In case you haven’t heard, today is Record Store Day. The day is meant to celebrate independently owned record stores around the country. Free stuff, live performances and signings are going on at some of the participating stores.

Locally, Exile On Main Street (1 Main St. in downtown Champaign) is participating in the event. So give iTunes a rest and take this chance to go support an independent record store in town. They have a good selection of local tunes too.

In unrelated news, local record label Polyvinyl is having an online garage sale. Apparently sometimes their CDs get shipped in with the jacket cut wrong or something and they stash them away. Well, the pile has gotten pretty big and now we’re looking at a bunch of $2 and $3 CDs and some stuff on vinyl as well.

Last night I ordered of Montreal’s “The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy” and Decibully’s “Sing Out America!” at $2 each. This is the kind of shopping I like.

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