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I inttbrJS Papa Jazz customer Kenneth B By M KLIN DA WALDKOP Assistant Carolinal Editor Papa Jazz Record Shoppe has ; little something old. a little some thing new and a little something hlues. The store got its start ii Columbia in 1980, employee Mik< Cook said. Before it became 2 record store, it was a laundromat. "There's still some pipes in th< ceiling," Cook said. This history is evident in th< decor of the store. Employe* Bemis Chavis rings up sales ot what Cook describes as a "194( register," and a yellowed poste advertises a 1984 jazz festival. Manager Tim Smith has beet working at the store since its firs year. "A guy just had a bunch o records and started (the store),' Smith said. "It's not really a nove concept." This concept involves selling i wide variety of records, from viny albums by The Doors and Depeche "Mode to a Melissa Manchestei ^'Greatest Hits" collection. Tht store also buys used records. Thi? variety and purchasing powei enables Papa Jazz to have somt rare finds stashed in among its jam packed record bins. "We stock music that you can'I find anywhere else," assistant manager Rick Sutton said. "People come from all over the country They know about us." Sutton said he has had customers from New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, and Chavis throws in thai there have also been customers <D 03 Q <D 3 B 3 2 OJ /+> -i /A rv /-v $1UUU FOR to \ Rising Sen Graduati Applications arc available in th and Mathematics (Room It Humanities and Social Scienc Student Serv ices Office in Sv Public Affairs ( 4th floor. Gan All applications and > must be su Dr. John P Center for Envir Institute of P 405 Gam By April 30, 1 n^ * JPH j* \ **~mm "jg?B | 1.1* -t ii|?rM Jfijg A* 1^--y-#yte *T I18 py| *sf ?? .?, ' ..M ..Tl. ^^MStas^aiaL JB?g?n?. &?' ^ & t 1 iwi fe ll V, rito searches for his favorite tune : Allth I Papa ja; i vintagi ' from England and Japan in tl store. The store's extensive record co ' lection may help to account for th * international commerce. "If yc have your collectors looking f< stuff that's hard to find, we C2 probably get it," Smith said. For proof of this claim, one nee look no further than die "Colon' Sanders' Tijuana Picnic" albui t Sutton proudly hoists. Tli Colonel's lace grins out at tli . viewer, complete with tli Kentucky tried chicken log scrawled in a corner. Despite i ; rareness, Cook describes the recoi I as "horrible, awful easy-listening.' Cook points out another unusu: aspect of Papa Jazz. "All die oth< Ph The En * has be educati have d (Z) tions a 9 ment t( enviroi acaden O -M c/) M witf com prev or 1993-1994 o cum ior, Senior or fort e Student hold e offices of the Dean of Science The aw >9 Physical Science Center); howeve es (Room 252 Gambrell Hall) ^ ^ vearingen. and the Institute of ibrell Hall). To be ( >upporting documents Student1 bmitted to: , . , submit dark Dean onmental Policy transcri] ublic Affairs stateme brell Hall objectiv 1993, 5:00 pm Carolina! wee iL ^ . P v- ? iff an m * I hi ill jjjlllP -v, %: jgA-. Jg| s among the plethora of music in tf . at azz 11 rewinds r sounds ?/ k/ Vf le record stores have quit sellinj vinyl," he said. "It's the only plact il- you can find them." is As Cook speaks, he wipes i >u record with a cloth and a mix tun )r proclaimed in bold black letters tc tn be "Recurd Juice," which Cool explains is halt-parts distiller :d water, half-parts Everclear. "It': el my own special blend of 11 herb: in and spices," Cook said, le Sutton agrees with Cook's con le tention that Papa Jazz sells a goor ie selection of albums. "We have o more LPs, to my knowledge, thai ts anyone else in the Southeast,' d Sutton said. Papa Jazz is selective about wha al music it buys from customers :r Smith said he looks at several facvironmental Scholarship program en established to support the ional endeavors of students who lemonstrated, through their acnd course of studv. a commit d preserving and enhancing the iment. Awards are made for one lie year, $500 each semester. 