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dbenfordworks · 2 years ago

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Performances & other incidents

More Post-Lockdown Live Action!

So, I attended my THIRD live gig of the year last Sunday. (In 2020, I managed FOUR of same, so I may even exceed that figure this year, with any luck.) Three of these events, over 2020/2021, were put on by the London Improvisers’ Orchestra (LIO), divided between Lambeth’s Iklectik and, on Sunday, St. Mary’s Church in Stoke Newington, which overlooks Clissold Park. Whilst Ikectik is an intimate space, Saint Mary’s makes social distancing demands somewhat easier to adhere to, with its many rows of wooden pews. Unfortunately, and perhaps inevitably, the number of those on stage (22) again slightly outnumbered those in the pews (around 18) in this weekend performance. However, in the spirit of the Little Theatre Club, the musicians gave as purposeful a performance on the night as they would if they were playing at the Albert Hall. Physical scale, for these guys, seems as relevant in these settings,as musical ones.

The sacerdotal environment reminded me of how many great performances have taken place in such spaces, from AMM’s Crypt session in 1968 in Ladbrooke Grove, through to ECM’s recordings in St. Gerold’s church in Austria, through to Islington’s Union Chapel. Although these sites can be freezing in winter, their acoustics can be enjoyed in comfort in the summer/autumn months. While my previous two LIO gigs featured downsized ensembles, Sunday had the full monty, with some conductions, or guided improvisations, led by, to give two examples, Steve Beresford and Dave Tucker (both are invariably reliable ‘conductors’, in my experience), and some great single improviser sections. (Phil Minton gave us some wonderful whistling, and someone, perhaps Adam Bowman, provided some inspiring dog barks, which I, probably fancifully, felt might have been an oblique salute to the late Lee Perry.)

I’m looking forward to seeing Phillip Jeck at Ikectik at the end of this month. It’s always reassuring to see and hear ‘Best of British’ artists, but at the same time I regret the continuing absence of European and American performers, never mind those from even further afield. (Listening to Hurricane Ida devastating the south-eastern of the USA, I am reminded of the sound of Merzbow, the two proving almost indistinguishable, surely a hats-off tribute to the ‘Japanoise’ master?) As the twin disasters of Covid and Brexit continue to unfurl, it seems that we should continue to be grateful for the amount of home-grown talent that sustains us through these bad times.

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mitchbeck · 5 years ago

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CANTLON: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 4 PART 1

eing t: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The Hartford Wolf Pack hockey season stopped suddenly but is still getting awards from across the hockey universe. Wolf Pack captain, Steven Fogarty, was named the winner of the Wolf Pack's IOA/American Specialty Team Man-Of-The-Year. He and the winners from the other 31 AHL Teams became eligible to win the AHL Yanick Dupre Award. Over the past five seasons and recently as the Wolf Pack team captain this year, Fogarty is one of the most admired players both on-and-off the ice. Fogarty is a Notre Dame grad and always expresses his calm and friendly demeanor toward fans, teammates, and media alike, and always willing to participate in ways to help the community. He's attended several fan-related events, volunteered his time at shelters, worked with youth programs such as the Police Athletic League (PAL), the annual Bowl-a-Thon for Special Olympics, and many other team-related community initiatives. Fogarty, of Edina, MN, was actively involved in youth/school reading programs, has made several hospital visits at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Newington, and has been a leader behind the commitment and participation of Wolf Pack players at community and team events. Fogarty is now one of 31 finalists for the AHL's 2019-20 Yanick Dupre Memorial Award, honoring the overall winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man-Of-The-Year. The naming of the Yanick Dupre Award is after the former Hershey Bears forward and AHL All-Star who died in 1997 following a 16-month battle with leukemia. The announcement of the winner of the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award will be later this spring. The first winner of the award was defenseman John Jakopin from the Beast of New Haven in 1997-98. Jakopin played one season for the Wolf Pack 2003-04. Some other team winners include Sound Tigers winner, goaltender, Christopher Gibson, former Wolf Pack, Daniel Walcott (Syracuse), and former Yale University Bulldog, Kenny Agostino (Toronto). Another milestone day would be this Good Friday. It would have been the last regular season home game for the Wolf Pack scheduled against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The day was to be the celebration of the 2000 Calder Cup Championship team complete with the Calder Cup, autograph and picture signings, and a post-game party at the Tavern, but, like everything else, the COVID-19 pandemic caused its cancelation. Those scheduled to attend included Derek Armstrong, Brad "Shooter" Smyth, Terry Virtue, Todd Hall, J.F. Labbe, Tony Tuzzolino, P.J. Stock, Daniel Goneau, Mike Harder, Chris Kenady, Stefan Cherneski, and head coach John Paddock. Also on the invite list would have been Medical trainer Tim Macre and equipment manager Jason Levy, then Wolf Pack GM, Don Maloney, and Rangers president Neil Smith. Former Wolf Pack reporters, Bruce Berlet (Hartford Courant), and George Dalek (Meriden Record-Journal) were also going to take part in the festivities. TOM WEBSTER Sad news for New Englan / Hartford Whaler fans was the passing of Tom Webster, 71, of brain cancer at his home in Windsor, Ontario, with family at his side. His wife, Carole, passed away earlier in the past year. His daughter, Stacy, and his son, Brent, as well as grandchildren, survive him. Webster was "Mr. New England Whaler." He played six-of-their-seven WHA years, and his number 8 brought many a cheer at Hartford Civic Center in the glistening early years of professional hockey in Hart City. Bruce Landon, the then goalie for the New England Whalers, was complimentary in praise, "Tom was a great guy and good teammate, tremendous player. It's a sad day for hockey," Webster finished first with 215 career goals and 425 points. He was third in assists with 205, just behind Larry Pleau and Rick Ley. Webster was fourth in games played at 352 games behind only Rick Ley, Brad Selwood, and Larry Pleau. He finished as the 13th all-time leading goalscorer in the seven wild years of the WHA. The WHA elected him to their Hall-Of-Fame in 2012. He hung with the best of the WHA, including Real "Buddy" Cloutier, Robbie Ftorek, Anders Hedberg, and eventual teammate, Andre Lacroix. Webster topped the Whalers as their only 50-goal scorer in franchise history (53) and 103 points in their first season in Boston winning their Avco Cup title and first and only franchise title. "He was a dynamic player," commented former teammate, Tim Sheehy from Florida. "He, Terry Caffery, and Brit Silby were an excellent line. Silby was an NHL Calder Trophy winner (with Toronto in 1965-66), and Caffery (WHA Rookie of the Year) set him up so many times. He was a great finisher." In Webster's second season, he didn't lead the team in scoring. He was second by two points behind John French with 43 goals and 70 points. In the first year in Hartford, 1974-'75, he finished second to Wayne Carleton but tallied 40 goals and 64 points. In 1975-76 Webster was limited to just 55 games due to injuries but still managed to lead the Whalers with 33 goals and 83 points for the Kelly-Green harpooned logo Whalers. In 1976-77 he scored 33 goals and 85 points behind only Mike Rogers in assists. In 1977-78 his last active season in Hartford, his severe back injury limited him to just 20 games, but he was a point-a-game producer still with 15 goals and 20 points. The Whalers knocked off Edmonton and Quebec before losing in four to the mighty Winnipeg Jets in the Avco Cup final. He missed the entire last season of New England Whaler 1978-79 because of third back surgery. Many New England Whaler fans felt Webster's number eight should have been retired instead of the late Johnny "Pie" McKenzie's 19. Howard Baldwin, Sr. strictly did it, to antagonize the Bruins. The Bruins led by owner Jeremy Jacobs never voted for the Whalers to be a part of the NHL and forced them to abandon New England from their team name as a price of admission into the NHL. It was then and still is, a glaring oversight that it was never retired. After a low-ball post-career job offer, Webster ended his playing days in Glen Falls, NY, with a brand new AHL team, the Adirondack Red Wings as a player-coach and got in his last NHL game with Detroit. Before landing in Hartford, Webster was drafted by the Boston Bruins with the fourth pick, 19th overall, in the 1966 NHL Draft. They were the last six team draft before the first NHL expansion in 1967. He led the Niagara Falls Flyers and then OHA (now OHL) ins scoring 50 goals and 114 points in 54 games winning the Eddie Powers Trophy, but was voted only to the OHA Second All-Star team. The team won their second Memorial Cup in three years by downing the Estevan Bruins in five games with Webster scoring the double-overtime winner in Game 4, still the longest game in Memorial Cup history. Webster posted 18 points in 10 games of the tournament In 1965, they beat the Edmonton Oil Kings in five games as well in Edmonton. The 1968 team would feature three future New England Whaler teammates in Gary Swain, who finished number two behind him in scoring, Rick Ley and Brad Selwood and two future NHL'ers, Phil Roberto and Phil Myre. He played at the beginning of the early big, bad Bruins before they won a pair of Stanley Cups, but only got 11 games in three years. He played two years in Oklahoma City (CHL) before being involved in a merry-go-round of transactions. The Buffalo Sabres took him in the 1970 NHL expansion draft on June 10, 1970, but before he ever got to wear a Sabres sweater, he was dealt the same day to Detroit for Roger Crozier. Webster took advantage of the chance with the Red Wings and, in 1970-71, led them in scoring in 78 games with 30 goals and 67 points. Webster played on the last Gordie Howe Red Wing team that also featured Alex Delvecchio, Garry Unger, Red Berenson, and future star a rookie named, Mickey Redmond. He would play against Howe in the WHA when he was in Houston and was reunited with him on the New England Whalers in 1977. In 1971-72 his back problems first surfaced that saw him limited him to five games with the Red Wings and was traded again to the California Golden Seals for Ron Stackhouse on October 22, 1971. Then four months later, on February 12, 1972, he was taken in the WHA General Draft by the New England Whalers, and his hockey course was set. Webster had an even longer coaching career starting with an AHL Calder Cup championship for Adirondack in 1980-81 in just their second year of existence and the first of four the franchise would have. After two years, he went to coach the Tulsa Oilers in the old Central Hockey League, winning the title with future Whaler Dave Barr and future Ranger and current Vegas President of Hockey Ops, George McPhee. He then migrated to Salt Lake City (IHL) and was hired by the Rangers, but he coached just 15 games with Rangers in 1985-86 before resigning, because an acute inner ear infection prevented him from flying. Webster then spent two years with Windsor (OHL) in a bus orientated league from 1987-89, leading the Spitfires to their first OHL championship. The team had a 21 game playoff winning streak in 1988, getting to the Memorial Cup final in Chicoutimi, Quebec, but wound up losing in heartbreaking fashion 7-6 to the Medicine Hat Tigers coached by Barry Melrose. The team featured Ranger great Adam Graves and two current NHL coaches Peter DeBoer and Paul Maurice and NHL playing brothers, Darryl and Darrin Shannon. Maurice, who collected his 700th win this season, holds Webster as his primary coaching role model. "Tom Webster would be the guy," he said." He was my junior coach, who I eventually hired as an assistant coach in the NHL. He would absolutely be the man who influenced me the most. Really, really intense guy, but a big family guy, very emotional guy. Systems. That was kind of the first time I heard of the word systems, like, 'Hey, we've got a plan here.' After coaching the 1989 Canadian National Junior Team at the WJC tournament in Anchorage, Alaska finishing fourth, Webster returned to the NHL. He spent four years as the head coach of the Los Angeles Kings from 1989-1992 amassing, a solid record of 115-94-31 helping the Kings win their first franchise division title in 1991. Ironically, he was replaced with Barry Melrose. Webster coached the Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) for one year in 1992-'93, then the next five seasons, he was as an Assistant Coach in the NHL for the two years in Philadelphia, the last season of the Hartford Whalers in Connecticut and their first two seasons in Carolina with the Hurricanes. He concluded his coaching career back in Windsor with the OHL Spitfires for four seasons till 2002. He was a long time pro and amateur scout with the Calgary Flames from 2003-2014 before retiring. Webster is the seventh member of the 1972 championship team to pass away being preceded by Mike Byers, John Cunniff, Teddy Green, Rick Jordan, Al Smith, and Tommy Williams. Read the full article

