John Zaccaria writes music as The Knife Kickers. Friends fill out the band; it is a rotating cast with John at the center. Ryan Prushinski helped with the latest record that is set to come out in early 2024. Ryan played drums on just over half the songs (he also drums in Doom Beach who’ve been on the pod before; click here for that) and produced/engineered the recording of the album.
John in the foreground and Ryan in the back
We talk to John and Ryan about the new record, playing music in general and how the local indie rock scene gave way to his musical journey. We have the privilege of playing a few songs from the new album (one in full at the end of the interview and a couple partial songs in the mix of the interview).
We open at 8AM on Friday November 24th, 2023 – BLACK FRIDAY!
We will have RSD Black Friday items; the ones we’ll have are listed below. The store is also open for general shopping and everything is on sale all weekend!
The social media we use most is Instagram. Please do follow us there for regular stock updates and occasional announcements.
RSD BF items will be in the Bay Door area – if you were here in April for Record Store Day – it’s a smaller version of that set up.
Parking can be found in the normal area that is painted in our lot and overflow parking is basically in the abutting lots.
Please be safe and mindful of those around you. Dress weather appropriate. We’ll do our best to get you out of the cold as safely and efficiently as we can.
Below is a list of what we will have available. Record Store Day titles are limited to 1 per title per person (buy as many titles as you’d like, just 1 each).
LPs & 12″s
____________________________ 13th Floor Elevators Bull Of The Woods (White) All Time Low Alive At Wembley (Tangerine & Lemon Opaque Galaxy) Anvil Cat From Studio 4 (Etched white vinyl) Baker, Chet Trio & Philip Catherine Chet’s Choice Beach Boys Beach Boys’ Christmas Album (Green) Beast Coast Escape From New York (Transluscent orange) Beatnuts Intoxicated Demons The EP Beck, Jeff Tribute Bell, Andrew Scott Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey OST (Red/yellow split) Bentley, Dierks Up On The Ridge (10th Anniversary Edition) Black Angels Levitation Sessions (Splatter + Bonus Live DVD) Blood, Sweat & Tears What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears? BLXST Just For Clarity 2 Bottle Rockets Bottle Rockets (30th Anniversary) (Green) Brown, Marion & Leo Smith Creative Improvisation Ensemble (Red) Brubeck, Dave Quartet Live From The Northwest, 1959 Buckcherry Time Bomb (Brown w/ black bomb bast swirl) Burwell, Carter Blood Simple OST (Killer Crimson Marble) C-Bo Gas Chamber (30th Anniversary Ghostly Orange Vinyl) Callier, Terry Speak Your Peace (Green) Cameron, Matt Gory Scorch Cretins Captain Beefheart Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (45th Anniversary) Carr, Eric Rockology (Picture disc) Coheed & Cambria Live at Starland Ballroom (Solar Flare) Collective Soul Live At The Print Shop (Hot Pink + Includes 2 silver dollar coins) Colourfield Very Best Of Colourfield (Blue) Cypress Hill Black Sunday 2023 Remixes (30th Anniversary) Czarface Czartificial Intelligence (Orange) Death Individual Thought Patterns (Custom Color in Color w/ splatter) Diddley,Bo I’m a Man: The Chess Masters 1955-1958 (Box Set) Digital Underground “Body-Hat” Syndrome (30th Anniversary) Dolenz, Micky Puts You To Sleep (Color) Dolphy, Eric Iron Man (Gold Nugget) Doors Live In Bakersfield, CA August 21, 1970 (Orange / Numbered) Dungen 4 (Aquamarine) Earle, Justin Townes Yuma (Metallic gold) Earle, Justin Townes Live At Grimey’s September 4th, 2014 (Baby blue) Electric Blood Transfusion (Black w/ Blood Drops) English Beat I Just Can’t Stop It (Expanded Edition)(Clear) Evans, Bill Tales: Livein Copenhagen (1964) Evans, Gil & Ten Gil Evans & Ten Faces Had Me A Real Good Time at the BBC (Orange) Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: Live at the Paradise Lounge, Boston, Oct. 27, 2002(20th Ann. Deluxe Edition)(Pink) Fleshtones Stocking Stuffer (15th Anniversary) (Green) Fraternity Second Chance Garcia, Jerry & David Grisman So What (25th Anniversary 2LP Edition) Garcia, Jerry & John Kahn Pure Jerry: Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium…1986 (Gold) Goo Goo Dolls Goo Goo Dolls (Red & Clear Cloudy Effect) Goodie Mob Soul Food (Clear w/ orange & black splatter) Gordon, Dexter & Slide Hampton A Day In Copenhagen (Sky blue) Gov’t Mule Time Of The Signs Grateful Dead Fillmore West 1969 March 2nd (Box Set) Hamilton, Chico Master (50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) (Purple