Okay! So the long in the works documentary is about to get its premiere. If you're in the area or will be, June 3rd at the Roxie

https://sfdocfest2022.eventive.org/schedule/6266fa524f915800bc1a9d73

If you're not in the area, you'll be able to watch live in early June as part of the festival streaming setup:

https://watch.eventive.org/sfdocfest2022/play/626d8a60dfc81600dd8deaa6

I loved the knowledge and recommendations of the Aquarius staff, and had amazing conversations with them over the years (Windy Chien, Andee Connors, Allan Horrocks, Jim Haynes)

Not the first time I've said it, nor will it be the last, but I really miss their emails and recommendations. Sure, there are other sources out there, like Forced Exposure, but none that scratches the same itch as Aquarius did.

Aquarius was hilarious — those emails always got me to buy something just based on the wild enthusiasm. Totally fun.

Just off the top of my head, I have Aquarius emails for introducing me to Loop, Wooden Shjips, Weakling and Gnod and for filling in my Circle and Pharaoah Overload collections.

insert a "to thank" in there

I think everyone who owns the Weakling album bought it because of Aquarius

haha fair

It is a good album, though!

Got to see the early cut of said documentary the other day -- a very enjoyable and moving treat, and yes I am in it briefly in the opening credits and with a small but I think very well chosen bit near the end. Without really spoiling, I can say both Circle and the CONET project get some time -- no Merzbox mention but Merzbow does crop up in various contexts.

Can't wait to see this!

Get those online tickets as I mentioned and you can soon!

Online tickets ordered!

And it's live for streaming! Again, the link:

https://watch.eventive.org/sfdocfest2022/play/626d8a60dfc81600dd8deaa6

And yes indeed I'm in it briefly, at the start in the titles as noted earlier and with a quick bit at the end, but mostly it's others' stories to rightly tell.

Unfortunately life interfered in June and I didn't get to stream while it was available as part of that festival. Keep hoping there's news of a wider streaming or way to purchase this outright, but still seems to be limited to one-off screenings now and then. Looks like LA, NY, Arizona, Utah and.... Portugal on the list.

Can't believe it's been three whole years since the first footage came out!

Still waiting to see this. Hope one of these years it gets a proper release on streaming or.... anything. Seems like it's just slowly rolling out one festival screening at a time, every four to five months.

Screening coming up Sunday in North Carolina, with John Darnielle, among others! Wish I was closer, starting to feel really nervous that this is never going to get a release beyond one-off screenings.

https://catscradle.com/event/it-came-from-aquarius-records/cats-cradle-back-room/carrboro-north-carolina/

among others!

*coughs gently*

Ha, I meant that John will actually be at this specific screening!

Ah now that is true!

Okay, good news for folks if you've not seen it yet:

"It Came From Aquarius Records" the feature length documentary about the beloved, esoteric San Francisco record store announces its streaming debut via Amazon Prime begins in July.

yay! i will finally get to see it!

I'm so looking forward to seeing this, though looks like that Amazon thing didn't quite happen yet. This was posted on the official Facebook just yesterday:

This was a nice surprise!! Another ‘best of’ award for It Came From Aquarius Records!! Thanx a time to the folks at #internationaldocumentaryfilmfestival !Look for the film in the coming months in Amazon - deets soon!

Does the doc talk about when Windy and a couple others protested the Job's Daughters*/Sun City Girls (?) show by throwing paint at the performers for performing in yellow face/kabuki?

My memory of this is v. hazy, pretty sure it was Bottom Of The Hill in the 90s, not having any luck finding anything on the internet of course.

*ft members of TFUL282, Caroliner, The Double U, etc.

It was a different TFUL282 offshoot:

http://www.markprindle.com/heavenly.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iw9-mzMgZc

Wow thank you jabers.... My memory is obviously rather compromised in my convalescence.

But just 👀 at this BK quote:

And I thought, "Here's someone who runs an underground record store, selling odious shit like Pavement and the Mountain Goats, and she considers herself less of an assimilationist than Indians running an Indian music store in Nashville? Or a Cantonese opera singer from Kowloon?"

Well that's all a snapshot in time, isn't it.

Brently went on to be in Neung Phak fwiw

thats not B.O.T.H. tho right?

Chameleon which was on Valencia btw 19th & 20th which turned into Amnesia (anyone remember The Chatterbox?).

In my mind I confused the show with Sun City Girls/3 Day Stubble show at BOTH which was also CONTROVERSIAL.

I think Pants Yell were on this label. Their show at the Cake Shop was an early memory.

So the official Facebook page mentioned some "cool news" coming in September that never materialized, and nothing at all since. It'd be really nice if 2024 was finally the year it was able to be seen without traveling to sparse private screenings.

I'd gladly pay to stream it. And I'd really gladly pay for a reprint of the "new wave music is our specialty" shirt!

Yeah, I'm absolutely ready to pay for watching this in any format.

Heh, guess this thread will be just me bumping it for my periodic disappointment over it seemingly being stuck perpetually in limbo.

Even the official Facebook page for it, which used to update on upcoming screenings and developments has turned into just updates on what the guy who runs it is listening to/reading.

Even a word of encouragement that things are in the works would be nice, but I guess this thing is just kinda dead now.

Ha, and here is said word of encouragement. Looking at August 2024 on a streaming service yet to be determined. From the official Facebook page:

Finally! I can finally say that the Aquarius Records doc will be hitting the streaming networks in August 2024. Locked in a distributor - MVD Entertainment Group - who is helping get this thing out there. Stay tuned for details on the streaming premiere date and what channels will carry it!