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hammondcast · 7 years ago

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Jon Hammond Show 1125

#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 1125 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondShow1125 Youtube https://youtu.be/ElnhbnYWhy4 Vimeo https://vimeo.com/243504291 by Jon Hammond

Publication date 2017-11-18

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Topics Freedom, Soul Music, Hammond Organ, Louisville, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Jon Hammond Show, composer, Hammond B3 organ

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Jon Hammond Show 1125 Jon Hammond Manhattan Neighborhood Network - MNN Music, Travel and Soft News

First segment:Payphone Johnny! - I'm the old king of the payphone, one of the last holdouts to get a cell phone - written in one of my favorite pay phones in NYC - Jon Hammond with Peter Klohmann t.s., Giovanni Totò Gulino d., Joe Berger2 g., Jon Hammond o.+b Sk1 Hammond organ #Payphone Jon's chocolate chocolate birthday cake by Saray Pastanesi (Tulan) bakery on Mainzer Landstrasse Frankfurt, as seen on Jon Hammond Show MNNTV #jazzkeller #musikmesse #NAMMShow #HammondOrgan Payphone Johnny Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Second segment:Soon I Will Be Free In Kentuckyby Jon Hammond with John Bishop g., Ron Smith d., Alex Budman t.s.Louisville, Kentucky: by Jon Hammond "Soon I Will Be Free" - Jon Hammond Band©JON HAMMOND International ASCAPIdentifier SoonIWillBeFreeInKentucky - Freedom, Funky Jazz, Hammond Organ, Kentucky, Soul MusicThird segment:Ellington Room Session - WHITE ONIONS - Jon Hammond Band- actual audio recorded on Jon Hammond's original 1976 Nakamichi 550 that he bought at Harvey Electronics on 45th Street - special thanks Willy Hermann Services, Scott Robinson, Joe Selkregg and Steve Kushman President of California Historical Radio Society CHRS for restoration refurbishment of the Nakamichi machine - Sennheiser microphones used in this recording - Joe Berger mastered recording - Musicians: Chuggy Carter percussion, Todd Andersontenor saxophone, Ray Grappone drums, aka "Ray to The Rescue" Joe Bergerguitar, Jon Hammond playing his original 1959 Hammond B3 organ + Super Leslie speaker built for Jon by Bill Beer the late great 'Leslie God' Keyboard Products Los Angeles CA - special thanks Dave Vumback and Al Goff - Goff Professional-Hammond Organs Newington CT - Jon used good oldMaxell Type II Audio Cassettes for this fine recording - Thanks to Yosef the Barber Marc Joseph Salon & Spa for the great haircut ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP http://www.HammondCast #Nakamichi #Sennheiser#HammondB3 #Ellington #Onions

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michaelfallcon · 6 years ago

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The Tenth Annual Sprudgie Award Winners—Presented By Oatly

Welcome to the winners announcement for the 10th Annual Sprudgie Awards presented by Oatly, honoring the very best in coffee.

Nominees for each category were chosen by a worldwide public ballot. Public voting for the Sprudgies took place over several weeks in December 2018, with the ballot box closing at 11:59 PM on Friday, January 4th, 2019.

Thanks to the tens of thousands of voters who helped make this the biggest voting field in Sprudgies history. Congratulations to all the nominees—to us, every single 2018 finalist was a winner.

Here they are: the winners, honorees, and finalists for the 10th Annual Sprudgie Awards, presented by Oatly!

Notable Roaster

Winner: Go Get Em Tiger (Los Angeles, CA)

Honoree: Red Bay Coffee (Oakland, CA)

Finalists: Devoción (Brooklyn), Black & White Coffee Roasters (Wake Forest, NC), Square Mile Coffee (London), Gardelli Coffee (Italy), Sey Coffee (Brooklyn), Coffee Manufactory (San Francisco & Los Angeles).

Best New Cafe

Winner: Dayglow Coffee (Los Angeles, CA)

Honoree: Misión Café (Madrid, Spain)

Finalists: Ladder Coffee (Spokane, WA), Mane Coffee (Boca Raton, FL), Provider (Indianapolis, IN), Rosslyn Coffee (London, UK), Center Coffee Myeongdong (Seoul, South Korea), Stumptown Coffee Cobble Hill (Brooklyn, NY).

Sustainable Cafe

Winner: Smith Canteen (Brooklyn, NY)

Honoree: Isla Cafe (Berlin, Germany)

Finalists: Casa Quilha (Brasilia, Brazil), Bar Nine (Los Angeles, CA), Madcap Coffee (Grand Rapids, MI), Houndstooth Coffee Walnut Hill (Dallas, TX), Kokako Organic (Auckland, New Zealand), Miir Flagship (Seattle, WA).

Best New Product

Winner: Modbar AV

Honoree: Umeshiso Cupping Spoons

Finalists: Minor Figures Oat M*lk, Atmos Vacuum Canister by Fellow Products, Melodrip, Yes Plz Coffee Subscription, DrinkTrade.com, Huskee Cup.

Best Coffee Video/Film

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Winner: Gender In Coffee

Honoree: James Hoffmann on YouTube

Finalists: Chris Baca on YouTube, AeroPress Movie, Go Get Em Tiger on YouTube, Cafe Imports Roasting Concepts Series, Flower Of Flowers by Stumptown Coffee, Unpacking Coffee.

