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Remember when people still bought music? Or when you had to physically get up out of your chair to buy it? Call me old-fashioned, but I still like going to stores and browsing through the vinyl, and even CDs. I like having something tangible, instead of a bunch of 1s and 0s on my hard drive. Anyway, much of the time the music you download has been ripped at an unlistenable bitrate. Please people, just say no to anything less than 320kbps. Of course, downloading is a great way to find music without blowing a ton of cash, but when you find something awesome, support the people who made it.

And that brings me back to my subject. Today is Record Store Day! So go support your local independent record store! There are some cool exclusive items available today including  a live Tom Waits 7″ (!!), a new 12″ EP from The Breeders, two split 7″s from Sonic Youth - one with Jay Reatard and one with Beck-, a live Iron & Wine CD and much more.

If you’re in Baltimore, go here (In-store performances in parentheses):

Celebrated Summer Records

!El Suprimo! Records (Mopar Mountain Daredevils)

Dimensions in Music

Record & Tape Traders - Towson (The Herd of Main Street - 12pm, Eureka Birds -2pm, Whistling Charlie - 4pm)

The Sound Garden (Youth Group - 4pm)