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Bill's Records

Bill's Records

About Me

I've owned Bill's Records in Dallas for over 26 years. During that time I've been fortunate enough to meet hundreds of very interesting people. My favorite recording artist is Ben Harper and Erykah Badu. We are now located in the South Side Lamar area in South Dallas. We feature free live performances in the store every Friday and Saturday afternoon, with free beer for the adults and free pizza and ice cream for the kids. The phone number will stay 972.234.1496 Call us if you're looking for a hard-to-find record or CD. We'll ship anywhere.Profile edited with CricketSoda's Myspace Editor

My Interests

Texas music

I'd like to meet:

Albert Frey, Andy Warhol, and Stanley Marcus (I've actually met them), John Lennon, Le Corbusier, Andy Garcia, Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan, Garcia Lorca, Louis Kahn, Elvis Presley, Ava Gardner, Rumi, William Burroughs, Leonard Cohen, R.M. Schindler, Willem de Kooning, Wilheim Reich, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, Yves Klein, Cy Twombly, William Eggleston, and Jesus Christ.Over the years I've had the pleasure of meeting a number of incredible artists, athletes and performers who all dropped into the store... including Jeff Buckley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Hall (of Pleasure Club), Radiohead, Milla Jovavich, Eazy E, Chip Taylor (he wrote "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning"), Butthole Surfers, Geto Boys, Sarah MacClauclan, Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, John Densmore, 808 State, Daniel Johnston, Cypress Hill, Coldplay, 311, Jesus and Mary Chain, Alison Moyet, Dennis Rodman, Lol Tolhurst, Echo and the Bunnymen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Peaches, Def Jef, Tripping Daisy, Pantera, Rigor Mortis, Circle Jerks, Jello Biafra, King Diamond, Weezer, Cracker, and my favorite artist of all time Ben Harper.I'd love to meet each and every one of you, too. I love everybody. I don't discriminate. The only thing I ask is this - please don't leave comments advertising stuff that we don't sell in the store. I don't mind promoting albums or CDs that are already available as part of our catalog, but if just going to use my page to promote your stuff, our webmaster is going to delete it right away. You have to realize... if we're not selling it, then you're part of our competition. It's hard enough already just to keep the store open and running. I'm not going to help you put our store out of business. We really need people to BUY stuff at Bill's Records, not use our space to sell your stuff and then act like we don't even exist. Fair is fair. Cool? Thanks. Bless your heart.

Music:

Ben Harper, Erykah Badu, Jeff Buckley, the Beatles, James Hall and Pleasure Club, Bjork, Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez, Bob Wills, Lil Wayne, Ketty Lester, Neil Diamond, Edie Brickell and Paul Simon, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, James McMurtry, Ray Wylie Hubbard, 1100 Springs, Southside Reverb, Hydroponic Sound System, Sparklehorse, Billie Holliday and Cottonmouth, Texas.

Movies:

Artist on Artist: Ringo Starr & Ben Harper
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Television:

The Office, Dancing With The Stars, Reno 911, Flight of the Conchords, Soul Train

Books:



Heroes:

Ben Harper, Garcia Lorca, Louis Khan, Le Corbusier, Louis Barragan, Buckminster Fuller, Rumi, Thomas Merton, Carter Albrecht, Erykah Badu and Jesus Christ. My mother and father, of course.

My Blog

On Meeting Ben Harper

It's Sunday night and I'm sitting up at Bill's Records reminiscing about the night that we met Ben Harper for the first time."I had been listening to Ben's music for a couple of years before he came t...
Posted by Bill's Records on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:02:00 PST

Erykah Badu TONIGHT at Bill’s Records

Come meet Erykah Badu tonight at the new store! Her album goes on sale at midnight, the party starts at ten... This is going to be a blast!Jeff Liles will also be hand to give away a few DVD copies ...
Posted by Bill's Records on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:04:00 PST

Please Come See the New Store!

Hey, if you still haven't been to the new store, you don't know what you're missing!We're here and all settled in. Sure would love to re-connect with our customers from the old location!Love you......
Posted by Bill's Records on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:27:00 PST

"Obituary For A Storefront" by Jeff Liles

Obituary for a Storefront (from "Unfair Park" blog - Dallas Observer)If you've spent most of your life in Dallas, then you've grown accustomed to seeing most of your favorite signature city landm...
Posted by Bill's Records on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:13:00 PST

In This Sunday's Dallas Morning News

  N. Dallas record store destined for new digs Bill's Records owner packs up after 26 years 08:12 PM CST on Friday, January 12, 2007 By MICHAEL E. YOUNG / The Dallas Morning News Bill Wisener...
Posted by Bill's Records on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:02:00 PST

From D Magazine's FrontBurner blog

The Last Record Store is a documentary about Bill's, a struggling indie music store in North Dallas. The film features a series of touching and often humorous testimonials from employees, customers an...
Posted by Bill's Records on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:04:00 PST

By Robert Wilonsky of Dallas Observer

Bill WisenerThe Store of RecordThe beat goes on. Can Bill's Records and Tapes?Bill Wisener does not know this story, because I've never told it to him; to others, meaning his friends and customers, I...
Posted by Bill's Records on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:42:00 PST

"The Last Record Store" in LA next weekend

Jeffrey Liles' documentary film "The Last Record Store" is showing next Saturday, July 1 at the "Don't Knock the Rock!" film festival in Los Angeles, California. The screening  is at no...
Posted by Bill's Records on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:46:00 PST

It's Official - We're Moving in January 2007

Wednesday, May 24, 2006By THOR CHRISTENSEN / The Dallas Morning NewsAfter 25 years in North Dallas, Bill's Records is moving to a smaller space in the 1300 block of South Lamar, next to Poor David's P...
Posted by Bill's Records on Thu, 25 May 2006 11:59:00 PST

Amazing stuff on eBay!!!

Come visit our eBay storefront.  Tons of amazing new items every day! http://stores.ebay.com/Bills-Records_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm   Bless your heart Bill Bill's Records "The Last Record Sto...
Posted by Bill's Records on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:47:00 PST