Best Coffee Writing

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Winner: Sabine Parrish for She’s A Lady (originally appearing in Standart Magazine)

Honoree: Dear Coffee Buyer by Ryan Brown

Finalists: James Hoffmann for JimSeven.com, Jenn Chen for Newsletter and Collected Works, Ashley Rodriguez for Barista Magazine Online, The Monk Of Mokha by Dave Eggars and Mokhtar Alkhanshali, RJ Joseph for The Knockbox, Phyllis Johnson for Strong Black Coffee (originally appearing in Roast Magazine).

Notable Coffee Producer

Juan Peña (via Cafe Imports)

Winner: Juan Peña, Hacienda La Papaya (Ecuador)

Honoree: Aida Batlle, Aida Batlle Selections (El Salvador)

Finalists: Daterra Coffee (Brazil), Benjamin Paz (Honduras), Long Miles Coffee Project (Burundi), Gesha Village (Ethiopia), La Palma y El Tucan (Colombia), Gilberto Baraona (El Salvador).

Best Coffee Magazine

Winner: Standart (Slovakia)

Honoree: Coffee People Zine (USA)

Finalists: Roast Magazine (USA), Pour Over by Califia Farms (USA), Barista Magazine (USA), Caffeine (UK), Solo Magazine (Spain), Drift Magazine (USA).

Best Design Packaging

Winner: Coffee Manufactory (San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA)

Honoree: Onyx Coffee Lab (Bentonville, AR)

Finalists: Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters (Lakewood, CO), Brandywine Coffee Roasters (Wilmington, DE), Kaffa (Oslo, Norway), Fjord Coffee Roasters (Berlin, Germany), Lüna Coffee (Vancouver, Canada), Friedhats (Amsterdam, The Netherlands).

Best Coffee Podcast

Winner: Cat & Cloud

Honoree: Boss Barista

Finalists: Keys To The Shop, The Coffee Podcast, Coffea, Coffee People MX, Coffee With April, SproCast.

Best Instagram or Twitter Account

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Thursday: Goodmorning from @thegoodegg_ in Kingly Court, Soho

I’ve ordered the boureka plate and upgraded it with one of their housemade pretzel challah rolls and some extra dips like pumpkin hummus, labneh, whipped green feta and delicious pickles – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – It was this time two years ago that I had my charity brunch with the Good Egg in Stoke Newington to raise money for @cookforsyria and @unicef_uk How time flies by! Maybe we should bring some Cook For Syria events to Shanghai in the new year?? #symmetrybreakfast

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Winner: @symmetrybreakfast

Honoree:@coffeefeedpdx

Finliasts: @umeshiso_, @dapperandwise, @catcloudcoffee, @coffeetablemags, @perfectdailygrind, @fellowproducts.

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence

Photo by Josh Zloof.

Winner: Umeko Motoyoshi

Honoree: Agnieszka Rojewska

Finalists: Phyllis Johnson, Michelle Johnson, T. Ben Fischer, Adam JacksonBey, Colleen Anunu.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Erna Knutsen

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thejoyofviolentmovement · 5 years ago

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Lyric Video: Gengahr's Bittersweet "Icarus"

Lyric Video: Gengahr’s Bittersweet “Icarus”

Deriving their name from Gengar, one of the original Pokemon, the acclaimed London-based indie act Gengahr — Felix Bushe, John Victor, Hugh Schulte and Danny Ward — can trace their origins to when its members met at the Stoke Newington School. Their debut single “Fill My Gums With Blood” caught the attention of BBC Radio 1‘s Huw…

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juliehamill · 8 years ago

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15 minutes with Richard Boon, inventor of indie, manager of Buzzcocks and production manager at Rough Trade

I wear a tie to meet Richard Boon. Firstly, he always wore ties in the punk/indie era, and, secondly, because, I’m not worthy. This person, who is so enormously significant in the history of punk, indie and Rough Trade, never shouts about his contribution. You might see him every now and then in a documentary, or rarely on a panel, but these days he prefers to work happily and quietly in Stoke Newington, as a librarian.

Mr Boon is a sharp-dresser from his Crombie coat right down to his quirky white socks, and he talks in a very considered, knowledgeable and professor-like fashion, with lots… of… important… pauses. He reminds me of a lecturer, someone who is used to being listened to; one who is steeped in literature. In fact, it’s only his one black earring that nods to a clue from his past: that a younger radical, riotous pioneer lives inside him, one that speeded through punk with the Buzzcocks, exploded the world of indie music, shaped a career at Rough Trade, and, most goldenly, made Smiths records.

For him, a real involvement in music all started after the second Sex Pistols gig in Manchester, 1976, where groups of artistic individuals hung around town wondering what to do next. Some of them were at university, some on the dole, some still at school; but all were drawn to doing something in music because of what they had just witnessed. In amongst the different ‘factions’ were Howard Trafford, Linder Sterling, Steven Morrissey and Richard Boon.

Impelled by the rush of the Sex Pistols, Mr Boon’s immediate next step was to book them for his own student union bar at Reading, where they played to a small student crowd. His equally impassioned pal, Howard, formed Buzzcocks and changed his name to Devoto. They made an EP Spiral Scratch. Frustrated that the music industry was dominated by large corporates, DIY-Richard came up with his own independent label, New Hormones, fell into the role of band manager, found a way to custom press the EP through the back door of Polydor, and took orders from record shops on his home phone. Spiral Scratch was born, as the first, self released record in history, and thus, Richard Boon invented indie.

A few years later, in the early eighties, Steven Morrissey approached him to ask what he could do with his songs. Richard explained that as his label was on its last legs, Morrissey should approach Rough Trade distribution. Shortly afterwards, Richard joined the Rough Trade label team as production manager, and worked with The Smiths throughout their entire career.

He is an accomplished chef and would prepare a red pepper soup starter if Morrissey came for dinner (plus ‘pud’). He is most animated and smiley when he talks about his family, especially his wife, Deborah, of thirty years, to whom, I’d say, he owes everything.

J: Please say your full name.

R: I don’t use the first name. Hello I’m Richard Boon! Richard is the middle name. My first name is James.

J: Why don’t you use ‘James’?

R: Because I never have. Ever since I was a very small child. My father was called James and after christening me my mum thought, ‘there’s going to be some confusion ahead’, so I’ve always been Richard. Sometimes shortened, but not by me to Rich. Rick!

J: Do people call you ‘Boon’ or ‘Boonie’?

R: When I was little I used to get called, ‘Boonie’.

J: Can you describe yourself in a sentence?

R: Hmm. I didn’t come to counseling… this has just thrown me.

J: Morrissey described you in Autobiography as a ‘whirlpool of words’.

R: I did read that, yes. Lovely. Some people describe me as the person that started independent music, some people describe me as the world’s coolest librarian. Do you want to know how much I weigh and how tall I am?

J: Yes of course! Who gave you the name ‘the world’s coolest librarian’?

R: The Stoke Newington Literary Festival. With whom I’m deeply involved and have an annual event called Juke Box Fury for music writers to talk about the tune that they allege inspired them to write and then the panel decide if it’s hit or miss. It’s just a joke, and I badly channel David Jacobs, as if you didn’t know, you were there, on my panel!

J: Yes, it was brilliant. Except for that one scary woman in the audience who got a bit angry.

R: Ah. She has an argumentative history over decades with one of your co-panellists, but we won’t go there.

J: Growing up, what music were you interested in?

R: My brother and I used to pool our pocket money for Beatles EP’s. It was better value than the single. He was seven or eight years older than I was and he started buying albums. The first album he bought was Reach Out by The Four Tops, which is a peerless record. It’s just got everything you want and it’s beautifully sequenced. Apart from the title track! Brilliant record. My father played piano and then he bought a stereo and we just used to listen to the reel-to-reel tape recorder and tape Pick of the Pops. With Fluff - Alan Freeman. Music has always been around me. My brother used to buy Melody Maker and I was buying The NME. There were only two record stores: Boots and downstairs at Valances white goods shop.

J: Where did you grow up?

R: I grew up in Leeds. I went to Leeds Grammar School and it was a direct grant so that I could get in. Like a scholarship bursary kind of thing so even poor kids can get in. When I was a teenager I used to hang out with Howard Trafford, my friend, who became Devoto, and we we’d go to the gigs in Leeds Town Hall together. There wasn’t much happening so we just started talking to a bass player called Dave and a clarinet player called Charlie. We used to meet up and try to write songs together and tape them. After this I went to Reading University.

J: When did you move to Manchester?

R: After graduation at Reading in 1976, a lot of my art school cohort went to London, but I went to Manchester to help Howard and Peter, who were determined to make a band.

J: Do you remember much about the music scene Manchester before The Smiths got started?

R: In Manchester at that time there was a really small and rebellious group of people, like a village within a village or a city within a city… Hamlet! Everybody knew one another but there were factions. People got involved from the consequences of the Pistols playing the Lesser Free Trade Hall. People were doing fanzines too. There was a loose connected identity. When it came to Morrissey everybody knew he was going to be something. He was waiting in the wings for his moment.

J: How did you first meet Morrissey?

