Deep Groove Posted March 9, 2004 Report Posted March 9, 2004 I'm in Phoenix for my company's sales meeting, and I was hoping to take one of the open times to browse the local cd/record stores. Can anyone make recommendations, especially for used cds or lps? Thanks in advance. Quote
Eric Posted July 13, 2005 Report Posted July 13, 2005 I think there is an "Airtunes" at Phoenix Intl Airport ... Quote
RDK Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Bumpity bump since I'll be in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area next week. Any good clubs or used CD/record shops that I should be on the lookout for? Heck, forget jazz - any good local food establishments (particularly of the bbq, diner, or funky kind) that I shouldn't miss? Quote
Soulstation1 Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) Bobby C's Soul Food downtown phoenix JOS played there not many restaurants have kool aide on the menu Edited June 20, 2007 by Soulstation1 Quote
riverrat Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) Been quite awhile since I was there, but there was a place on University Drive in Tempe called Samurai Happy Bowl that served a fine bowl of teriyaki. Small light blue cinderblock place, really classy... Tempe had a couple of good CD stores, seem to recall one called Eastside Records, and another about a block away called Zia Record Exchange, but again that was several years ago. EDIT: Just googled and they are all still there! Edited June 20, 2007 by riverrat Quote
RDK Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Bobby C's Soul Food downtown phoenix JOS played there not many restaurants have kool aide on the menu Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Thanks! Quote
RDK Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Been quite awhile since I was there, but there was a place on University Drive in Tempe called Samurai Happy Bowl that served a fine bowl of teriyaki. Small light blue cinderblock place, really classy... Tempe had a couple of good CD stores, seem to recall one called Eastside Records, and another about a block away called Zia Record Exchange, but again that was several years ago. EDIT: Just googled and they are all still there! Sounds good. I don't know the area at all, but I will have a couple of days between driving the kids to various deep holes in the ground to check out the local jazz/record scene. Quote
NaturalSoul Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) We have a virgin megastore (ok) but the good one is a place called Hoodlums, it is located on the ASU campus. The places i mostly buy from are borders, but hoodlums is a great little store. Edited June 20, 2007 by NaturalSoul Quote
NaturalSoul Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Been quite awhile since I was there, but there was a place on University Drive in Tempe called Samurai Happy Bowl that served a fine bowl of teriyaki. Small light blue cinderblock place, really classy... Tempe had a couple of good CD stores, seem to recall one called Eastside Records, and another about a block away called Zia Record Exchange, but again that was several years ago. EDIT: Just googled and they are all still there! yes, ZIA is good. Haven't been in eastside records for a loong time. Quote
riverrat Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Sounds good. I don't know the area at all, but I will have a couple of days between driving the kids to various deep holes in the ground to check out the local jazz/record scene. In the Phoenix area, I like the Tempe and the university district the best. Take University Drive east off of I-10 south. Both of the CD stores I listed used to be right on that street, a few miles east of the freeway. Lots of good eateries too. ASU has something like 40,000 students... RE the main "deep hole"- assuming you mean Grand Canyon. Well worth the drive. Interesting change of ecological zones going from saguaros up to ponderosa pine country around Flagstaff. If you have time, detour through Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon and into Flag via that route. VERY scenic, and some nice spots to get out and actually walk around on the red sandstone. It isn't much longer, but a fair amount slower due to the windy 2-lane highway and rubber necking. West Fork of Oak Creek makes a nice walk. Many people find the Sedona area more fun than the Grand Canyon, because the Canyon is so hard to interact with unless you are willing to commit a fair amount of time and energy to backpack into it, or a fair amount of time and $$ for a river trip. I highly recommend the latter, perhaps because I devoted so much of my life to them- 130 plus trips, 2 weeks each, hence my monicker. Flagstaff is pretty clogged up with traffic for a town of its size, but you have to go through there to get to GC. I bought a lot of CDs at Gopher Sounds in Flag through the years I lived there (1975-99). Heading out of town towards the Canyon, the drive up to the ski area and San Francisco Peaks is nice, 7 miles off the highway. They used to run the chairlift in the summer, up to 11,800' for some nice views clear to Grand Canyon and beyond. IMO, Phoenix is kind of a hellhole, especially in the summer. Aside from CD stores and ethnic eateries, not much to offer besides recreational shopping in air conditioned malls. As Ed Abbey put it "Phoenix is nothing more than a little cancerous piece of LA that someone planted in the desert and added water to." At least LA has an ocean by it... Quote
RDK Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Many thanks for the tips, Rat. Never been to Phoenix and it's turning out to be a bit of a compromise since our planned trip was cut short by some courtroom conflicts on my wife's part. The Grand Canyon may be cut as well (not a big deal as I've been there before), but we would like to hit Meteor Crater and hopefully Petrified Forest. (We may be driving up to Colorado in August, so we might drive through GC and Mon. Valley then.) Sedona sounds interesting, though - thanks for that. Aside from having to be in Phoenix Fri-Monday, we're pretty flexible, though this is our longest roadtrip with the kids (now 6) so it's also something of an experiment in temperament. Quote
Unk Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Zia's has a bunch of locations and is okay for CDs. (Seems like Tempe was the best location, but I'm fuzzy on this now.) Other places I've been, over the years - some may now be gone. Bookman's in Mesa Prickly Pair, Record Surplus (better-than-average) and Tracks in Wax in Phoenix East Side Records and Memory Lane (spendy) in Tempe Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Evolution down on Thomas I think. I used to ride my bike there from Lincoln and 48th up in PV. Oh wait that was back in '74. I haven't been there since, it may be gone. Quote
NaturalSoul Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Was in phoenix today, went to the borders in biltmore fashion park and i also went to eastside records for the first time in a while, they had a pretty good selection. Quote
riverrat Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Was in phoenix today, went to the borders in biltmore fashion park and i also went to eastside records for the first time in a while, they had a pretty good selection. Good to hear that Eastside is still there. I was in there once - probably about 1990- looking over a used copy of a Fela Kuti CD and the guy hanging out behind the counter, who said he sometimes DJ'd on that radio show "Afropop Worldwide" told me to buy it. Sure glad he did, I became a huge fan. Many a memorable evening was spent going native to a Fela soundtrack under the moon on some beach along the River. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 bring a big hat and sunscreen it's been over 110 with no relief in site Quote
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