SATURDAY: Record Store Day

This Saturday is Record Store Day, an annual celebration of the nation's dwindling music retailers in which acts such as the Beastie Boys make in-store appearances and issue special releases for the day.

This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.

RELATED: Buzzfeed today posts dozens of photos of closed record stores around the country.

President Obama...to meet with techies in San Francisco!



President Obama will be jetting into the Bay Area today to meet with techie execs in San Francisco.

Obama is expected to reveal his plans for his 3.7 Trillion-dollar budget.

Handlers have hinted that Obama's discussions will focus on the economy and job creation.

Obama has taken the position the his financial aid package - which includes funding for education and research - will help the U.S. remain competitive in the world marketplace if implemented.

Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), among others, is slated to sit in on the President's meeting which is a closed-door affair not open to the press.

I trust the Prez snatched up an overcoat and umbrella before he embarked on Air Force one since he'll have to brave torrential rains that have descended on San Francisco today.

Unless the Secret Service intend to shield him from unpredictable weather conditions, too.

Later!

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