Jeremy Patton--who runs Megalith Records and has most of the Moon Records archive in his possession--just posted some pictures from the end of days at the East 10th Street store, as well as some photos from the Moon promo office (in happier days, circa 1997), when it was operating out of my apartment (check out the pix here).
It was kind of chaotic and cramped--two desks complete with now ancient Macs (and a folding card table for our intern's use); steel shelves jammed with promo CDs, one-sheets, posters, padded mailers, Moon Skazettes, press clippings, and a well-used postage meter--but we serviced countless college radio stations, skazines, local and music press, clubs, and indie record stores with everything they needed to help promote our bands and their releases/tours.
Wish I still had that "Skalapalooza" poster (it was ruined in a flood in my parent's basement a few years ago--still not sure how the water made its way into that Rubbermaid bin)...
This is great nostalgia on one hand but very depressing on the other...
ReplyDeleteI remember making my first pilgrimage to the Moon Ska storefront on Avenue A and East Second st, that was almost 15 or so years ago, 95 I think. I think I dropped a good 200 bucks there on CDs and vinyl.
Scary to think it was that long ago and sad to think we've been this long without Moon as well.
Thanks, Paul! They really were good times...and it is hard to wrap my head around the passage of time.
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