It took me hours but I finally finished blowing up this giant
#TravisScott
@trvisXX
head! Come by & celebrate the upcoming release of
#Astroworld
(8/3)
Pssst, you asked for more, and
#TaylorSwift
& the label answered! We just received a limited supply of autographed copies of her latest album, Evermore, that she has made exclusive to indie record stores!⠀
#recordstoreevermorealbum
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Rules below ⬇️ are in place by the label.
Huge thanks to
@waterparks
and all their fans who came out to TODAY’s 2/24 event. It was crazy, fun, & lovely to see you all enjoying the guys! Missed getting an autographed? The guys signed copies of Entertainment on cd & vinyl to purchase here.
We are feeling very thankful today for HTown’s continued support. Two years ago today (3/16/20), we had to close our doors because we were a “non-essential” business & I had to furlough my staff. It’s tough out here, but we’re still around. Thank you 🙏🏻
My friend
@idrawanimals
alerted me to this king of a dog owner and his crew of fashionable dogs. She’s seen him in the Montrose area, and my new mission in life is to meet these dogs! Does anyone know them?
🗣ATTENTION Houston area news outlets! We’ve got a whole store full of CDs, cassettes, & vinyl! We’ve got everyone’s music needs covered.
#indierecordstore
🗣️Calling all área Houston
#NCT127
fans! 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭-𝟮 𝗣𝗠 for a listening/trivia party to celebrate their new album
#FactCheck
(out Friday 10/06/23) See how many facts you know with fellow NCTzens! ⠀
Our store could not survive a second closure. IF you truly care about your local stores, restaurants, & hang out spots please do the bare minimum & 🗣WEAR YOUR MASK! We are at 100% mask compliance from customers & staff! EVERYONE has been really cool & we thank you 🙏🏻 for that.
Shoutout to my staff & the
@houstonpolice
for handling a stupid anti-masker that came to “shop.” The officers hung out for a bit & reassured us that our store policy supersedes whatever the governor says. Damn shame small businesses have to deal with dumb people like this.
It doesn't feel like too much to ask a customer to sanitize their hands before browsing. One good thing to come out of this pandemic is it exposed how nasty some folks are. We actually needed instructional videos & songs to teach us how to wash our hands. 🤦♀️
One of our part-time employees got fired from his full-time job at
@Academy
because he was being insistent with a “customer” to wear a mask. Guy called the store non-stop till they fired our guy. That is some corporate bullshite.
Today Sat 2/24 is the day for our big
@waterparks
’ event at 4PM! To attend in-store NO wristband is needed BUT a wristband is needed for the signing. To get a wristband buy
#entertainment
either on cd or lp here at
@cactus_music
to get one!
We FINALLY got them in! Didn’t want to post till they were in our hands. Big shoutout to
#TaylorSwift
for taking the time to make her new release
#Folklore
special for
#indiemusic
stores! ⠀
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•These are for local sales ONLY. No shipping outside of HOUSTON. ⠀
•One per person.
I know a lot of people are looking at the fancy Christmas lights in
@RiverOaksPrblms
’ hood, but tonight I stumbled by this house in Meyerland that had synchronized lights set to Christmas music & they snuck a medley of Star Wars music that almost made me cry.
Friends, just a reminder we couldn't survive a 2nd closure. IF you truly care about your local stores, restaurants, & hang out spots please do the bare minimum, WEAR YOUR MASK & act like you care about someone other than yourself. This statistic is nothing to be TX proud about.🙏
Texas is closing in on 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to state data. The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals has nearly doubled since October.
We hustled and got
#CovidVaccine
appointments for our last three employees. Our whole staff should be fully vaccinated by early April. Feeling hopeful for us.
#MaskUpHou
I know we’re a small independent store & shouldn’t turn away business, but please DON’T come into our store threatening to buy something online if we don’t give you a discount! GTFO of here with that attitude! I don’t need that negativity in my life or store.
I guess we didn’t get funds because we forgot to mark the “billionaire”, or the “multi-million dollar company” boxes on our applications. Boy do I feel foolish 🙄 🤦♀️
Literal billionaire Kanye West received a Paycheck Protection Program loan from the government worth somewhere between $2-5 million for his Yeezy company:
Sweet K with a
#NewMusicFriday
release for THIS, Friday, 10/1/21! We just received a limited supply of autographed CD copies of
#TonyBennett
&
#LadyGaga
’s latest album,
#LoveForSale
, made exclusive to indie record stores!⠀⠀
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Rules below ⬇️ are in place by the label.