R: I knew him from that crowd. We were all kind of a gang in the town but we wanted more bands to start up and get a sense of community going. We used to hang out in the Virgin store and read Melody Maker and read adverts like ‘I’m Rick and I’m looking for a drummer’. This was in 1976. John Maher spotted that Rick ad and I, and possibly Pete Shelley, went to the Portland Hotel with Rick, is it ‘Elby’? who brought his friend, Steven. That’s when we first met. He was very shy and retiring.

J: What was he wearing, what did he look like?

R: He hadn’t got… let’s just say you could call him ‘Steven’ then. He hadn’t got his look together.

J: You mentioned there that, ‘Everybody knew that he was going to be something.’ How could you tell?

R: Generally, he was just so engaging and witty. As things began to develop in Manchester he was always kind of around and paying attention to what was going on and wanting to get involved. He sent me a cassette which is just ‘Steven singing’. It was ‘Reel Around The Fountain’ and a version of a Bessie Smith song called ‘Wake Up Johnny’. On the tape he said, ‘It’s a very quiet recording because my mum is in the next room!’ He had even written two books when he was on the dole. He was a quiet figure waiting to become a big figure.

J: Do you still have the tape?

R: Well I may have but I don’t know where it is! The house is full of stuff! Another one lost in history! I’ve got boxes in the cellar. It might be in there. As if I could ever find it!

J: How old were you then?

R: I was twenty-three and Morrissey was eighteen. For a long period we were friends. We began as a casual connection and then we became acquaintances and then friends. Through all that after-effect of The Sex Pistols playing Manchester and Buzzcocks playing there was this whole group of people who would meet. It was through that group that Morrissey met Linder. We were all at the second Sex Pistols gig. It was after that people started to talk to one another about what to do next.

J: How did you become Buzzcocks manager?

R: I lived in a shared house with Howard Devoto. We had a landline! I just fell into booking a rehearsal space, hustling for gigs, hiring the van to get to the gig and it just turned into Buzzcocks management, although these days I prefer ‘mis-management.’

J: Tell me about Spiral Scratch.

After the Pistols’ Anarchy tour - where as far as we were concerned punk kind of stopped and became a cliché/cartoon - Howard was thinking about going back to college. We wanted to document a moment, and this moment became Buzzcocks Spiral Scratch and it was just a thing to do. We borrowed money from friends and family just to make it happen. An early form of Kickstarter without the advantages. Anyway that became a completely separate thing somehow. Howard wanted to leave, Pete wanted to continue. We hustled for more gigs and bits of music business. A&R interest started to come along, especially after The Clash’s White Riot tour. John Maher was only sixteen - just left school - and I had to check it all with his dad, who’d ask me, ‘Is there going to be any money in this for him?’

J: Is that how your record label, New Hormones happened?

R: Yes, in a way. There was no real infrastructure for independent labels then. Rough Trade began some distribution which became The Cartel, but the independent label support just wasn’t there, we had to develop it. We wanted to support people around us too, hence Linder’s design of the ‘Orgasm Addict’ cover. Then she started dabbling with music. She’s another person who was doing something but didn’t know what it was going to work out as, a bit of music, a bit of performance art, collages. Young people were trying to explore a direction by 1977.

J: Why the name, ‘New Hormones’?

R: I think it was Howard that chose it. There was a discovery around that time in 1976 of a ‘new hormone’ – I can’t remember it’s name, something scientific. It just sounded, like, yeah! Pretty cool.

J: How did you just decide, right, let’s press records on this label? How did you go about it?

R: We wanted a souvenir of what we had done during 1976. It was just research. I found that pressing plants had spare capacity and would take small amounts to keep the presses running. Polydor had a little department that did custom pressing, so having found that out, they recommended a sleeve printer and it all just worked. Records always seem to be magical things. They appeared in an occult fashion in the racks. It is actually interesting to think about, ‘How did they get there?’

With Spiral Scratch it was mail order with an address and a phone number. Jon Webster at Virgin Records in Lever Street took some. Record store managers had autonomy then. It wasn’t just central buying. Then he told his mates in the other stores, ‘Try a box of twenty five and see what happens!’ And then it happened. The phone started ringing. And generously, all the press reviews gave the address. And the phone number leaked out. It was the phone number of mine and Howard’s house!

Geoff Travis had just recently started the Rough Trade shop and he was like, ‘I’ll take fifty.’ Two days later it was, ‘Can I have two hundred more?’ It just ‘spiraled’ out control! It stimulated and inspired other people to make their own records. Desperate Bicycles formed just to make a record. ‘Spiral Scratch’ had recording information on it. Desperate Bicycles moved that on a bit further. New Hormones was demystifying something that seemed mysterious.

J: Did you ever want to be in the band?

R: No I just wanted to help. I was signing on. They formed the band.

J: Where does the name come from?

R: The name comes from our mythical lost weekend with The Sex Pistols. We picked up a copy of Time Out then which had a review about a girl group and the headline for the feature was, ‘IT’S THE BUZZ, COCKS!’ about a TV series, ‘Rock Follies, about a girl band featuring Julie Covington. It all goes back to that.

J: What happened on the lost weekend?

R: We’d read Neil Spencer’s NME review of the Pistols at The Marquee and were equally enthused and intrigued. Pete hired a car from Bolton student’s union. Howard and Peter McNeish (later Shelley) and I went off in February 1976, to ‘Sex’ to find Malcolm McLaren, who told us the Pistols were playing that weekend at High Wycombe and Welwyn Garden City. Howard, Peter and I got in the car and we drove straight to the venue. The Sex Pistols were really intrigued that we had come so far. They were opening for Screaming Lord Sutch on one of the nights.

Pete Shelley is great on this memory – he has a Rolodex in his head. It was a student audience. All we did that weekend was gig on the Friday, back to Reading to stay, then back for the Pistols Saturday night, then back home, buzzing with ideas. The weekend wasn’t lost, it was found.

J: Do you remember much about the gigs?

R: The Sex Pistols were ramshackle. It was Johnny, he was extraordinary. He didn’t give a toss about anything. He was obviously speeding. It was hot clothes, fast drugs. Johnny seemed to hate the audience. He was provocative and he dismissed us. But that didn’t matter. The first night a bunch of lads sat just under the stage making ‘Rubbish!’ gestures to their pals at the back. Johnny ran along and tousled their hair! They ran forward, picked him up and threw him on the floor. Neil Stephenson who was their loosely termed road manager joined in… and the band kept playing in the background. It was like a cartoon scrum in Tom and Jerry. Eventually Johnny crawled out from underneath and scrambled back on stage. He went:

‘WELL! THAT WAS NO FUN!’

…which was the tune they were playing. I’ve never seen anything like it. It was shocking, extraordinary, exciting.

J: Have you seen anything like it since?

R: Anything with that power? Patti Smith at Manchester Apollo doing James Brown’s ‘It’s a Man’s Man’s World.’ She nailed it! She came right to the front of the stage and that closeness and immediacy, that strength. She had a knock out moment. Whatever year it was. She actually did fall off the stage somewhere and hurt her neck. In my experience it’s rare to see that magic moment. Gifted performers.

J: Did you book the Sex Pistols for Reading Uni?

R: Yes, it was part of me being an ‘art student’! Did mainly black and white ‘things’. I had a very sympathetic tutor and once I’d seen the Sex Pistols I was determined to get them to play. The art department had a little club subsidised by the student union and I persuaded them, ‘We have to get this band!’ There was an annual event called Art Exchange. I wanted this band – they were really cheap!

[I find this ticket online and ask Richard about it: ‘I think this is fake - we just took money on the door - and it wasn’t in the Students Union; rather in a painting studio in the Art Department; there was no ‘ROCK DISCO’ – as if! Support was a performance artist, one of The Kipper Kids’].

I did all the flyering and stuff and of course as happened then, only about twenty people came. My tutor was very sympathetic when it came to my finals and included the gig booking and promotion as work I’d done. I graduated with a 2:1. Tutor Tom said, ‘The external examiners will want more evidence of drawing ability.’ I got an A1 piece of paper and pencil and just drew vertical lines as close together as I could, for about eight hours. He said, ‘I think that’s enough drawing ability!’ I was just doing black and white things, I wasn’t really doing drawings, as such.

J: Did you hang out with the band?

R: I remember having to get them out of the bar just to go on stage. Johnny liked Red Stripe. He was my favourite Sex Pistol. It went: Johnny, Glen, Paul, Steve. Malcolm was always difficult. But we didn’t really talk to them. Malcolm McLaren dominated the conversation. He’d be giving out his manifesto, like he had this tape loop, over and over again. The band didn’t really socialise much.

On the Anarchy Tour in Manchester we went to Tommy Ducks which was a legendary pub. It had ladies underwear across the ceiling and Johnny tried to pull it down. That week Johnny, Joe Strummer and Pete Shelley had all gone blonde. They were stood at the bar talking about hair products. ‘What colour did you use?’

