fucking NORTHERN LIGHTS (closed; 7th and henn, used to buy full-on ephidrine pink hearts next door at suns (which is now huge and up by harmon glass or some shit))

garage d’or (closed, i think. used to steal tapes from there)

oarfolkjokeopus (bought my first cd there: hey judester -the didgits)

tatters and platters (west bank, loooong gone. once they dropped the platters it was just tatters … hahaha)

extreme noise (best place for 7” punk)

positively 4th street (nee know name records)

electric fetus (stinks like nag champa, but has the best “roam around and WHOA! THEY HAVE A HUUUGE BLUEGRASS SECTION!”)

maharaja’s (made me actually respect st. paul a little bit the first time i found this place back in 1989, i bought naked raygin’s throb throb on cassette. maybe a butterfly knife, too. can’t remember)

road runner can eat a dick, i never liked that place and cheapo can die in a fire, too. see, cheapo was always like the bullshit show going on in the mainroom at 1st ave when you wanted to transfer from the entry to get to a bartender that wasn’t swamped (unless it was pete, that motherfucker was SWIFT and knew my drink).