As some of you may or may not have heard, I am attempting to open a record store in JP center.
The loan submission has already been turned into Citizen's bank and the SBA and I have never been so anxious about anything in my life.

If this happens I want all local bands to come down to put their stuff on consignment with me, we will also have a bin for free stuff, if you want to stick in samplers or demos or stickers etc.

Also, local artists, we want your stuff to sell as well.

If this happens it will be the best thing ever for me, because it will become my only job and will allow me to work on NotCommon the label and promotion company all day long as well.

Obviously I won't just be selling metal, so if you know anyone in punk bands, folk bands, emo, indie rock, art/experimental, etc tell them to come down. And anyone who is into any of that stuff, please shop here so I can stay in business. I won't be selling any mainstream bullshit.

If it happens I will also be running CDr duplication, T shirt printing, stickers and poster orders from here.

Wish me luck!

just start being nicer to people

good luck..... I hope it happens..... the sceene needs you/it...

thanks davy, i had a shitload of meetings with people and everyone including myself of course, are 100% confident it will succeed.
All it takes is for the loan to be approved.

And to anonymous, I am nice to everyone

\m/

no offense but you are not, i just read some of your posts and i can see it, but a sincere good luck about your store

everyone here knows to take what I say with a grain of salt, it's called sarcasm or humor.
I suppose the people who can't handle that are the ones who don't like me and I honestly do not care

we will also have jewelry made by Nick Kevorkian.
no lie, it will be good stuff handmade by Nick

Joe/NotCommon said:
out of dead flattened rats, etc.

necklaces made out of fossilized poo

can i come work for you...... I ahve experience in costomer service/ mass media... Mass Comm Degree. I need a new job post haste..... but if not good luck.....

mass comm the college? i graduated from there!!
hooray for a degree in music marketing.

Thanks for the offer, but I already have a team in place of people who are helping me: Mike of Existence, Filthy Phil (of NotCommon) and Dorchesta Ed (from both Disengaged and Dorchester)

No I have a degree from Franklin Peirce College, a mass communications dergee in radio and sound production.... but its all good, just a pipe dream thats all

i will be 23 soon, it would be nice to have a living instead of barely scraping by week to week like I do now.

Nice. Thats awesome. I'll let a bunch of bands know about it when it happens.

thanks Andy, you were going to be one of the first people I called if I get approved for this loan.

Hey, that is great! I especially like the t-shirt printing and freebie bin ideas.

thats fucking awesome joe. good luck on that.

Good luck with it joe , i know we had words and what not but im done with it. Just a quick question will you be selling like underground metal and shit is it gonna be like a metal shop or are you gonna be selling like everything?

Thats a good idea. Good luck man.

i know everyone has said it a ton of times but that is fucking sick man. Would I be able to put my distro in their on consignment???

Hail Joe!

yeah, loads of underground metal.
i don't plan on carrying any mainstream stuff, unless I get into used shit.

I definately want alot of stuff on consignment from the metal bands around here, and definately bring by your distro list!

thanks everyone

Hope it all works out for you Joe. If you have reasonable prices I'll be sure to haunt the place frequently.

Phil

i will keep prices as reasonable as possible, but coming there will be fun so it will be worth the extra dollar or whatever to shop here

I'm sure it will be.... as you're always a source of amusement.

haha thanks Phil, I do my part to make the world a more bizare place

Joe you are the greatest thing to happen to metal in this area. thank you

haha i don't know about that, but thank you

i'll come by to check out the local metal bin. good luck joe.

pessimist said:

i second that

when are you gonnaknow?

your store wont be very far from Kayo Dot.

lots of luck to you.

when you gonna know about the loan?

Even though you for some reason have a problem with my band, I would love to support a new indi-music store. The first record on my label will be done in a week or two and it would be great to have it sold..

I could know as soon as today, but probably more like Tuesday I will know.

What is Kayo Dot?

What band are you in?

as long as we're all living we're all dying(in response to jonah)

oh, well someone in your band started talking shit about bane of existence, random acts of violence, cryptic warning and paranoid and that is where my problem stems from because I am a big fan and friend of all 4 of those bands

Joe/NotCommon said:

yeah, sam ran his mouth a bit on the lambgoat board a while ago. But isn't that what the lambgoat board is for? Anyway, he didn't mean any harm...even if he wears pink socks..

In anycase, boston needs a heavy music oriented cd store...i'm glad someone is working on that..

My loan was rejected and i have no other way to come up with the funds needed to start up this store.

Thanks to everyone who would have shopped there.

Joe/NotCommon said:

Kayo Dot is one of the most original and amazing bands in the world.

sorry joe

thanks pessimist...
tonight i am meeting with some people to brain storm any other ways to get the money or to come up with any other ideas

get strippers... then beat them up and take their money.

Joe/NotCommon said:

I hope you can dude. Good luck!

Go to the bank with a gun and ask again.