9 List be a legal resident of the state outh Carolina ay be an undergraduate or luate student at USC-Columbia ust be a rising senior or senior, 1 a 3.00 cumulative gpa and have ipleted 24 credit hours in the ious academic year graduate student, with a 3.00 ulativegpaandcarrying 18hours he award year, 12 hours if ing a graduate assistantship ard is not renewable; r, students may reapply for darship. considered for this award, all ? must complete an application, two letters of support, a pt of USC work, and a two-page nt of interest and career es. kend B> k 1 sp S H ho R \ M; fll HHnran^Hli .. cr\, ?F mil aiK ev( C.! ins ^ c die Kelly Johnson/The Gamecock ^ e ie Five Points store. Ep atte KMS K) UClClUUUe VVIUII.IIC Will DU), I'" including the condition of the Cai record, tape or CD, its selling price new, how many copies Papa Jazz already has of it and how well he believes it will sell. Cook adds another criterion. "If it's something there was a million copies of, we shy away from it," he said. "We try to provide stuff nobody else has." Cook can attest to the value of selling stuff to the store. He received a graduation gift of a crate I of records, among which was a rare I Beatles record, "A Butcher Cover," which he sold to Papa Jazz for $300. "Never throw away records," look saiu. n may nc worm something to somebody." Papa Jazz customer Allan I Mozinga comes to the store for its - selection and price. "I like coming here. You don't have to pay top 1 dollar," Mozinga said. "I mostly - come here to find rare records." 1 Some of Papa Jazz's-selections : include swing, bebop, avant-garde, 1 soul and blues. And then, of 5 course, there's jazz. > "We do stock a lot of jazz, which is kind of unusual," Smith said, while Cook asserted that Papa 1 Jazz boasted the most complete L i jazz collection he has ever seen, i including stores perused in New I York and Los Angeles. t Sutton says Papa Jazz also r t allows dogs in the store, and I . Chavis is anxious to tell people the carpet has just been shampooed. Be Part of Ent of the Car Recruiti . <:>: Show your Si excitement of / Southc c Is? c I Organizi Monde in the Lettermen': (Enter Stadiur h I 1th annual tennis marathon o benefit children's home NANCY SALOMONSKY The marathon will feature live orts Editor inusie by Kindread Soul, Papa Imagine playing tennis for 38 Robbie and leniife on Saturday, urs straight. There will also be a cook-out form The Columbia Hall Annual 12 noon until 3 p.m. irathon for Public Service will All of the proceeds will go onsor its 11th annual tennis directly to benefit the Epworth irathon this weekend to benefit Center. C.H.A.M.P.S. has already : Epworth Center. raised S2.500 through the sale of rhe event, which is held at the advertisements and T-shirts. . / ^ n ... "W;,, u?. r:..~ e.eniLi, .Millis ai o a.in. rrioay VV(- ""i*. lu ?<? >? utiwccu live J ends when (he last person is an(J seven thousand dollars," ne playing. If the marathon Timmerman said. :ord, 38 hours, is broken, the The honorary chairman of the ent should end at 10 p.m. event is Gene Luna, director of urday. Housing and Residential Services. 'The marathon is a community Anyone interested in playing for :nt," said Daniel Timmerman, die record can show up on Friday H.A.M.P.S. president. "It is morning at 8 a.m. ready to play, ant to be campus-wide includ- People just interested in playing all campus organizations, stu- can go to the tennis courts on its and faculty." Friday or Saturday at any time. Dn Saturday morning, the chil- I he cost is $5. n from die Mental Retardation "It will be a lot of fun," said rvices of Epworth and the Julie Krysak, C.H.A.M.P.S. worth Children's Home will Member of the Year. "We are try :nd the event and get to spend mg to raise money for a good ie with Yogi Bear from cause. We ;ue doing all of this for ovvinds and Coeky. the children " Under construction iPr ^ -! "%mmm llli ' * J^KL. j# ^HH ^HI^BHfl ^dF .. JL Br wt jMi^Jk P*?"li" fsr- ^ jMHff ^#?M|^p^HHppH^ jR^Bl 1 Bi^^ " C^^sls ^C- o^aB flp^ > l: -i->?i i - - ? J- - <* i -J 1:^1. D~:? a * . Migiuuuuuy, indue up or iedu vuidusi uiidii ivic^arter, gUlarist John Furr, bassist/vocalist Bryan Williams and drumner Todd Godd, will play at Rockafellas' Saturday night. Jncle Green will open for the local band. husiasm and Excitement olina Classics, USC's ng Hostess Group I chool pride and enjoy the Gamecock Football in the eastern Conference! A-W ' y ational Meeting V iy, April 26th at 8pm 5 Lounge of Williams-Brice Stadium n Gate Across From Bojangles') 658 for Additional Information