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IN THE RECORD EXCHANGE GIFT SHOP: COOL KITCHENWARE FOR CHRISTMAS!

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So, what exactly is the “Beyond” in Bed, Bath and Beyond? We think it’s short for “Beyond Lame.”

Then again, The Record Exchange Gift Shop has an assortment of kitchenware that we’d throw into a “who’s got the cooler stuff?” contest any day of the week. So we’re a bit bias.

As for you, chances are you have someone on your list who needs something for the kitchen. Or maybe you’re throwing a holiday party and need a conversation starter. Either way, whether it’s for eating, drinking, cooking or serving, you’re bound to find what you need in our kitchenware collection, which includes:

• Sustainable Futures drinking glasses, vases and candle holders made from recycled wine bottles.

• Record Exchange coffee mugs, shot glasses and cups.

• Funky stuff from Fred, including the Winestein (a beer stein inside a wine glass) and Yumbots Robot Cupcake Models (pictured).

• The Mustache Egg Fryer (doubles as a cookie cutter).

• Unique ice tray molds.

• Musical cooking utensils.

• Much, much more!

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SUPPORT LOCAL RADIO AT PRACTICE NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY SATURDAY!

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Radio Boise‘s 5th Annual Practice New Year’s Eve Party is Saturday (6 p.m. to midnight) at “The Showroom” on 10th and Idaho streets downtown (also known as the old Sleep With Grace storefront in the Empire Building). Beer and wine by Bitter Creek and other local merchants! $5 donation at the door. All proceeds will benefit Radio Boise’s efforts to begin broadcasting on 89.9 FM in April 2011!

This year’s line-up includes Mickey The Jump, Junior Rocket Scientist, Jonn E. Combat and Boy Eats Drum Machine. PNYE will also feature your favorite Radio Boise DJs, hourly countdowns and a mirror ball drop! Boise Rock School will kick off the festivities.

Just a few of the dozens of silent auction items donated by cool, local businesses:

Record Exchange Gift Cards and merch pack
Three nights in a Cabo San Lucas condo
Cruiser bike from Boise Bicycle Project
3 nights in a Teton Valley cabin for eight people
Bogus Basin passes
Ryan Bingham tickets
Books, artwork and gift certificates

Read about the event in the Boise Weekly and Idaho Statesman.

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NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: BEYONCE LIVE!

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On Thanksgiving night, viewers who were tuned into ABC caught the network premiere of Beyonce‘s I Am … World Tour special. The 90-minute concert film documents the singer’s 2009 international tour in support of her 2008 I Am … Sasha Fierce album.

Bonus features include a live soundtrack and a 40-page collection of never-before-seen photos from Beyonce’s journey around the world. The film was directed and edited by Beyonce, who says that it took nine months to fine tune the footage before it was ready for release. Highlights of the DVD include Beyonce’s 98th concert performance in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where her husband Jay-Z joined her onstage to perform their 2003 collaboration “Crazy in Love.”

OTHER NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES:

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice DVD
Knight and Day DVD
Parks and Recreation Season 2 DVD
Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 DVD
Michael Douglas Film Collection DVD
Looney Tunes: Foghorn Leghorn and Friends DVD
Looney Tunes: Tweety and Sylvester DVD

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RECORD EXCHANGE THINKINDIE DIGITAL STORE: OFF! FIRST FOUR EPs, CHRISTINE OWMAN, SHADOW SHADOW SHADE!

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• NEW RELEASES:

Christine Owman Throwing Knives $9.99 (ThinkIndie exclusive!)

OFF! First Four EPs $8.99 (ThinkIndie exclusive pre-release!)

Shadow Shadow Shade Shadow Shadow Shade

Shipping News One Less Heartless to Fear (win a free T-shirt!)

Destroyer Archer on the Beach

Ladytron Ace of Hz

Deer Tick Holy Shit, It’s Christmas!

… And You Will Know Us … Summer of All Dead Souls

Gil Scott-Heron NY is Killing Me

Cake Sick of You

Dark Horses Alone

Simian Mobile Disco Delicacies

MORE HERE

• NEW RELEASE OF THE WEEK: OFF! FIRST FOUR EPs

We are more than super excited to be the first download store to offer the first full group of songs from the band OFF! Inspired by bands like Black Flag and California punk bands of yore, they are pushing an honest and straightforward dose of punk rock.

The band formed by Keith Morris (Circle Jerks/Black Flag) also features Burning Brides guitarist Dimitri Coats on guitar, Redd Kross bassist Steven Shane Mcdonald and Hot Snakes/Earthless/Rocket From The Crypt drummer Mario Rubalcaba. All of these players bring real skills and the proper attitude to this project. The songs are short bursts of pure energy with no interference or overthinking getting in the way. Find out more info on the physical box set by checking out the blog.

