What’s up family, I’m introducing another institution here at goodrecordsnyc.com (man, when it’s this brand new everything’s an introduction!) which is the Wednesday Humpday mixshow. I’m not the first man to poast a mix on my blog and not even the first man to do it on Wednesday, but never the less I think it’s a good way to pass the slowest day of the work week. So, without further ado, let me hip you guys to a mix I threw down a couple months back on the WNYU show Rotations (shout out to Alex & Mike) which languished in obscurity… that is, until now. I edited out most of the banter because I was off that Jameson and you don’t want to hear me babble like that even if youse my best friend. Enjoy! - Jonny

Jonny Paycheck at WNYU’s Rotations, Live on the Seratobox

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Presenting my mans and them Justin Torres and Matt Webb on a mix they hit me with way back… an hour and change featuring nothing but funky, soulful, deep gospel… some rarities in there but a lot of stuff you might be sleeping on in the cheap bins. Peep game…

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Tagged D/L: Holy Ghost Trippin’

Peace,
Jonny

Well I guess I should unveil the official Good Records NYC endorsement of BARACK OBAMA for President of the United States. I know, I know… it’s a heavy, sought after, fight-tooth-and-nail-for endorsement… what can I say? I hold a lot of weight. But I wield my power justly and with much restraint. And I feel at this time that I have to go on record and speak my heart. Just like your boy Cutty going jogging before the Baltimore primary, I woke up this morning with a feeling that this just might be a new day… a feeling that resonated in two albums, both of which are out of The Windy City just like our boy Barack.

First up, an inimitable classic… easily the best soul LP out there and if it ain’t in your top five you ain’t talking dollars or making sense. Curtis Mayfield’s solo debut, “Curtis”. Full of majestic arrangements but vocals so tender they could caress the cheek of the most hardened criminal… and a lyrical statement that framed the struggles of a generation.

Second, Chicago rap vet Common’s classic LP from 1994 “Resurrection”. This has been a favorite of mine since it came out, and even though Common has become a sensitive yet strong Old Head Voice in the rap game… this album captures a whistful, reflective, aimless yet curious young adult who is not much different from the folks that are casting their votes - often, for the first time - for Our Black President (no disrespect to Fela).

Good Records NYC in The New Yorker (…well, the blog at least), thanks to employee, customer, and Down Ass Patna Tom Shiner aka Dr. Delay.

New Yorker columnist and music critic Sascha Frere-Jones writes:

“Yesterday, a friend sent me a track called ‘Overbooked Ghost,’ by Dr. Delay, a twenty-nine year-old producer, d.j., and record collector also known as Tom Shiner. He lives in Greenpoint and works at Good Records, on Third Street between Avenues A and B, a store that, if you are a vinyl nerd (guilty), you will have a hard time leaving.”

Thanks, Sascha! And Much Props to Delay for The Good Look..

What a whirlwind… I spent most of the week leading up to it buying records that were walking in by the box, staying up late pricing and cleaning, repricing older items, cleaning up the shop… and of course when the fair actually rolled around I was on the verge of breaking down physically. All Friday I was kind of feverish and off my game, despite scoring here and there I wasn’t really too into it. Saturday made up for that though and I swear I’ve never seen that many people in the convention. Absolutely packed… folks might complain about the aggressive nature of the digging and the pressure of wanting to get through all those boxes, but you can’t front on the sheer amount of vinyl on display. Good action, great friends, and of course the NYC crowd is like none other. After a minor shindig down at the shop me and the homies

we went up to club APT for the monthly Bumpshop party where the homie Dante Carfagna was playing. We shut that shit down until closing time! DJ Shadow played a guest set, I bought drinks for the heavy comp from Amsterdam, got booted in some back room and then got booted out of it. Next year we’ll do it all over again.