J: Did you ever see the Pistols with Sid?

R: I saw them twice with Sid. They had become the caricature of themselves that the media set them up to become. Really. It wasn’t fun and it didn’t have the magic.

J: How did you come to work at Rough Trade?

R: Two things happened within weeks of each other. My label, New Hormones was rapidly failing. It never had any money. I had got some records out by a group called Dislocation Dance. I couldn’t do any more. They had some new tracks that I sent to Geoff Travis. I used to send promo cassettes and biogs to Pete Walmsley who did licencing. I had put out a single called ‘Rosemary’ which got picked up in Europe.

Geoff didn’t get back to me for a month and a half and then he said, ‘oh I like this can you arrange a meeting? Then, possibly just a bit later, Morrissey, Johnny and Joe Moss pitched up in my office with a tape of ‘Hand In Glove’ and ‘Handsome Devil’, which I loved! They were like, ‘Can you do anything?’ and I said, ‘Well I can’t do anything. What do you want to do?’ and they said, ‘Well we just want to put it out. Maybe we’ll do it ourselves.’ I said, ‘If you want to do it yourselves, I’ll put you in touch with Simon Edwards, who is in Rough Trade Distribution if that’s what you want to do.’ Versions of this story vary, but I phoned Simon and put him onto Joe Moss. I set up the meeting. Johnny went. They stayed at Matt Johnson’s. Anyway that’s the famous story: Simon took the tape and said, ‘No, this is worth more than a DIY release. Geoff needs to hear it.’

Geoff was always in meetings. Rough Trade was famous for meetings. Everybody was in a meeting. Later there was a meeting room but in Bleinheim Crescent you just couldn’t get hold of people. ‘Just say I’m in a meeting!’ There were an awful lot of meetings. Johnny just came around and waited until Geoff came out of his meetings and said, ‘Simon says you’ve got to hear this NOW!’ and he made an impact. Rough Trade said it would do a one-off single on the label and Scott Piering would do the promotion. Peel and Kid Jensen sessions were happening almost every other week, as a result. Mike Hinc was the booking agent and started getting them gigs and then bigger gigs.

I went down with Dislocation Dance and had a meeting with Geoff, and I said, ‘Why did it take you a month and a half to hear about this?’ and he was like, ‘I’m just so busy! I can’t keep up with stuff! Actually I think I’m going to America for two months and I might need someone here. Would you cover?’ So I thought, yes, because everything I’m doing in Manchester has run out of steam and my wife and I were getting tired of a commuting relationship because she was in London already at the BBC. The stars were in the right place. Geoff ended up not going to America.

Rough Trade had a wonderful, endless, financial crisis. I moved into the Production Manager job. It was a very hectic summer in 1983, given the amount of interest in The Smiths which just bounced: more gigs, more records, more media. Everybody at the label side was like, ‘Let’s do more! Build a relationship long term!’

This was the principle of all the early indies: 4AD, Rough Trade, Mute, Factory, they all used to have principles. To have a hit act to subsidise what they wanted to do. Daniel Miller of Mute had Depeche Mode, Factory had Joy Division and Ivo had the Cocteau Twins. Rough Trade had tried to do that with Scritti Politti, but it cost an awful lot and there were a lot of resources put into trying make Green a popstar. The money was all sloshing around A Joy Division album would have paid the debts for a Depeche Mode album.

It kind of worked, but for Rough Trade Scritti didn’t deliver in the same way as the other label-groups had, and Rough Trade was looking for someone to build on. As soon as ‘This Charming Man’ came out it was a given, it was going to be The Smiths.

J: What was the production manager’s job, day to day, at Rough Trade?

R: Get the tapes to the mastering room. Get the white labels. Make sure everybody’s happy. Commission designers. Get the sleeve proofs. Make sure everybody’s happy. Start phoning people up. See how many thousands are needed. A lot of Rough Trade’s business was only a couple of thousand. Then get the sleeves printed. Try to manage all the ingredients. Juggle. If you get a sleeve proof and that colour isn’t working… artists had a lot of control over the look and design.

Morrissey was always great. He would send photocopies of images he wanted and eventually we gave him a Pantone colour book and he could say ‘I want background pantone 132…’ Morrissey always knew what he wanted. He had a great sense of palette. Usually his things were fairly manageable. Things got complicated after Hatful of Hollow! As the Smiths built, it got ridiculous. ‘I want a hundred and fifty thousand gatefold sleeves, by last week!’

Actually, There was one problem with the inner sleeve to Hatful of Hollow. It had been mastered, the artwork was done, the lyrics were in order, it had all been done. I had already started printing the inner bags and Morrissey phoned and said, ‘Change the running order.’ Ha ha! I was like, ‘Stop printing those!’ But 30,000 had been printed already. He was like, ‘No. I want them in the right order.’ We had 30,000 inner bags to deal with. Rough Trade Germany’s production was behind ours so they got 30,000 inner sleeves with the lyrics in the wrong order! Collectors items! I don’t know which way round it had been before the current listing. But that was an awkward moment and generally, personally, Morrissey and I didn’t have awkward moments.

J: You seemed to do a lot of jobs. Were you working for the label side or the distribution side?

R: I worked for the label, initially. I started at Rough Trade in 1983 when it was in one of its regularly-occurring financial crisis. Everyone was like, ‘We can’t go on like this! We need an admin!’ So we found, probably through the Cricket Team, ‘The White Swans’ – not a Rough Trade cricket team, just people who worked at Rough Trade who were members of a cricket team - this guy Richard Powell who had turned around a Watchmakers in Clerkenwell. There was a series of meetings with him and he tidied up the mess. I’m sure the accounts department did their best but there were no clear lines of demarcation. It became this incredible structure where the wholesale department had a board that would meet about their issues. Then someone on the distribution board, then someone on the record company board, then the main board, they had meetings and the money just became a trough.

If the phone rang at Rough Trade we had two answers, ‘I’ll just find them’, or, ‘They’re in a meeting.’ Take a message! There was finally a switchboard but the receptionist would eternally say, ‘So and so is on the phone’ and we’d shout ‘I’m in a meeting!’

Then I moved to Rough Trade Distribution. Distribution had been publishing a magazine called ‘The Catalogue’ which was a funny mix of trade and consumer content. It was losing money. Editor Brenda Kelly and Pete O’Fowler were setting up a production company Snub TV. Brenda was getting ready to leave and I was asked to take over the Catalogue and ‘turn it around’. So I switched from working for the label to working for distribution. Then I turned it round by offering consumer incentives like flexidiscs! I must find a copy of the magazine! We had longer features – a lead feature every month and if you were on the cover there was the interview. It made us put in more consumer focused content other than trade news or new releases. Nick Kent reviewed ‘Rank’. I’ll see if I have that. He loved The Smiths. There was a track from Rank, it was a flexi disc, with Morrissey writing on the back. I can get you one of those if you haven’t got it. If I can find them I’ve got a box, perhaps, somewhere.

J: That would be amazing, thank you. What was Geoff’s involvement?

R: He’d probably listen to a test pressing. He wasn’t interested in the artwork - I was - I enjoyed that aspect. When we found Caryn Gough - through Malcolm Garrett - who had a studio and did graphics, we had someone who could look at Morrissey’s doodles and photocopies and turn them into what he wanted. Caryn was slightly rockabilly. She had the jeans and the chain. Caryn and Morrissey just hit it off. It was a joy to witness. Talking on the same wavelength. Caryn and Morrissey were good because he thought well, if I send this picture and the pantone number to her then she does it, and he’d say, ‘That’s just what I want!’

J: So at the label, The Smiths became the priority?

R: Yes, around the label The Smiths became the priority. Loads of attention was focused on it. The Raincoats had an album to deliver, but they kind of got slightly overlooked. They were a great band. It was a great year for music, 1983. Until The Smiths stabilised the whole operation, money was leaking everywhere in Rough Trade. There was no fiscal control. It was slack.

This was also just before we were moving out of Blenheim Crescent to Collier Street in Kings Cross. There was a huge amount to do and there was only a couple of narrow corridors. All the corridors were just filling with boxes and boxes and boxes of records of the debut album. Just before the move, all those corridors were empty! Now there was a warehouse storage space that was full of boxes and boxes.

J: Tell me about the band at that time.

R: Johnny and Morrissey were really driven and had a clear sense of purpose. They knew exactly what they wanted. They shared a vision. It was those two that pushed it forward. The other two were the rhythm section, nice as they were. For Johnny and Morrissey it really wasn’t about work. It was their passion. For the rhythm section it was work. They referred to it as work. I felt that Andy and Mike were slightly overwhelmed when The Smiths took off. It was very fast. They weren’t ready for it in the way that Johnny and Morrissey were. This was like their dream come true. No-one was really ready for it but Morrissey and Johnny had dreamt of it for a really long time.

