Today’s newsletter is all about your ears.  Record stores from the past, Record Store Day coming up in April, sing-along songs from some of the best Ska-Punk bands, and more.  The cherry on top is a four-year-old hearing his first sound, and you can see it in his eyes! 

Record Store Day 2023 will be on April 22.  Record Store Day, according to its website, started in 2008 as a celebration of independently-owed record stores.  Since its inception, Record Store Day has hosted artists, promoted various events, and now supports artists who release new music on Record Store Day or release a particular version of the music on Record Store Day.  The 2023 list is extensive, and you can find the list here.

Consequence turned us on to RSD 23 and gave a brief look a the list of Limited Editions, Box Sets, and other special releases.  This little gem is even better than the new Consequence brings us almost weekly.  One of the links on the RSD 23 page linked to a Page Not Found (404) error, not uncommon on the web, but look at this special pic on the 404 page!

Below is a still of a video of Sawyer, who just had his cochlear implants turned on for the first time.  It was the first time he heard his mom’s voice.  ABC News has the story and the video.

Jamal Alnasr went from an immigrant to the United States in the 90s to the man to see about hard-to-find and rare records in NYC.  After working at a record store in the Greenwich Village for a few years, he opened his own shop with the money he had saved.  When he opened Village Revival Records in the 90s, his rent was $160, and when he was forced to close it in 2017, his rent was $5,000.

After a short break and returning to Palestine for a visit, Alnasr returned to NYC and found a sympathetic landlord that helped him reopen his shop.  Alnasr wants to rebuild the 90s!  According to the article in Pitchfork, Alnasr is likely the last record store owner in Manhattan and the last one still smoking cigarettes behind his counter.  Welcome back to the 90s!

Kerrang put together a list they called 14 of the best punk rock singalongs, and we loved the list, but based on this list, it's much more Ska-Punk than straight punk.  It could be that Ska-Punk is a better sing-along genre, but we can think of several punk sing-alongs.  We will save our list for another day; today, let's celebrate a great list of music.  Here is a hint of what bands made the list:

[Music Notes]

Jamal Alnasr might want to bring back the 90s, but today, we are all 80s for music notes.

Bouncing Souls.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

With A Shout newsletter is written by Johnny Christian with the support of a thousand idea bits and the help of many people.

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