Internet strike day is Wednesday January 18th. In a protest against the SOPA and PIPA legislation moving through the US Congress, many major sites (Wikipedia, Reddit, Internet Archive) will go dark for 12 hours. Of course, NYRecordFairs does not have the reach of these sites, but we want to do our small part to help.

Both of these pieces of legislation are harmful to the internet itself, to innovative business and will not achieve what their sponsors say they will. There are precise ways to prevent foreign websites from pirating US content and they are already written into law. There already ways to prevent counterfeit physical products. We do not need overly broadly written bills which conflate three different areas of law (physical, digital and technical).

You can read more at:

EFF.org SOPA Action page
AmericanCensorship.org
SopaStrike.com
“SOPA” Tag at Techdirt

Next Binghamton show is 10/17 (NOT 10/10 as we reported previously)
Apologies for the error.

Saturday and Sunday, September 18 and 19, the Dutchess County Fairgrounds will host a number of events. Of most interest to vinyl hounds will be the gigantic Rhinebeck Flea Market and Garage Sale. There are 350+ dealers with all sorts of stuff. Sure, there is tons of WTF? items, but there are also sure to be lots of music items. Zip’s Ziggurat will be there with boxes and boxes of budget LPs and CDs, many not on view at the recent yard sale.

Admission is free and many of the concession stands WILL be open. Get yer fried dough here! Hours: Sat: 9am-4pm & Sun: 10am-4pm – Rain or shine

Running concurrently with the Rhinebeck Flea Market and Yard Sale will be:
(quoting from the website)

Rhinebeck Stamp Art Show
Our shows are all about offering our customers the BEST of what rubber stamping and paper arts has to offer in a FUN setting! See the paper artwork of some wonderfully talented vendors using the latest and some favorite standard techniques.

Also: Mid-Hudson Gem & Mineral Show

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Saturday May 1 2010
10am to 5pm
Women’s Community Center 100 W Seneca St
Ithaca, NY 14850
Admission: Free
Early Admission: $5.00

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WMUA’s Spring Vinyl Fair is Sunday April 25.
20 dealers as well as the station themselves, selling over 60,000 vinyl records and CDs.
11-5PM in the Cape Cod Lounge, in the Student Union, on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Admission is free and all are welcome.
WMUA DJs will be spinning records all day, to keep vibe right.
Come support WMUA, and bring new music into your life.
More info at www.wmua.org

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Rock N Roll Flea Market
Albany Marriott, 189 Wolf Rd. 10am-6pm,

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Also…
New Hope Record/CD Riot
sunday April 25th at the the New Hope Firehouse
46 North Sugan Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania (over the bridge from New Jersey on Route 202)
Hours: 10am-5pm
Admission: $3.00 (early admission $10.00 at 8am)

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Days Inn
65, Front Street
Binghamton NY
Sunday April 18, 2009
10am – 5pm

Quality music dealers from across the Northeast
Selling,buying,& trading all types of music
LPs, CD, DVDs, 45s, 78s
Over 100,000 CDs, DVDs, & records for sale
From bargains to rarities
1920′s to current
Free admission.
Info Jack at (607)648-4997

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NY/PA CD + Record Show

Sunday March 28 2010

10am to 5pm

Admission Free (Early admission is some $)

Dealers from all over the Northeast.

Tens of thousands of CDs, LPs, 45s, DVDs, Books, ephemera, etc., etc., etc.

Something for everybody!

Woodlands Inn & Resort

1073 Highway 315

Wilkes Barre, PA 18702

(800) 762-2222

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100,000 Records for sale
LPs, CDs, 45s, 12″s, 78s, DVDs, Ephemera, Memorabilia
Dealers from all around the Northeast
Sunday February 28, 2010
10am to 5pm
Free Admission (Early admission is some $)
Ramada Syracuse
1305 Buckley Rd
I-81-Exit 25,I-90-Exit 36
Syracuse, NY 13212 US
Phone: 315-457-8670

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THE BROOKLYN RECORD RIOT !
LPs, 45s, EPs, CDs, COLLECTABLES
ROCK/SOUL/JAZZ/COUNTRY/12″ DANCE
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28TH Noon – 8:00 PM
WARSAW 261 Driggs Ave. Greenpoint
(Just off BQE at McGuinness Blvd. near McCarren Park, Subways: L/G)
Over 55 tables of music stuff including the infamous dollar room. Admission: $3.00
($20 early admission available at 10 am)

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December 5, 2009 – WMUA, 91.1FM Holds Its Semi-Annual Vinyl Sale from 11am-5pm, in the UMass Student Union, Amherst, MA

Vendors selling a wide variety of vinyl records along with CDs and other miscellaneous objects relating to music (T-shirts, posters, etc.). There will be WMUA DJs spinning records in the Cape Cod Lounge. Doors open at 11am.

For more information, contact Yoni Glaser at funddrive@wmua.org or by phone at (413) 545-2876

Map to Cape Cod Lounge, UMASS Student Union, Amherst MA

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Days Inn
65, Front Street
Binghamton NY
Sunday November 8, 2009
10am – 5pm

Quality music dealers from across the Northeast
Selling,buying,& trading all types of music
LPs, CD, DVDs, 45s, 78s
Over 100,000 CDs, DVDs, & records for sale
From bargains to rarities
1920′s to current
Free admission.
Info Jack at (607)648-4997

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