Good Musical Memories growing up..

My best memories were probably the times spent with friends listening to music. I can remember saving my allowance for weeks to buy the new Frankie Goes to Hollywood record "Welcome To The Pleasuredome". I spent a summer babysitting some younger cousins (6 + 9 yo) and we listened to Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" over & over. The many hours I spent in used record stores searching for new bands, and chatting with the employees about..what else? Music. In my High School & beyond days it was Main St. Records, and then Son of Main St Records in Northampton, MA. I would judge unheard of (by me) bands on the cover artwork. Got into Sepultura, Quicksand, Pavement, Blue Murder, and The Home Alive Project (to name a few) that way. After MSR closed it was Turn It Up Records. They have great finds galore. I miss that place, and can't wait to go home in October to see what I can dig up. They have about 6 places with headphones set up so you can check out the cds prior to purchase. They also sell cds by local bands, which is cool.