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Orange and Lemons
Gma @ 56 - sop
Thanks Mags!
One of the best indie-pop band in the Philippines. Anglophilic approach with Filipino sensibilities highly indebted to the music of The Beatles, The Smiths and 80s and 90s guitar pop and indie pop bands in the UK.
Orange and Lemons are Clem Castro (electric guitars/vocals), Mcoy Fundales (acoustic guitars/vocals), JM Del Mundo (bass) and Ace Del Mundo (drums), all hail from humdrum towns in Bulacan. Songwriters Castro and Fundales are victims of utter boredom in the mundane provincial way of life which in turn helped inspire a totally and utterly overwhelming zeal is to create extraordinary music by ordinary means. Considered as poets by discerning fans and aficionados their songs are full of heart and is accentuated by moody but catchy and flavorful melodic pop.
Their independently produced first album "Love in the Land of Rubber Shoes & Dirty Ice Cream" (Dec 2003, Terno Recordings) was considered one of the best releases during the year and garnered positive reviews in and out of the country. With little or no airplay, the debut album and their superb live performances generated good word-of-mouth. In true DIY (do-it-yourself) fashion their hard-to-find debut album is available only in Manila at select stores, online indie stores in the Philippines and Japan or thru their gigs.
The major players took notice and recently released their second serving with the aptly titled new album "Strike Whilst the Iron Is Hot" (May 2005, Universal Records) ending their one album deal under Terno Records. Now more accessible to the public, the sophomore album became a best seller nationwide and instantaneously gained mass recognition and critical success with their singles “Hanggang Kailan” and “Heaven Knows (This Angel Has Flown)”.
The recognition paved way to commercial projects with phenomenal upshots such as the ubiquitous “Pinoy Ako” and “Abot Kamay” and the 1930s cover of a local film soundtrack “Blue Moon”, all which has captured the hearts of the young and the old and has made Orange and Lemons classless promoters of Indie Pop Rock in the Philippines.
Ernie's Hot Wax Ltd.
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Records - Cassettes
Dave Gentile
7 Days 681-2929
I could find very little about this former Vancouver record store online, so I began searching at the VPL and here is what I learned:
The business appears in the Criss Cross Directories in 1975 and 1976 at
1180 Bidwell Street, Vancouver.
Then in 1977, the record shop appears at 1116 Denman Street up to the 1981-82 edition. By 1982-83, Ernie's Hot Wax Ltd. is no longer listed.
According to Google street view, Vivien Fashions appears at the Bidwell address, and Qoola appears at the Denman address, though it appears Qoola has moved on from that address some time in 2011.
Bookselling in the 21st Century Panel - TOC
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Bookselling in the 21st Century | Tuesday, 2/15/2011
Kassia Krozser (Booksquare.com)
Panelists: Lori James (All Romance/OmniLit/ARe Cafe), Jenn Northington (WORD), Kevin Smokler (Booktour.com), Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo (Greenlight Bookstore), Malle Vallik (Harlequin Enterprises Ltd)
The front lines of change of publishing are populated by booksellers. Faced with challenges from mega-stores, online selection, and consumer shifts to digital reading, booksellers are sometimes seen as old-fashioned and marginalized. That image couldn’t be further from the truth. This panel:
- Features three booksellers: an events manager from a traditional bookstore, a bookseller who recently fulfilled her dream of opening her own bricks-and-mortar store, and a digital bookseller whose focus on niche generated positive word-of-mouth.
- Focuses on the role of booksellers in today’s online world, and how that roles is evolving to remain relevant to readers.
- Discusses the importance of working within the community to build customer loyalty.
- Explores the idea of reaching beyond traditional bookstore geographic boundaries to find new customers and build name recognition.
- Examines the state of digital books for traditional booksellers and digital-only booksellers.
- Examines the challenges booksellers face as readers adopt digital reading, from formats to devices to a new kind of customer service.
- Considers marketing bookstores on a budget, from traditional means to social media.
- Looks at how today’s booksellers are forming their own networks for brainstorming, sharing ideas, and community-building.
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As booksellers move toward ebooks and online sales, they need to teach customers how to buy and read books, and they need to be available 24/7. If you want an ebook, you want it now.
Booksellers should be flexible and in touch with their customers.
Publishers should:
- Make digital versions available concurrent with print book
- At a reasonable price
- Provide complete metadata
Questions for booksellers to think about:
How are you building community?
What's unique about your space?
If you have expertise and passion, people will flock to you online.
What are your metrics to gauge success? You shouldn't just ask, "does it lead to sales?" Better to think about educating your customers, building loyalty, and building community. Hopefully those things will lead to more sales and they are good in themselves.
Booksellers can compete in the age of Amazon, Apple, and Google by embracing smallness/independence and providing personal recommendations and service. "We can offer things they can't offer."
The indie bookstore vs. online giant is like the bar vs. the liquor store.