Pssst, your favorite lady,
#TaylorSwift
is blessing us again with a special treat. We just received a limited supply of autographed copies of her latest album, 𝗥𝗲𝗱 (𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻) that she has made exclusive to indie record stores!⠀⠀
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Rules below⬇️
We’ve been fortunate to avoid tangling with any extreme customers, but we just had a few phone calls from a “long-time customer” who wants to know why we have a “Black Lives Matter Poster” in our window. Please send good thoughts; this doesn't escalate & they leave us alone.
Given the increase in COVID cases, we are reimplementing MASK USAGE 😷 for everyone regardless of vaccination status. We have to think of the well-being of our employees, our customers, & everyone’s families. We thank you in advance for your continued support & cooperation.
We don’t have a ton of “followers” but I will keep RT local Houston business who are still trying to survive during this crisis. Too many good small businesses in this city to fail. Most if not all our places I personally shop at & support.
#shoplocalhouston
Please, take the time to read our statement 🙏🏻
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After much more consideration than we afford about anything that we do around our store, we have decided to continue with retail-to-go operations and not to open our doors per Texas' updated policies regarding retail stores.
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@recordstoreday
PREVIEW (4/21/2018)
@TheNational
’s
#BoxerLiveInBrussels
10-year anniversary of their acclaimed album Boxer,
#TheNational
performed the record from beginning to end at a very special show in Brussels, Belgium on 9 Nov 2017. Clear vinyl with a rainbow foil jacket.
Was accused by a “customer” yesterday of being a Democrat because we asked him to sanitize his hands before shopping. I didn’t know cleanliness & caring about our customers well-being was a “political” stance. I learn something new each day!
As a thank you for the support over the years, we're opening sales for
@JasonIsbell
and the 400 Unit's new album 'Reunions' a week early (May 8th) exclusively for independent record stores in US and Canada. Pre-orders are open now.
More info:
@KristenBennett0
@zanenazane
I just stumbled on this whole thread, and this update is too much—my condolences on your loss. May you take small comfort in your memories of Gary. 🫂
The crew with
#DemiLovato
’s new album
#HOLYFVCK
(#𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘋) (AUTOGRAPHED PIECES ARE ONE PER PERSON, FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. NO SHIPPING!)𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗘. While supplies last ✌️
Nothing to add other than this health issue shouldn’t be politicized. The virus doesn’t know & doesn’t care if you’re a Democrat, or Republican. People from both parties have DIED! Caring about one another shouldn’t be looked on as a weakness.
#MaskUpHou
One of our employees got into a terrible car accident this morning. A drunk driver at 11 am hit him & flipped his car several times. Luckily he's in shock but fine. Be careful out there, folks, because people are just driving like POS.
What’s the expression “a day late and a dollar short”? How many lives & livelihoods could’ve been saved if this had happened when the state started “reopening” (4/24)?
Breaking: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a nearly statewide mask mandate.
The order requires "all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases, with few exceptions."
Man, regardless of your political affiliation no one should mock the plight of the unemployed or at the rate, things are going the future unemployed. He’ll be happy to collect his check once he’s unemployed aka voted out.
Why be so cheap? Give everyone $1 million a day, every day, forever. And three soy lattes a day. And a foot massage.
We have a magic money tree — we should use it!
REMINDER
@ChaseAtlantic
performance & signing THIS Saturday 2/17 at 2PM! Buy their new cd here for wristbands for the signing. No wristband is needed to watch in-store! Hang with the guys before their show later at
@WhiteOakMH
with
@lights
!
Big thanks for everyone’s patience as our fantastic photographer
@karocantu
took & edited over 1600 pictures from our
@waterparks
’ meet & greet Monday, 6/28! Pics are still uploading to our
#CactusMusic
Facebook page, so give us a few to finish.
You should cancel all tickets “sold” and make everyone go old school and stand outside your local grocery store to buy tickets from a Ticketmaster outlet. That’s how we did it in my day 👵🏼
Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled.