We didn’t get any arguments from the band. Morrissey and Johnny could be awkward, deliberately so, sometimes. Johnny was overloaded and Morrissey was beautifully whimsical and could change his mind. But everybody was younger. Some of it is really about age.

I wish they had made more videos. I don’t know why they didn’t. The Derek Jarman work fitted a sort of camp sensibility with a slight radical edge, that worked well.

J: It was an exciting time to be a Smiths fan when those Jarman films came out.

R: A pretty boy on London Bridge!

J: I liked the hand in ‘Panic’.

R: It was all Super 8. It was shown all over the place. In arthouses, on TV. I don’t know why it took that long for them to make videos. Those were brilliant!

J: Did you go to a lot of gigs?

R: Yes. I went to a lot of Smiths gigs. When they did ‘This Charming Man’ on Top Of The Pops the crew that Morrissey liked were all there. Me, Geoff, Scott Piering, Martha Defoe. We were all there saying ‘Yes! Yes!’ That was a magic moment. It was incredible. We were in the wings, off camera where we could watch. It was really exciting. We just watched them soar!

I always enjoyed the band in smaller venues. I do remember London Palladium. It was one of Morrissey’s greatest desires to do the London Palladium. They brought on Pete Burns for the encore. It was exciting to see bands that you’re involved in move forward from an audience of twenty people to having an audience of two hundred to having an audience of two thousand. I’m going to use that word I hate – it’s the ‘journey’. Ha ha!

J: Tell me your recollection of the ‘I Don’t Owe You Anything’ moment at the Hacienda.

R: We all went up to the Hacienda because it was on my birthday – July the sixth. Don’t forget to send me a card! It was very nice that Morrissey acknowledged my birthday. The Rough Trade workforce was there – and some old Manchester people. It felt like a homecoming gig. It was a very different night from when The Hacienda had only twenty people in it. It was my thirtieth birthday. Then he went into ‘I Don’t Owe You Anything’, which, was kind of cheeky, I thought. It was playful. I liked it. I was like everybody’s favourite neighbour, that’s what Morrissey said.

J: I get the impression that you and Morrissey had a good rapport.

R: Yes, we had a good rapport. I could banter with him and James Maker. It was just banter, and a bit of polari! James wore beads and high heels. Johnny wore beads too. I think it was the influence of sixties girl groups. It was subversive. It was never any surprise to me that Morrissey became the front man of probably the most subversive group of the time.

J: Have you read Autobiography?

R: I’ve read Morrissey’s book, yes. I really enjoyed the stories of his upbringing - very evocative. I came out of it very well! Me and Morrissey both did, ha ha!

The only bit I read of Johnny’s was in my local bookshop and he had written something inaccurate about somebody else – and it was me! It was the bit about The Smiths tape with Matt Johnson. But it was me!

J: Do you follow Morrissey’s solo work?

R: Yes. The last time I saw him was at the Albert Hall for You Are The Quarry with my daughter. We were in a box with Boz Boorer’s family. Linder was there in the next box. We went backstage. Morrissey went up to Rachel, my daughter and said, ‘You’re supposed to be a baby!’ It was Rachel’s first big concert. We got smuggled in. Listed by Mike Hinc. I haven’t seen Johnny for a really long time.

J: What is it about The Smiths that makes them so enduring?

R: It’s the songs, really. They stand the test of time. I saw Buzzcocks at the Roundhouse two weeks ago and that was kids of all ages - including their grandparents. It all goes back to the songs. What I always find funny about Morrissey is that football terrace mob; how he excited Millwall fans. Holding banners that they love him. It goes back to the songs.

J: If Morrissey walked in here right now and said, ‘All right, Richard?’ what would you say?

R: Oh. That’s wicked. I’d say, ‘All right, Morrissey?’ Or maybe I would call him ‘Steven’. I called him that before he was Morrissey. Steven. I might say,

‘This isn’t the Morrissey that I used to know.’ Ha ha! I’d also possibly give him a man hug and say ‘It’s about time you made another record.’ Hang on, I’m not sure about the hugging thing.

J: You weren’t big huggers in the eighties?

R: No. I’ve never hugged Morrissey. I need a badge that says that. Wait - maybe it should be, ‘Morrissey never hugged me.’

J: There’s still time.

R: Oh, stop it!

J: If Morrissey was coming to your house, what snacks would you put out for him?

R: In the name of God! Right. Avocado dip. Or hummus.

J: Do you make that avocado dip yourself?

R: Yes. Quite often. Everybody gets this question?

J: Yes.

R: Okay. Dips. Starters. That’s just nibbles you see. Dips. Followed by… Now you’re really asking what I like cooking. Roasted red pepper soup. Main: I’ve recently been doing a lot of stuff with celeriac, so something around celeriac, but I’m not sure what. And then… I suppose you want pud, don’t you?

J: If you’re giving it.

R: Honestly! Oh I think, an ice cream. You want flavour? Ridiculous! For Christmas every year I make Christmas pudding ice cream. Basically vanilla ice cream with pudding in it. Why are you looking like that? I don’t let the pudding sit for a year I make it the year before. It’s frozen! Ice cream is frozen, Julie. There’s always Christmas pudding left isn’t there? Everybody likes Christmas pudding. I like Christmas pudding. Do you?

J: Oh no, I really don’t. Too stodgy. Tell me about your one earring.

R: My earring? Ha ha! I have other studs. I like this black one. I got my ear pierced in 1978. It was probably at Lewis’s in Manchester because they did ear piercing. I think it was my wife’s suggestion. Why only one? Because of William Shakespeare!

J: So it has nothing to do with punk? You never put a safety pin in it or anything like that?

R: No.

J: What did you dress like back in the Rough Trade days?

R: I had jackets. Ties. I liked ties. I always made a point when I worked at Rough Trade amidst all the punks, hippies and goths to wear a tie. It was my gag. But my earring - nobody ever asks me about that.

J: I noticed as it’s the only one. Like, ‘I’m a librarian by day but I’m secretly very punk, you know.’

R: Yes, maybe! I think I just wore a sleeper for a long time. I get most of my stuff from Metal Crumble.

J: What’s your favourite crisp flavour?

R: Salt and Vinegar. If I were to eat crisps I’d probably eat them straight from the bag.

J: What’s your favourite pizza topping?

R: Wow. Right. Topping. Let’s see. You’ve got your tomato base. Olives. Rocket. Maybe some mozzarella.

J: Favourite Buzzcocks song?

R: Ah. ‘What Do You know?’ The one with the horn section. Tail end of Buzzcocks career.

J: Favourite Sex Pistols song?

R: ‘Bodies’. Johnny’s Catholicism comes out. It’s an anti-abortion song. As Simon Reynolds’ says, it’s his favourite because Johnny says ‘F*ck’ a lot. I think because we were so familiar with the Pistols’ repertoire the only thing that was new and distinctly different was ‘Bodies’ so it stood out. Although I disagree with its sentiment.

J: What’s your favourite Smiths song?

R: Wow. Ah. That’s hard. There’s so many. Oh blimey. It’s really hard. ‘Handsome Devil.’ I love it. And I love ‘I Know It’s Over.’ But I still love ‘Handsome Devil’ it’s them as they’re really starting out. It’s got an edge, they got more polished. I like a rough diamond.

J: What’s your favourite Smiths album?

R: Strangeways.

J: The most polished.

R: The most overlooked! The Queen Is Dead is seen as their peak. Otherwise, Hatful Of Hollow. At the Peel sessions they were live and more immediate. Which is yours?

J: The Smiths. The first album. I love all the records but this is what first turned my head so it’s special to me.

R: That reminds me. Geoff and I went to a Peel session and they did ‘This Charming Man’. We ran out into the corridor and said, ‘That song! That has to be the single.’ The first time we heard it. Live. We were in the control room and had to nip out of the studio to talk about it. For Rough Trade, ‘Hand In Glove’ was a one-off deal. We never went in for standard contracts, but we decided to with The Smiths. During that summer we got into contracted discussions. We said, ‘If they’re going to sign, this has to be the single.’

J: Favourite Morrissey song?

R: ‘Every Day Is Like Sunday.’ It’ encapsulates boredom in a more serious way than Buzzcocks did. And Vini’s playing is great.

J: Favourite Morrissey album?

R: ‘Your Arsenal’. I like that one. I like the cover.

J: Do you have a lyric that you love?

R: ‘There’s more to life that books you know, but not much more.’ That’s a great line!

J: How did you end up as a librarian?

R: After the big Rough Trade collapse in 1991 a couple of people and I tried to revive The Catalogue. And failed. We tried and we failed. Then my son was born and I was ‘house husband’. In a parent-run cooperative crèche. Then my son went to primary school and my wife said, ‘Right. Get a job. Here’s an advert you should reply to!’

J: So you got your ear pierced because of your wife, and a job, because of your wife.

