Hello and welcome to the newest member of The Vinyl District family: TVD Portland! My name is Robert Ham and I’m going to be leading the charge here for the foreseeable future. You may know me from my work writing for local publications like The Oregonian, Willamette Week, PDX Magazine, and others. Or you may know me from my days sitting behind a drum kit for local bands such as Rally Boy, Parks & Recreation, and Super XX Man. You may not know me at all. But rest assured, I’m a music lover of the highest order and an inveterate vinyl collector. In other words: I’m just like you.
My plan for TVD Portland is to not only clue you in to news from our many local record purveyors – events, in-store performances, etc. – but to also let you meet the people working behind the counters at these shops. I’ll be interviewing clerks and owners of stores throughout the city. And I’ll do my best to clue you in to those out of the way places that you might not have heard of before.
I’m also going to be following the lead of the esteemed TVD Memphis and bring you tales from record collectors, musicians, booking agents, etc. about their first record (like your first kiss, you never forget), and give them space to brag about their greatest crate digging scores. You can bet that I’ll also be calling your attention to local bands and musicians that I feel are worth your while, and to what you can look forward to when Record Store Day rolls around on April 16, 2011.
I’m sure there will be plenty more that I will be able to fill this space with, but I also want to know what you’d like to see here. If you have ideas or stories or news that I need to hear about: by all means, e-mail me (robert [at] thevinyldistrict.com) and I’ll do my best to include it.
I hope you come back regularly and check us out. This here post is only the beginning, my friends and fellow music junkies.
