In a new segment on Pure Pop Online we’re talking with random customers and asking them what they’re listening to, what they’re looking for and a little bit about pop culture in general. Yo know, the hard questions.

Pure Pop: Hi Josh, What brings you into Pure Pop today?
Josh F: Decided to pick up the new Jarvis Cocker album.  I’m not a fan, but I’ve heard/read some interesting things so I’ve decided to give it a shot.  He compiled a wonderful cd called “The Trip” with another fellow, and it’s a great mix of new wave, country, rock, and a little bit of wtf?  I also grabbed the Incredible String Band‘s “The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter“.

PP: What else have you been listening to lately?
JF: Phil Spector ripoffs, Paul Dutton, Judas Priest, Royal Trux, JT IV, Sun City Girls, Omar Souleyman, Def Leppard, Dr. Strangely Strange, The Frogs, Brainbombs, Too $hort, Chubby Checker‘s meltdown album from the early 70s.

PP: Been out to see any live shows lately?
JF: Sadly, no.  The last show I saw was Greg Davis/Toby Aronson, Stellar Om Source, Infinity Window, and Mark McGuire. That was a couple of months ago, killer show.

PP: What’s your favorite record store employee stereotype?
JF: I didn’t realize there was more than one.  I think I enjoy the ones that look down on me for whatever it is that I’m buying.

PP: Are you a Vinyl or CD guy? 8-track? Ipod?
JF: I’m not picky.  Anything with sound is fine by me.  I am more of an album person, and that’s something that I realize is not too popular.

PP: What other shops in town do you frequent? (music, and non-music related)
JF: Burlington Records, The Red Onion, American Flatbread, Crow Books, Great Harvest Bakery.

PP: Heard any good jokes lately?
JF: Yes, but I won’t tell it.  It’s not appropriate.  I’ll stick to a good old standard.
How do you make a tissue dance?
Put a little boogie in it.

PP: What magazines or websites do you read / requent to find out about new music?
JF: Arthurmag.com, blastitude.com, aethereverywhere.com,  weirdorecords.com, Z-Gun magazine, cosmicjams.blogspot.com, Wax Poetics, Signal to Noise, The Wire

PP: What are your feelings if any on the state of music today?
JF: Lots of cool stuff going on if you know where to look.  It’s amazing that we’re living in a time where you can actually listen to pretty much anything that was recorded in the history of music.  That’s a plus.

PP: Do you make music? Art?
JF: I make a little music with a friend under the name Black Beauty.  We’re two full grown men who should really know better, but we play a noisy mix of rock and some other things thrown in.  I also make some silly collages occasionally.

PP: If you were a ice-cream flavor what flavor would you be?
JF: Spicy Chocolate

PP: Thanks Josh!