R: I moved to London because of my wife. She is my everything.

J: I see that! What’s your favourite thing that she says?

R: ‘Do some f*cking tidying up! Clear some of these books! Get rid of that! Why is this in the living room?’

J: Of course. She’s still with you.

R: Yes. We are blessed. We got married when she was pregnant with our daughter, Rachel, who was twenty-eight yesterday.

J: Who is your favourite actor?

R: Marlon Brando. On The Waterfront.

J: What’s your favourite book?

R: Book? That’s a big ask.

J: Favourite song to dance to?

R: Anything ska or northern soul. I like that one, oh, what’s it called, ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ by Chairmen of the Board. Kylie covered it. I love that. See it’s easy to dance. It’s just like this, [stands up, begins walking through the steps]. ‘One-two-three-four. One-two-three-four. Just repeat.’

J: What’s your favourite childhood toy?

R: Toy? Tough call. Mainly, I recall happy hours playing and building on my own as a small boy with Lego bricks, decades before they became so themed.

J: Where is your favourite place to eat?

R: Place to eat? I can do place to eat. Home! I’ve done note to mum – tick.

J: Thank you. Do people phone you to check facts from years ago?

R: Yes. And some of the time I can remember them.

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Outdoor Hockey Trend Stirs Memories Of Playing On Local Pond

By Paul Doyle/The Hartford Courant

February 12, 2011

It's the slab of ice where nostalgia and hockey intersect.

Wind swirling on a raw winter day while kids pad themselves in layers of thermal for day of skating on ponds or backyard rinks. For hours upon hours, they skate and shoot and pretend they're Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr or Wayne Gretzky.

Want to know why hockey players of a certain age love the idea of skating in the sun?

Listen to them talk.

"There were no nets out there, no coaches. … It was just being a blast," said Trinity College hockey coach Dave Cataruzolo, who grew up in Watertown, Mass.

ESPN anchor John Buccigross, who has a backyard rink at his South Windsor home, says: "There is no feeling like outside on a cold, calm day, skating in your backyard. One is never in a bad mood when skating."

Wesleyan hockey coach Chris Potter, who grew up in Rhode Island, offers this memory: "We would always just jump out there on a pond and play. Kids would just leave the house with their skates and be back when the light is going down."

Finally, there's Newington native and Fairfield resident T.R. Coccaro: "Pond hockey is about the most fun you can have playing the game. There's nothing like it. … There's a different feel to it. There's a different sound to it, the echo of the sticks on the ice."

Outdoor hockey has come to Connecticut this week, in the form of the Whalers Hockey Fest 2011 at Rentschler Field. The festival began Thursday and runs through Feb. 22, with the signature event Saturday when the Whalers and Bruins alumni team play before a Connecticut-Providence AHL game.

Connecticut's outdoor hockey turn follows a decade of outdoor games all over the world, most notably the annual NHL Winter Classics. In 2001, Michigan and Michigan State played outside before 74,554 at Spartan Stadium; the teams drew 113,411 at Michigan Stadium in December.

There have been games at revered stadiums such Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Fenway Park in Boston and Wrigley Field in Chicago. There have been junior hockey games, college games and minor league games outside, there is an annual national pond hockey tournament in Minnesota, and later this month there will be an outdoor NHL game in Calgary, Canada.

And all the while, writers have produced poetic prose about the outdoor game and documentarians have turns their lens on the bygone era of pond hockey. The outdoor hockey stories are legendary — Gretzky learning to handle the puck on a backyard rink built by his father, Orr honing his skating skills on a pond near his home.

For hockey players of a certain generation, there's a mysticism surrounding the outdoor game.

"It was a whole different ballgame," Cataruzolo, 35, said. "It's how we learned to play hockey, really. And I think fewer and fewer kids grow up playing outside. It is from another era."

Hartford Whalers founder Howard Baldwin, the organizer of the Rentschler event, believes the revived interest in outdoor hockey began with the release of the 1999 film "Mystery, Alaska." Full disclosure: Baldwin's Hollywood production company produced the Russell Crowe film, which was about a team of local residents who face the New York Rangers outside.

Whether Baldwin's movie sparked the revival or not, the NHL is embracing in the outdoor trend. Buccigross, who grew up playing outdoor hockey in Pennsylvania and Ohio, became consumed with the sport while hosting NHL 2Night in the late 1990s.

By the winter of 2000-2001, he built his first rink. His oldest son, Brett, who is now playing at Kingswood Oxford, was 8 and just learning the game when Buccigross built the rink.

To hear Buccigross, the outdoor rink has played a central role in the childhood of his three kids over the past decade.

"On January 1, 2002, we skated at the stroke of midnight under a full moon," Buccigross said in an e-mail. "My kids love it because there are no cones and no whistles, no one yelling at them. … The kids will spend 3-4 hours a day and not even blink an eye. It's one of the best things I have done as a parent."

UConn hockey coach Bruce Marshall, 48, has memories of his father bringing a bantam team onto the pond ice in his hometown of West Boylston, Mass. When the pond receded, the fire department added water to help improve the quality of ice.

"That's how we learned," Marshall said. "My dad would put floodlights up and there, and that's where we'd practice. Hey, this is the only place we had a sheet of ice."

By the time Marshall was playing at UConn in the early 1980s, outdoor hockey was part of his life. The Huskies played outdoors until an enclosed rink was constructed on campus in 1998, but Marshall was undaunted.

"It's what I was used to," Marshall said.

Now in his 23rd year as coach, he has seen a shift. A few years ago, he took his team to a pond for an outdoor practice and was surprised to hear one player say it was his first time skating outside — surprised, because the player was from western Canada.

"It's generational," Marshall said.

Indeed, John Dunham saw the change during his 33 years as Trinity coach. When he began a volunteer goalie coach in the late 1960s, Trinity was playing at an outdoor rink at Colt Park and the players grew up playing outdoors. By the time Dunham retired in 2007, players were arriving to Trinity from organized programs and prep school. The players learned the game through early-morning indoor practices, not by skating on a neighborhood pond.

People still play pond hockey, but rinks have replaced ponds as training grounds and formal programs have replaced the time when a kid and his stick would be on the pond for hours.

"The kids just don't handle the puck enough," Dunham said. "It's kind of like sandlot baseball, people going out and hitting you 500 grounders every day. That's what you have to do. You can't have everything structured, standing in line. You don't get the puck skills and the finesse and develop the soft hands with an hour of practice every day when you're standing in line."

Dunham recalls what former Whaler Andre Lacroix told him about his youth hockey experience in Quebec.

"He used to skate on the black ice on a river up in Quebec with his eyes closed, just skate with a puck on his stick for an hour every day," Dunham said. "And that's how you developed skills."

Dunham grew up in Redding and first skated on a local pond in the 1950s. He attended The Taft School in Watertown, where hockey practice for underclassmen was held on a pond behind the school.

And in those days, many of the prep schools and high schools played on outdoor rinks.

"Taft had a rink with roof, but with no sides," Dunham said. "So it was pretty darn cold. It was nasty, but you just did it. You didn't know anything better. You worked up a sweat and that took the chill off. And you'd dress warm; you'd have long underwear and stuff."

Coccaro, 35, graduated from Newington High School in 1993 before playing at West Point. He learned to skate on local ponds and is now a devoted outdoor player in Fairfield County, so devoted that he has played in pond hockey tournaments at the Adirondack Ice Bowl in New York last year and at the U.S. Pond Hockey Championships last month in Minnesota. He will be skating with a men's team at Rentschler Friday night.

On Christmas Eve, he was skating on a pond in Fairfield with two of his children. And on any given night in the winter, he can be found playing with various friends on ponds.

"You know, it is a lifetime sport," Coccaro said. "You can't play football when you're 35, but you can get out on a pond. It really does harken back. … It's like we're still kids."