Day 1 million of all this construction, and today, Friday 9/24, it seems to be encroaching on us even more. I assure you WE ARE OPEN (10-7 pm) AND WORTH THE HASSLE OF GETTING HERE! 😬⠀
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So, while our store waited an extra month & half to reopen AND we enforced mask usage, we are now having to discuss what this news means for us. IF y’all need new music I suggest you come & get it now. P.S. WEAR A DAMN MASK PLEASE 🙏
ALERT: Harris County is now at Level 1 (red): Severe and uncontrolled transmission of COVID-19. Stay home except for the most essential needs. Additional guidance at
@InTheDarkAPM
Thank you for your tireless work in helping to bring this injustice to light. I wish his poor mother had lived long enough to see this day.
I took a very late lunch to catch one of the last screenings here at the
@LTRiverOaks
. I spent many years loving the movie-watching experience. I don’t know what will happen to this place, but I hope it doesn’t get demolished & forgotten.
#RiverOaksTheatre
Hey,
@waterparks
! Look at all the good homies out here for today’s, Mon 6/28, meet & greet at 6pm! REMINDER purchase their latest album, ‘Greatest Hits,’ on CD here at
#CactusMusic
to receive a wristband for entry.⠀
•Lucy •Goofy •Possum •Aggie •Junebug •Bella •Onxy
Texas, I freaking love you but our government officials are embarrassing. Glad he’s using those funds to restock local food banks or other worthwhile organizations.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has offered up to $1 million of his own campaign funds for any whistleblowers or tipsters who come forward with evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election
My fellow
#Swifties
, let me tell you a story about an employee (me) who worked late (tonight Tuesday 8/25) to go get this last batch of AUTOGRAPHED
#TaylorSwift
#Folklore
CDs from the FedEx depot. ⠀
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So, starting TODAY Wednesday 8/26 at Noon we will be selling these beauties.
It feels weird that I have to say this to grown folk, but if you don't want to wear a mask, PLEASE COVER YOUR MOUTH IF YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE. Pandemic or not, that's just a gross thing to do. I’ve got staff & other customers we’re trying to keep safe.✌️
I just got a “one-star” review from a straight-up exaggerated interaction with a “swiftie.” Her review was a lie, and nothing she said was true. This whole tweet is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever written about 🙄 Happy Sunday 😑
John Nova Lomax, a long-time friend of the store and of many people who will read this update, has sadly passed away. He wrote one of the best pieces about our store’s return from the dead all so many years ago. May we all find solace in our memories of him and in his writings.
Well, last year, we quietly celebrated our 45th year being part of this beautiful city. And given the uncertainty of the times, it’s nice to be still kicking around here. So, grab one of our anniversary shirts and show your love for this old record store. 👵🏼👴
I wanted to do a small tribute to store dog and all around
#goodboi
Lou who unexpectedly passed away this week. We count ourselves lucky to have had him in our store and our lives.
#thedogloulovesyou
#adoptdontshop
🗣️Shoutout to the team at
@trillburgers
for doing the neighborly thing and treating us to their delicious burgers! We’re happy that the old JCI spot will occupy a future iconic Houston restaurant. The Trill Burgers in Montrose opened today, Wed 06/07/23, at 3607 South Shepherd.
Fight the dreary weather today, Monday 6/28, with a meet & greet visit from the
@waterparks
sweeties at 6pm! Just purchase their latest album, ‘Greatest Hits,’ on CD here at
#CactusMusic
to receive a wristband for entry.
Today, Sat 4/18/20, we would’ve been celebrating
#RecordStoreDay
2020 but unfortunately, the store is temporarily closed &
#RSD20
is now moved to 6/20/20. So, we decided to post pics from
#RSD15
4/18/15 and remember the good times had that day together.
So, we’re going to open the store tomorrow Saturday 6/13 from 11-5pm for INSTORE shopping 🥴 It’s been almost three months since we’ve had any customers in the store and we’re trying to be cautious with you & our staff. ⠀
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Please 🙏 read & respect our guidelines.⬇️
1. One per person. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
2. First come, first serve AT the store.⠀⠀⠀⠀
3. Local sales only. ⠀⠀
4. NO phone orders. ⠀⠀⠀⠀
5. NO mail orders. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
6. Don’t DM me.⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A million thank you’s 😘 to
@TaylorSwift
for the support!
HAPPENING NOW: “They’ve lost the majority of the control of these steps.” Pro Trump protesters storming the capitol as the Electoral Ceremony is being held.