marble) Hoey, Gary Hark! Ho Ho Ho Hoey Hits! Hooker, John Lee Live At Cafe Au-Go-Go INXS Shabooh Shoobah Rarities IWrestledABearOnce It’s All Happening (Purple) Jamal, Ahmad Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse (1966-1968) Jesus Lizard Blue (Metallic blue) Jett, Joan & The Blackhearts Mindsets Jonas Brothers Family Business (Clear) Jones, Norah Playing Along Kahan, Noah Cape Elizabeth (Color marble) [Hot item: We got just 10 Copies!] Kirkland, Mike James Hang On In There Kix Cool Kids (Color vinyl) Knack Countdown Live 1980 (Pink) Lee, Amos Honeysuckle Switches: Song of Lucinda Williams Lewis, Jerry Lee At The Palomino Club (Fiery Red Smoke) Lil Wayne I Am Music Limp Bizkit Live At Rock IM Park 2001 (Yellow & Blue marble) Linkin Park Lost Demos (20th Meteora Anniversary) Little Feat Live at Manchester Free Trade Hall, 7/29/1977 Los Lobos Kiko (3LP 30th Ann.) MacDermot, Galt Ghetto Suite Madlib Before The Verdict (Gold) Mamas & the Papas Mamas & the Papas Live at The Monterey International Pop Festival (Gold) McCann, Les Never A Dull Moment! Live From Coast to Coast 1966-1967 McPherson, JD Warm Covers (Red, white & blue swirl) Meat Puppets Forbidden Places (Boysenberry w/ black swirl) Mingus, Charles Incarnations Mitchell, Joni Court and Spark Demos Monkees Monkees (Multi color splash) Montgomery, Wes / Wynton Kelly Trio Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings Morricone Youth Battleship Potemkin (Silent Film Intertitle Black) Motley Crue Too Young To Fall In Love EP (Orange/black marble) Murphy, John Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special (Green/red splatter) My Morning Jacket Happy Holiday! (Snow & Ice color) Napalm Death Enslavement To Obliteration (Orange w/ white splatter) Nas I Am…The Autobiography Nelson, Willie Shotgun Willie (2LP) Ocote Soul Sounds El Nino Y El Sol (Red, yellow, green) (OST) Parsons, Gram & The Fallen Angels Last Roundup: Live From the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia 3/16/73 Peterson, Oscar Trio Con Alma Live In Lugano, 1964 (Light blue) Petras, Kim Problematique (Apple Red) Petty, Lee & Keith Richards Scratch’d Piper Summer Breeze (Blue/white marble) Plasmatics Maggots: The Record (Lipstick red) Polo G Die A Legend (Black Ice) Post Malone The Diamond Collection (Clear) Price, Margo Strays Live At Grimey’s (Sangria marble) Prince Gett Off (One-Sided) Rilo Kiley Under the Blacklight (Purple) Ripple Ripple Rodrigo, Olivia Guts: The Secret Tracks (Purple)[Hot item: We got just 25 copies!] Russell, Leon Hank Wilson Vol. II (Red) Sacrilege B.C. Party With God Sartain, Dan Lost Dan Sartain Record (Yellow w/ black smoke) Schoolly-D Schoolly-D (Yellow / black blended) Screaming Trees Live At Egg Studio 1991 (White) Shabazz 3 Late Nite With Shabazz 3 Shankar, Ravi & Ali Akbar Khan In Concert 1972 Sia Everyday is Christmas / Snowman EP Silvestri, Alan Death Becomes Her OST (Purple) Skid Row B-Side Ourselves EP (Yellow/black marble) Slaughter to Prevail Live in Moscow Souls Of Mischief 93 ‘Til Infinity: The Remixes Sparks Live At The Record Plant 1974 (Clear) Spice 1 187 He Wrote (Red Smoke) Splinter Place I Love (Transparent Clear) Steeler Steeler (Clear red) Strings, Billy & Willie Nelson California Sober Sweet Level Headed Alternative Mixes & Demos (Blue) Tank & The Bangas Floating Tantric Tantric (Orange) Taproot Blue-Sky Research (Blue Sky vinyl) Three 6 Mafia Da Unbreakables (Color vinyl) Tjader, Cal Catch The Groove: Live At The Penthouse (1963-1967) Turnstile & Badbadnotgood New Heart Designs U2 Under The Blood Red Sky (Red) Ultravox Quartet (Steven Wilson Mix) (Clear) Various Artists Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: MC Crews (Gold) Various Artists Asteroid City OST (Orange) Various Artists Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: The DJ’s (Blue) Various Artists Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War Various Artists Black Jazz Records The Complete Singles (Orange w/ black swirl) Various Artists Soul Jazz Records Presents: Studio One Kings (Yellow) Various Artists Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: Female MC’s (Orange) Various Artists Tuff City Salutes Hip Hop 50: Solo MC’s (Red) Various Artists Rostrum 20: 20th Anniversary Compilation Various Artists Judgement Night (30th Anniversary Edition) (Red) Various Artists Jazz Dispensary At The Movies (Purple haze) Various Artists Punk Goes Christmas (10th Anniversary Edition) (Green) Various Artists Noise For Now Vol. 1 (Clear) Various Artists Written in Their Soul – The Hits: The Stax Songwriter Demos (Orange) Various Artists Light in the Attic & Friends (2LP Color Wax Ltd. Ed.) Various Artists Konami Classics: The Best of the NES (Hot Pink) Virulence If This Isn’t A Dream…(WHITE) War The World is a Ghetto: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Box Set) Webster, Ben & Quartet Wayfaring Webster X Ain’t Love Grand (Red smoke) X-Cops You Have The Right To Remain Silent (Red) Yungblood 21st Century Liability (5 Year Ann. Ed.) Zombie, Rob Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Picture disc)
10″
