Chicago ppl - Devon neighborhood music?

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Anyone know anywhere I could find some bhangra/desi stuff in chicago (I assume Devon would be the place to start?) thanks for any advice you can give me.

― djdee2005, Thursday, 12 August 2004 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a huge cd store owned by the patel brothers west of western on devon.... it's the corner... i forget the cross street. but it's got a huge sign. the cd/video stores on devon tend to focus on hindi film music.... hope that was helpful. i've been to a lot of those stores but i never remember the names.

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Thursday, 12 August 2004 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Cool I'll check it out. Is it far from Western?

I'm going to guess bhangra/desi stuff isn't usually released on vinyl.

― djdee2005, Thursday, 12 August 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe...five blocks? four?

i've never seen any vinyl in the stores on devon.

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Thursday, 12 August 2004 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

well, not for like 12 years.

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Thursday, 12 August 2004 03:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I shall investigate tomorrow.

I also (speaking of entirely different asian music) went to this CD store in Chinatown the other day, and I'm thinking of going back and buying something blind based on the cover art. Seems like a winning notion, yes?

Anything I should avoid?

― djdee2005, Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man, i don't know the chinatown record/video stores well at all. for a few years i searched in vain for some vcds of certain old chinese movies and never came up with anything. but then they'll have weird shit like laserdiscs of hou hsiao hsien movies. i've never tried the chinese music. a lot of times when you're looking for old music, you only find weird synthy modern remakes, or worse, the old vocal tracks with karaoke-esque backing tracks replacing the originals. (actually i have one hindi tape like that which isn't too bad.) as for modern chinese pop, so much of it sounds like total dreck. but if you find something by gim liong let me know.

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i mean i've never tried looking for music in the chinatown stores in chicago. i've found some things in new york and paris chinatowns, though.

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

There are some w/ some interesting cover art, but I fear its all going to be a tad saccarine for my tastes.

― djdee2005, Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I know of at least one shop in the plaza in Archer that sells CDs and VCDs. If you have a general idea of what you want, you'll probably get a better deal online. But it's worth a trip, if only to eat at Lao Sze Chuan -- the best grub in Chinatown.

― ng, Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is fucking with my head.

― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Seven Wives is the shit.

My friend lives off Roosevelt so its not much of trek for me.

― djdee2005, Friday, 13 August 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

why is this thread fucking with nick s.'s head?

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Friday, 13 August 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

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