{"id":455,"date":"2010-04-16T00:21:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T00:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=455"},"modified":"2010-04-16T00:21:46","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T00:21:46","slug":"chopin_till_you_drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/04\/chopin_till_you_drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopin till you drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did not see this coming, in <i>Time Out New York<\/i>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.timeout.com\/articles\/shopping\/84668\/sample-sales-and-shopping-events-in-nyc?cmpid=TD041510#ixzz0lETFX195\">weekly sample sale round-up<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Record Show and CD and Classical Music Expo<\/strong> Eighteen<br \/>\nvendors from across the tristate area will congregate and unload new,<br \/>\nrare and used records, 45s and CDs, most tagged at $5 or less.<br \/>\nClassical-music enthusiasts will be in heaven rifling through the<br \/>\nexpanded classical section, featuring orchestral, symphonic, opera and<br \/>\nsoloist discs. Mention <em>TONY<\/em> to receive $1 off admission. <em>The Holiday Inn, 440 W 57th St between Ninth and Tenth Aves (973-209-6067, <a href=\"http:\/\/showsandexpos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">showsandexpos.com<\/a>). Sat 17 10am-4pm, $6.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder if there will be a line around the block like there was at the Dolce&amp;Gabbana sale a few weeks back. <\/p>\n<p>And<br \/>\nfor those of you not of the classical persuasion (although if you&#8217;re<br \/>\nnot, I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing in these parts. Maybe you&#8217;re just a<br \/>\nPR junkie?):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Record Store Day<\/strong> To make sure that good old-fashioned<br \/>\nrecords (you know, those shiny black things your parents have stashed<br \/>\nin the garage) aren&#8217;t soon forgotten, the brains behind Record Store<br \/>\nDay have invited thousands of shops across the U.S. and U.K. to<br \/>\ncelebrate the lost art of spinning by offering discounts, special<br \/>\nperformances and limited-edition releases. Stop by the East Village&#8217;s<br \/>\nGimme Gimme Records early to get first dibs on a selection of free<br \/>\nalbums (usually $1) and half-off used 45s (originally $3-$30). Or head<br \/>\nout to Halcyon in Dumbo, Brooklyn, where DJs will be spinning all day<br \/>\nand shoppers can enjoy rotating hourly deals (such as 25 percent off<br \/>\nused records and 15 percent off all CDs). <em>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/recordstoreday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">recordstoreday.com<\/a> for more info. Sat 17, Locations and times vary<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So go out and buy those CDs so your grandkids believe they once existed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did not see this coming, in Time Out New York&#8216;s weekly sample sale round-up: Record Show and CD and Classical Music Expo Eighteen vendors from across the tristate area will congregate and unload new, rare and used records, 45s and CDs, most tagged at $5 or less. Classical-music enthusiasts will be in heaven rifling through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}