____________________________ Waterboys This Is The Sea (Fast Version)
7″s
____________________________ De La Soul 3 Feet High & Rising (Splatter) (12x7inch) Finnigan, Kelly A Joyful Sound (Five 7-inch 45’s) Hold Steady Death of the Punchline / Radar & Leda Mann,Aimee Dead Eyes Phoenix Winter Solstice (Picture disc)
CDs
____________________________ Carr, Eric Rockology (Pic / CD vinyl look-a-like) Doors Live In Bakersfield, CA August 21, 1970 Dr. Dre Chronic (Long box) Limp Bizkit Live At Rock IM Park 2001 (Yellow CD Vinyl look-a-like) Ultravox Quartet (Steven Wilson Mix)
RSD Quantity Disclaimer: We hope we can please and fulfill the requests of a good deal of you all. As much as we’d like to have every possible thing on hand in quantities exactly matching the demand it just can’t work that way. We order a tremendous amount as do many other stores. We are allocated certain amounts of things and ultimately we get a lot because we put in the leg work. That said, we get less than we order and in some cases we miss out on items completely (trust us, it’s not purposeful by any stretch). We want everyone to be happy in the end so be excellent to each other. And if you have a request for something please let us know next week with an email or phone call and we can check on its availability.
Also to note: we love trade-ins, but prefer them on less high traffic days! During a sale is not the optimal time for trades so by all means bring them by Monday or any other non-sale day please!
Announcing our Holiday Sale for 2023! It will take place from Black Friday, November 24th, 2023 through Sunday, November 26th, 2023 with extended hours through the weekend.
Justin aka Studebaker Hawk joins us this month on the podcast. Justin is a record dealer who also runs / promotes some record fairs and is also a DJ who also runs a label with the team at Peace & Rhythm and also has a 45/7″ subscription service called The Drop. (Links to all that stuff below.)
Justin aka Studebaker Hawk
Justin does all this stuff while keeping up an active traveling itinerary and splitting his time between Springfield and Mexico.
We’ve got a list of DJs as well! A crew downstairs and a crew upstairs for maximum listening enjoyment!
Downstairs returning crew!
DJ Lord Lewis, The Velvet Knight will be playing contemporary underground funk, soul, reggae/dub, and balearic grooves. DJ Lord Lewis the Velvet Knight is a self-made mythology and a secret wizard of the underground. You could say for the sake of explanation he might be an avid record collector, psychedelic librarian, vinyl Disc Jockey, and host of the legendary Rumpus Room Radio Show on WESU 88.1 FM, which has been on the air since 2002. Check out some of his mixes / radio shows here: https://www.mixcloud.com/lordlewis/
DJ Ratkiller will be spinning eclectic subculture rocker jams: new wave, punk /post punk, power pop, junk-shop glam, 60s reggae/rocksteady ska, northern soul & maybe some gangster funk. https://www.instagram.com/ratkiller3000
Upstairs new crew!
Chef Mark – Whether in the kitchen, or behind the decks, Chef Mark serves up delicious platters that get you hooked. Some of his favorite ingredients are soul, blues, and reggae, as well as other flavors sourced from Africa and Latin America. You can also expect a dash of 70s punk sprinkled throughout. https://www.instagram.com/markscialabba/
Dayansiiita has been reigning over hi-fi’s across Brooklyn and NY for years now, but the high priestess has agreed to cast her spells for us here at Counter Weight. Expect to be enchanted by the sounds of the Caribbean. A potent brew of kompa, reggae, guaguanco, son, and cumbia. https://linktr.ee/dayansilva
Jahoctopus AKA Christian Dimenna always shines and the autumn months are when he truly radiates. The legendary Lovecraft artist will treat us to a mix of psych, soul, soundtracks, and more. Heavy on the 70s vibes. https://www.instagram.com/jahoctopus/
Shaki has your itinerary planned. Expect a trip around the world, but you can leave your passport at home. No baggage fees, no fees for more leg room… You’ll be traveling first class. https://www.instagram.com/shakipresents
