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belovedindierock · 2 months

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Capitol Hill Rewind | Browsing bootlegs with Kurt Cobain at Orpheum Records

Posted on Sunday, December 3, 2023 - 7:03 am by Todd Matthews

Exploring the neighborhood’s record-shop history

Roughly 40 years ago, Bruce Bonifaci was living on Capitol Hill and commuting via ferry to downtown Bremerton, where he owned Penny Lane Records & Tapes, when he spotted a ‘For Lease’ sign at 618 Broadway E and decided to open a Penny Lane store closer to home. Opened in the summer of 1984, the store was later renamed Orpheum Records in “tribute to the demolished theater and an allusion to Orpheus, the legendary musician in Greek mythology,” Bonifaci explained. “I ran the place, and my wife, Barbara Baker, did the office stuff, including the books. We employed her brother, Ashley, as a manager.”

For nearly 20 years, Orpheum Records served shifting musical tastes—from 1980s new wave to 1990s grunge—and hosted countless in-store performances and record signings.

Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain shopped at Orpheum Records. “Every rock star would at least stop through, but Cobain was a regular,” one former employee told Seattle Weekly. “He would come up and be like, ‘What’s new, man? What can you show me?’ At the time, that was like absolute, utter heaven. I was like, ‘You’re asking me?’” In 1992, Cobain and his wife, Courtney Love, stopped by the store, with Love incensed by all the Nirvana bootlegs for sale. She left a terse note for Orpheum employees: “I need for you not to make extra money off my husband so I can feed my children. Mrs. Cobain.” Cobain scrawled his own message: “Macaroni and cheese for all. Love, Kurdt Kobain.”

“I was at home when the counterperson called asking for my permission to simply give Courtney the Nirvana bootlegs,” Bonifaci explained when asked about that note. “People who claim their issue with bootlegs is the financial harm inflicted on artists are off base. Buyers are the very definition of fanatics, typically already owning every last bit of the available licensed material out there. Maybe Kurt agreed, scribbling [his] postscript at the bottom.”

Bonifaci added, “The funny part was that he was in there searching for a particular Negativland album the label had officially recalled due to some legal kerfuffle—in other words, contraband. And, no, we didn’t have any on hand.”

Orpheum Records closed in 2003. Today, the restaurant Lionhead occupies the space.

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shewreckz · 5 months

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this is how it went what are you talking about

#scott pilgrim takes off #scott pilgrim vs the world #scott pilgrim #matthew patel #gideon graves #gordon goose #roxie richter #lucas lee #todd ingram #kyle katayanagi #ken katayanagi #idk what their ship name is #soda's art

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punchesyou · 3 months

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Stupidest thing I've made

#i should be studying but uhh #spto brainrot #me??? posting non matthew content?? no way #i couldve easily included him in this but im lazy someone else do it for me #bats eyelashes furiously #roxie richter #wallace wells #todd ingram #scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim takes off #spto #spto fanart #art #shitpost

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m1ntoast · 4 months

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I need to sleep...

#spto #scott pilgram takes off #matthew patel #todd ingram #roxie richter #lucas lee #meme #m1ntoast sp

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oso-nan · 4 months

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based off a tweet i made 🔥

#oso art #scott pilgrim #gideon graves #matthew patel #lucas lee #roxie richter #todd ingram #katayanagi twins #league of evil exes #i almost gave up while drawing the twins bc my iron is so low rn but i powered thru it i cant leave my goats out

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clemsfilmdiary · 1 year

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Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness (2020, Paul Ziller)

Ruby Herring Mystery #1

5/16/23

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strawberry-library · 5 months

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reasons why I really love Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Ramona and her exes (sans Gideon, I guess) get closure

several characters get their personalities expanded. EX: Wallace goes from gay and a voice-of-reason to gay, self-obsessed, and a bad communicator in relationships.

Roxie becomes more than just Ramona’s “lesbian phase” in college and it is able to befriend Ramona again

Neil goes from being completely forgettable to being stupid enough for others to bounce off of and it’s so fun to watch

Knives gets to join Sex Bob-omb!

the war Scott vs. Older Scott being used to approach Scott’s immaturity/unwillingness to take accountability is very interesting

Todd has a bisexual awakening because of Wallace and doesn’t end up with him

Julie gets to be evil, as a treat

Matthew Patel overtaking Gideon was honestly unexpected, yet so satisfying to watch

if the post-credits clip means that there’s going to be a season 2, hope to see Scott get closure with his exes.