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Friday, April 27, 2012

Business Bent Crayon = One of America's Greatest Record Stores

Posted by on Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 5:22 PM

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While living in Cleveland from 1995-2002, I must have spent, oh, $35,000 at Bent Crayon, one of the country’s most intelligently stocked music emporia. (Hey, I had a lot of DJ gigs and hosted a radio show; cut me some slack.) I frequented Bent Crayon (think of it as Cleveland’s Wall of Sound, but with a greater emphasis on techno) at least once or twice week during those years and found the most amazing shit every time, from all sorts of electronic styles, weird rock, experimental, world, and other genres, aided in large part by owner John Cellura. After he got a handle on my tastes, JC would start building a stack of records he thought I’d dig as soon as he’d see me darken his doorway. Then I’d check ’em out on the store turntable. I typically liked a high percentage of what he selected. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Recently, Little White Earbuds ran a profile/interview of Bent Crayon/Cellura. It’s an inspirational story of one man remaining true to his ideals, keeping his standards extremely high, and surviving in a harsh music-retail climate in a city that’s seen better economic times. Read it here and check out Bent Crayon’s stock here.

 

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gicinema 1
Absolutely. I wouldn't be the man I am today without the place.
Posted by gicinema on April 27, 2012 at 5:28 PM
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Another Dave Segal story that mysteriously ends in 2002. Its like every DJ Shadow article.
Posted by ryry on April 28, 2012 at 2:07 AM

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