PREVIEW/BUY ALBUM HERE
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK HERE

• THINKINDIE EXCLUSIVE: CHRISTINE OWMAN

This young lady has already started to build up a reputation of explosive live shows: headbanging to obscure movie projections from the ’20s and ’30s, playing the saw, the cello, the ukulele and singing through effect pedals.

Born in Sweden, Christine Owman lived a couple of years in the States as a child. She has worked and toured with a number of talented, well-known artists in different constallations throughout the years; members of the Cardigans (Magnus Svenningsson, Lasse Johansson and Bengt Lagerberg), Bebe Risenfors (Tom Waits and Elvis Costello’s bands), Erik Nilsson (Irya’s Playground, Ane Brun’s and Nina Kinert’s bands), Conny Nimmersjo (Bob Hund), Ebbot Lundberg (The Soundtrack of Our Lives), Ola Frick (Moonbabies), Cecilia Nordlund (Cilihili, Fever Ray), Irya Gmeyner and Andi Almqvist.

Owman has been touring all over Europe these past months – from Russia to the UK to Iceland. She recently toured Canada for the first time, where she played at Calgary Opera Centre (during Sled Island) and sold out all her merch on her first show in Canada!

BUY ALBUM HERE

• ARTIST TO WATCH: SHADOW SHADOW SHADE (ONLY $5.99!)

L.A. buzz band Shadow Shadow Shade release their debut album Shadow Shadow Shade on Public Records. It jumps out the gate with “Is This A Tempest In The Shape Of A Bell,” which sounds like Brian Eno fronting early Pink Floyd.

I guess it’s no wonder that this seven-piece band see themselves as a big art project more than a rock group. The members include a producer, an opera singer (you can’t miss her) and various other art type folks. The vocal arrangements are quite startling in their complexity and tonal quality.

I guess the thing that really gets me about this group, is the depth of the music and the vision put into the entire project. From the cover art to individual notes, you can tell they give a shit. They conjure bands like the Mama’s And Papas, Queen, Roxy Music and the already mentioned Pink Floyd. The new album’s on sale for $5.99, which makes it easy to afford. I promise the music is not cheap and it will keep you wondering where these guys have been hiding all these years. – radiofreedavis@thinkindie

BUY ALBUM HERE
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK HERE

• SHIPPING NEWS CONTEST – WIN A T-SHIRT!

Purchase Shipping News‘ One Less Heartless to Fear album in the RX ThinkIndie Digital Store and get automatically entered to win a free T-shirt from the band!

BUY ALBUM HERE

• A FEAST OF FABULOUS FREELOADS!

One of the coolest things about the Record Exchange ThinkIndie Digital Store is the crazy amount of free downloads.

Seriously, each week new freebies are added to the Freeloads section, and these aren’t just streams — we’re talking fully downloadable and burnable 320KB DRM-free files.

Here’s a look at some new additions:

Destroyer Chinatown
Girls Heartbreaker
KORT (Kurt Wagner/Courtney Tidwell) Wild Mountain Berries
East River Pipe Cold Ground
Bardo Pond Don’t Know About You
Girl Problems Sancho
Shadow Shadow Shade Is This a Tempest
OFF! (Keith Morris of Black Flag/Circle Jerks) Upside Down
Many more HERE

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You go now: recordexchange.thinkindie.com

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A SPECIAL CD FOR A SPECIAL CAUSE AVAILABLE AT THE BONUS CLUB SALE

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The Record Exchange is honored to offer a special local CD release featuring the late Charley Mixon at our annual Bonus Club Sale on Monday, Dec. 6. Proceeds from the Mista Cha’ley CD, limited to 250 copies, will benefit the The Allumbaugh House.

Here’s more information on the CD from Charley’s sister, Charlotte Lanier:

On August 17, 2009, Charles (Charley) Lynnwood Mixon passed away after a brief battle with cancer. He had been a performing musician for over forty years as a vocalist and harmonica player with numerous bands. Charley always dreamed of recording an album of songs that represented his musical tastes. The day before he died, some friends arranged for him to record at a local studio. Even though he was in hospice care, Charley was allowed to leave and enter the recording studio. Accompanied by a guitar, his own harp and some backing vocals, Charley recorded seven of his favorite songs. The next day he told us he had done what he needed to do and then slipped away with his blues harp in his hand.

As a memorial to Charley, the friends who were in the studio that day recruited various local musicians to flesh out the songs and finish Charley’s album. They completed the seven songs and added two live recordings Charley had recorded previously with one of his bands, Cheap Date. The album is called Mista Cha’ley, and to further honor him, we decided that any proceeds from the sale of the album would be donated to The Allumbaugh House, a regional facility that offers detoxification, sobering services, and mental health crisis services to Treasure Valley residents.

Here is a link to their brochure:
http://www.trhs.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=k1tohv1qa3s%3d&tabid=150

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