Mondays - Cuts from the Crates

Mondays have turned out to be really fun at the Hall! Not only is it 1/2 Price Sandwich Night but it's also Cuts from the Crates - aka the Justin and Chris fun hour. Chris is the chef from Circa 33, next door, and he has become a really good friend of ours. Chris loves funk, soul and hip hop music and is somewhat new to djing for a crowd - so it's so fun to see him light up as he get into it. He really loves it.



Justin is DJ Clarence Duffy and Chris is DJ Skill-it. How fitting :)

Latin Night!

Tonight should be a great night! DJ Sesqui, from KBOO's Astral Traveling show on Sunday nights, is doing a Latin Night with his friend Papi Chulo. We're getting ready to DANCE!! 9PM!!

The Willamette Week is so good to us

TRENDWATCH: Bars that are Stores
By Ben Waterhouse
Willamette Week
January 26, 2011

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-16806-trendwatch_bars_that_are_stores.html


Photo by Cameron Browne

That's Justin DJing in the pic!

2nd & 4th Thursdays

KMHD Jazz Radio's Thursday Daytime DJ, LORD SMITHINGHAM aka Derek Smith has also become a large part of the Hall of Records family. He has a bi-weekly set at the Hall on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Derek has a great taste in music and always sets an amazing mood. Come join us tonight!!

Chalk Art

Edgar came by the store on Monday to do another amazing piece of chalk art.



This time he's doing Candido Drum Fever



And as always, baby Simone came along for the ride and was such a good girl... for hours!!



He's also done a few chalk art vinyl covers that are for sale on our walls!



Here are a few of his previous works, too!

Lee Morgan


And LL Cool J

Tuscan Pastrami on Rye

Reid, one of our employees and invaluable part of the Hall of Records team, has been coming up with some amazing sandwich specials lately. A few weeks ago he came up with a Roast Beef sandwich with a tomato poblano relish. People still talk about that sandwich. And this weeks' is no exception. It's a Tuscan Pastrami on Rye - artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes, capers and mozzarella grilled to perfection!

The key to a great sandwich is the dressing. Reid makes all of his from scratch and they really make the sandwiches special. We're going to be putting a few more of Reid's sandwiches on the regular menu over the next few weeks. And with every Monday being 1/2 Price Sandwich night, you just can't beat it.

Events this week!

Monday
½ Price Sandwich Night
Open – Close
Cuts from the Crates – spinning all vinyl from our bins 8PM

Tuesday
Voyage! World Music with Live Instrumentation
DJ Tah Rei 8PM

Wednesday
Soul, Jazz, Funk and Future Beats w/ DJ Roane and Special Guest 8PM

Thursday
KMHD Jazz Radio's Lord Smithingham 8PM

Friday
Open Turntables 8PM
Bring your own records and spin 30 minute sets!
Sign Up starts at 7PM

Saturday
Jamaican Night w/ Live Horns with DJ Green Mango 9PM!

Sunday
Sunday Night Soul Party w/ the
Pantorium Soul Club 8PM
Happy Hour All Day & Night!

Familiar Faces

This week Justin and I came back to work pretty much full time. I didn't realize how much I missed the people that come to our store (probably because of all the pain meds) until they started streaming in the front door throughout this week.

I have been overwhelmingly excited and grateful to see so many familiar faces. It means so much more, too, that they come out in the freezing cold, post holiday dormancy to see us. I can not even begin to express how much I love our store and the people that come in it. Thank you for everything.

We Love Private Parties!

The past few weeks we've had the pleasure of hosting some really awesome private parties. This past Thursday, there was a joint birthday party at the same time the DJ put on her first theramin and DJing show. It was unbelievable.

We've had some other events including wedding receptions, office happy hours, birthday parties, producer shows, DJ shows and even lectures.

I was mentioning to someone in the shop the other day that we're going to miss the Eugene Record Convention this year because we have an event at the store on the same day. The guy I was telling was immediately interested in renting out the room for his own party. It made me think that maybe we're on to something here.

We have some pretty awesome amenities including beer & wine, good food, good music and a super cozy room. You can even DJ yourself if you want to. Plus awesomely good service :)

We're really excited for the events we have coming up including a Natian Brewery event & party. We'd love to host more!

Email us at hallofrecordsportland@gmail.com and let us know what you want to do!

Or just come in and see us :)