Michael Emerson spotted at a record store

[spicedogs]

ugust 21, 2007 7:45 AM PDT

The real 'High Fidelity': The little record store that could

Posted by Steve Guttenberg

Michael Emerson is a Future regular.

(Credit: Steve Guttenberg)

I want to tell you about my favorite record store, Future Legend. I drop in every week to see what's new, and talk about music with the New York shop's owners, Paul Ruggiero and Greta Perr, both seasoned veterans of the record biz.

Future reminds me of the neighborhood record shops of my youth, and it's a great place to hang and meet music lovers. When I dropped by Friday I ran into actor Michael Emerson, (Ben), from the TV show "Lost." He was doing some last-minute shopping before going off to Hawaii to start shooting new episodes.

We Future Legend regulars appreciate it, and probably all share a secret dread--this is the end of the line. We know that what we get here is irreplaceable. Every week or two I see one of us thank Paul or Greta just for being there. When was the last time you thanked a store for being there?

Future offers a surprisingly deep selection of rock, and a broad range of jazz, blues, R&B, reggae, soundtracks, country and folk--and Future mixes each artist or band's new and used CDs together, so it's easy to find bargains (which are cheaper and way better sounding than iTunes). Paul and Greta are always on hand to answer even your most obscure music question, which sure beats the hell out of staring into the cold glare of a computer screen. Oh, and there's a healthy selection of new and used vinyl treasures. If you don't see a CD you want, Future will special order it and have your music in just a couple of days.

Yeah, the music business is in shambles and they say the only hope, if there is any at all, is downloads. We'll see, but the little shop just celebrated its fourth anniversary, outlasting Tower Records, which closed last year.

So if you're lucky enough to still have a local record store, support it. For midtown New Yorkers, this is it. Future's on 9th Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd streets. Give the store a call at (212) 707-8180. And no, it's not on the Web--Future Legend is for real.

 

SOURCE: CNet News

Thank you amidala64  for this great find and for for alerting us in the Michael Emerson Fan Board about it.

Comments

[i-read-dead-ppl.livejournal.com]

Cool! He looks like he's wearing Ben's pajamas :D Even a bit as if he's sitting in a wheelchair.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

What is wearing on his collar? A microphone? A clip to make sure that his big shirt doesn't fall off?

[katelove12.livejournal.com]

COOL! Just checkin' out some tunes. That's great. I love his shirt.

[i-read-dead-ppl.livejournal.com]

Sunglasses.

Hee hee, now THAT would deserve a fanclub. That and Michael wearing leather, which one passerby claims to have witnessed.

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

Where did they say that? Was that one of your posting about personal stories?

[galileah-galile.livejournal.com]

Why did this make my whole day? I dunno-but it did.

[i-read-dead-ppl.livejournal.com]

I believe so. Wearing a T-shirt, leather jacket and jeans outside some apartment complex.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's sunglasses. They would have to be clip-ons and those are hard to hang on anything. And if they were Rx shades, they'd weigh so much they'd pull his shirt all the way down to — not that that's a bad thing — but I think more likely it's that ear clip thing that people with cell phones have so they can talk without the cell. My guess he took it off to listen to tunes.

[jade-melody.livejournal.com]

Amazing!!!

[benobsessed.livejournal.com]

It's made my week ;)

I really love the messed up bed hair look ;) ;P

[spicedogs.livejournal.com]

It's made my week ;)

I really love the messed up bed hair look ;) ;P

And I am sure that the pajamalike shirt helps.

*faints over the puddle of drool I just made.*