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By: Tait Ischia
Date: 22nd Aug 07
Product: Music
Anatomy: Heart
What:
Listening Lounge
Where:
5 Johnston St, Collingwood
When:
Tues-Sun, 12-6pm
Contact:
e: listeninglounge@iprimus.com.au
m: 0434330075
Isn’t genre a stupid word? Say it over and over and soon it begins to sound like the name of a particularly sleazy French uncle. We here at ThreeThousand are fed-up with this concept. That’s why we’re so pleased to meet Ian, the creator, owner and general music genius at the Listening Lounge.
Deciding to do away with tradition, Ian has created boxes full of quality records grouped by what they have to say, not by what genre they fit into. Notable box titles include ‘Thatcher’s Britain’, ‘This Box Hates Your Mother’, ‘Folking Folksters’, ‘Whitey Sings the Blues’, ‘UK-OK’ and, our personal favourite, ‘Pointy-Headed Noodle Rock’.
The resident shop cat, Louis, basically runs the joint, slowly using his paws to peruse boxed treasures such as Television, The Who, Radio Birdman, The Ramones, The Daytones, Scott Walker and other approvingly hip outfits. Old paperbacks by Kerouac, Camus and Salinger line the walls along with other literary gems of popular culture. It’s the sort of record store you imagine yourself in after watching High Fidelity…Without the failed relationships and Jack Black of course.