“Metalest Record Shop”

From Style Magazine’s Best of Richmond issue:

While Richmond has several great record stores, Vinyl Conflict’s 324 S Pine St. storefront is the one that scares baby boomers. You won’t find Eric Clapton, but you will find plenty of Dischord classics and used leather jackets. It’s the record store you’ll want to show your out-of-town visitors, even if punk and metal aren’t your taste. “Why do all those people standing in front of it have tattoos?” a bewildered father asked. You’ll never get it, Dad.

Vinyl Conflict, everybody.

House Fire On S. Pine Yesterday

There was a house fire on the 300 block of S. Pine Street yesterday. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

From the resident:

The long and the short of it is that a small fire broke out in the chimney upstairs and spread to the attic. They had to rip up some of the roof to hose it down. All is okay, except looks like I lost a sizeable chunk of my book and zine collection in the water. Very strange day.