You picked a good week. You should know that the British Sea Power show looks like it will start early (doors at 7 according to the Crocodile web site), and that the first band -- the Turn-Ons -- are a pretty good local pop band that you might want to check out. The second band, Kinski, is also pretty highly regarded (though less so by me). As for record stores, I can offer a few suggestions. Someone mentioned Cellophane Square in the U district, but that one has gone pretty far down hill. The two best bets are Sonic Boom and Easy Street. Sonic Boom has locations in Fremont, Ballard, and Capitol Hill. Of these, I recommend Ballard -- I think it's the biggest and most interesting of the three. Easy Street has two locations -- one in West Seattle and the other north of downtown in an area called Lower Queen Anne. The Lower Queen Anne store is huge and easy to get to from downtown -- it's walking distance from the Space Needle, etc. Best local music listings: http://www.thestranger.com/current/livedj_listings.html Easy Street: http://www.buymusichere.net/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=21&deptnr=1 Sonic Boom: http://www.sonicboomrecords.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Kouzes" To: "Audities (E-mail)" Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:04 AM Subject: Cool record/CD stores in Seattle??? > I'm out in Seattle all next week and in addition to catching British Sea > Power and Super Furry Animals, will have time to check out some music > stores. > > Any recommendations?? > > Thanks! > Chris >