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2022

December

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop twice this month, at the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Tom Mills, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Regan Bowering, Gaudenz Badrutt, Jordan Muscatello, Aurelie Freoua and David Grundy

- Duo with Verity Lane at a Winter Solstice event at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Private function event at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK which included playing in a quartet with Emmanuelle Waeckerle, Veryan Weston and Gaudenz Badrutt

- Duos with Julian Woods and Andrea Bolzoni at Mopomoso, The Vortex, Dalston, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Dee Byrne, Noel Taylor, Julian Woods, Ashley Wales & Brian Eley (text), Phil Minton (LIO choir) at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK

November

- Solo piece ‘Zither Memory’ broadcast on the 81 Discovery Avenue show on Bristol-based internet radio station 1020 (link above)

- Performances as a quartet with Verity Lane, Mark Wastell & Colin Webster at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Tasos Stamou, Aurelie Freoua, Faradena Afifi, Adrian Northover and Sue Lynch at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Performances of Phil Morton’s 50:50 timer project alongside Phil Morton, Chris Hill, Matt Atkins, Ed Lucas, James O’Sullivan, Verity Lane, John Eyles, John Bissett, Ed Shipsey, Tom Mills, Kostas Chondros, Andrew Rowe, Mark Browne, Jonny K Martin, Dave Fowler, Mirie Ya and Arisema Tekle at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

October

- An excerpt from the ‘All Of The Both’ bandcamp release with Sylvia Hallett - broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM (link above)

- The Seen release w. Stewart Lee, Douglas Benford, Jennifer Allum, Mark Wastell, Dominic Lash, Phil Durrant, Harry Broadbent, Bertrand Denzler and Graham McKeachan is broadcast on Dirk Serries’ Netherlands 27 Oct Portmento radio show. (link above)

- Performances as a duo with Adrian Northover at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a quartet with Khabat Abas, Alan Wilkinson & Tasos Stamou at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers: Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Alan Newcombe, Tom Mills, Aitor F H, John Eyles, Kostas Chondros, Chris Hill, Verity Lane, Ed Shipsey, Mirie Ya, Zsofia Lorant, Oscar Leyens, Arisema Tekle and James O'Sullivan

- Performances and conduction as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with other conductions by Steve Beresford, Adam Bohman, Faradena Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

September

- Group performance as part of Martin Vichnick’s 70th birthday event with Kay Grant, Martin Vishnick, Phil Durrant, Rick Jensen and Len Sach at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Duo with Sam Andreae at Adam Bohman’s Lionheart evening at the Golden Lion pub, Sydenham, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker, Aurelie Freoua, Faradina Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers inc. Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Alan Newcombe, Keisuke Matsui, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, David O'Connor, John Eyles, Wil Pritchard and James O'Sullivan

August

- Performances as a quartet with John Edwards, Sue Lynch & Benedict Taylor at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Twice attended and performed with the London Improvisation Workshop, the Welsh Chapel, Borough, London, UK. Other performers inc. Tony Hardie-Bick, Eddie Prevost, N.O. Moore, Verity Lane, Mirie Ya, Iris Ederer, Daniel Kordik, Os Car, Paul Margree, Keisuke Matsui, Tom Mills, Jordan Muscatello, Alan Newcombe and Edward Shipsey

- Duo performance with Colin Webster at BRAK, Water Into Beer, Brockley, London, UK

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with conductions by Steve Beresford (text by Brian Eley), Dee Byrne, Julian Woods, Faradina Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

July

- Performances as a trio with Isidora Edwards & Adrian Northover, at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Solo performance at Project DivFuse, Clapton, London, UK

June

- Performances as a quartet with Sarah Gail Brand, Hannah Marshall & Daniel Thompson, at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- A piece - from the ‘O to 60’ bandcamp release with Emily Shapiro and Alan Wilkinson (& intro by Adam Bohman) - broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-12-june-2022/

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra, with a debut conduction by Douglas Benford alongside other conductions by Steve Beresford, Charlotte Hug, Faradina Afifi and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

May

- Performances as a member of London Improvisers Orchestra conducted by Steve Beresford, Dee Byrne, Phil Morton, Brian Eley/Caroline Kraabel, Philipp Wachsmann and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- Two pieces broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - one from ‘Infectious Ink’ (w. Calum Storrie) and the other from ‘Ourselves One Day’ by Douglas Benford, Rachel Musson, Lia Mazzari and Ed Lucas - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-1-may-2022/

April

- Performances as part of a trio with Sophia Vaisman-Maturana and Meg Morley at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a part of a quintet with Maggie Nicols, Dominic Lash, Daniel Thompson and Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra conducted by Steve Beresford, Sue Ferrar, Tasos Stamou, Caroline Kraabel and Ashley Wales at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

March

- Performance as part of trio with Tim Hodgkinson and Kay Grant as part of the Horse Improv Club ‘Horse Box 2’ album release event at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK

- Performances as part of the Noisy Women event with Faradini Afifi, Jerry Wigins, Rachel Musson, Sue Ferrar and Steve Beresford at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Dee Byrne, Fara Afifi, Charlotte Keefe, Caroline Kraabel and Ashley Wales at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

February

- Performances as a quartet with Marie Roux, Martin Vishnick & Rachel Musson, at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London, UK

- Pieces scored graphically by artist Calum Storrie, and performed/interpreted by Douglas Benford, played back at the Cello Factory, Waterloo, London, UK (see first few minutes of this - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GP9_yAoSftk)

- Duo with Hannah Marshall at Adam Bohman’s Lionheart evening at the Royal Albert pub, New Cross, London, UK

- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Faradena Afifi, Steve Beresford, Ashley Wales and Julian Woods at St Mary’s Old Church, Stoke Newington, London, UK

- A duo piece, ‘Away From Here’ by Rachel Musson and Douglas Benford, from the bandcamp album ‘Occasional Duos’ is aired on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio show on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-6-february-2022/

January

- BBC national Radio 3’s Freeness programme aired a piece (‘In The Library Of Romantic Notions’) by Douglas Benford, Hannah Marshall, John Butcher & Mandhira De Saram

- Duos with Sylvia Hallett and Meg Morley at Mopomoso, The Vortex, Dalston, London, UK, also on the Mopomoso YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/nY9vsgUPJqw and https://youtu.be/4KEH0tLN-zM

- A piece, ‘Annual Scenes’, from the Lonely Impulse Collective album ‘One Lonely Year’ broadcast on the Ambrosia Rasputin radio programme on Resonance FM - https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/the-ambrosia-rasputin-show-23-january-2022/, also on French radio - https://www.radiopanik.org/emissions/indiedrome/indiedrome-du-8-2-2022/

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Business Is your Mattress Firm store closing after Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing? See the list here

Business

Nathan Bomey

USA TODAY

Published 1:01 PM EDT Oct 5, 2018

Mattress Firm plans to close up to 700 stores as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including more than 200 within days.

The nation’s largest mattress retailer said in a court filing that it will not conduct typical liquidation sales, where customers might otherwise score a going-out-of-business deal.

Instead, it will transfer mattresses to other stores, warehouses or distribution centers, or could “decide to abandon” showroom products altogether, according to a court filing.

After a major acquisition spree in recent years, the chain has 3,230 company-owned stores and another 125 franchised locations. It has nearly 10,000 employees.

The company expects to stay in business despite significant challenges, including sales declines and competition from bed-in-a-box online sellers like Casper and Leesa.

Here’s the list of 208 Mattress Firm stores expected to close within days and be vacated entirely by the end of the month, according to court filings:

Alabama

1817 Cherokee Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055

3683 Airport Blvd, Mobile, AL 36608

Arizona

1754 S. Greenfield Rd. Ste. 103, Mesa, AZ 85206

2780 W Chandler Blvd #7, Chandler, AZ 85224

5545 E Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85711

14900 N. Pima Road, Ste. 101, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

9860 lower Buckeye Road, Ste F-100, Tolleson, AZ 85353

14601 North Scottsdale Rd, Ste 125, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

4455 S. Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85282

1335 S Alma School Rd, Ste 101, Mesa, AZ 85210

10340 North Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

7230 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85226

California

2100 Panama Lane, Bakersfield, CA 93307

1414 R Street, Merced, CA 95340

109 S Las Posas Road, Ste 101, San Marcos, CA 92078

467 East Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93710

9095 Central Ave, Montclair, CA 91763

25125 Madison Ave Ste 103, Murrieta, CA 92562

Colorado

10460 West Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215

570 Zang St, Ste B, Broomfield, CO 80021

356 East Harmony Rd 6A, Fort Collins, CO 80525

7205 W Colfax Avenue, Ste 100, Lakewood, CO 80214

2525 Arapahoe Ave, Ste. E20, Boulder, CO 80302

990 Airport Road, Rifle, CO 81650

10398 Reed St. 200, Westminster, CO 80021

1785 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Connecticut

575 Boston Post Road Route 1, Orange, CT 06477

9 Fieldstone Commons, Tolland, CT 06084

99 Farmington Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010

927 West Main Street, Branford, CT 06405

3475 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111

1055 Silas Dean Highway, Wethersfield, CT 06109

Florida

3520 N Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

5048 Bayou Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32503

1814 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304

695 Towne Center Blvd, Sanford, FL 32772

1970 NW Federal Highway, Stuart, FL 34994

7067 Narcoosee Rd., Orlando, FL 32822

14200 SW 8th St. Suites 103 thru 106, Miami, FL 33184

919 Lakeland Park Center DR #370, Lakeland, FL 33809

7703 West Flager Street., Ste. B, Miami, FL 33144

6337 Roosevelt Blvd, Ste 1, Jacksonville, FL 32244

Georgia

1290 Johnson Ferry Rd, Marietta, GA 30068

3045 North Dug Gap Road SW, Dalton, GA 30720

2907 Washington Rd. Bld 4-402, Augusta, GA 30909

7601 North Point Parkway, #A, Alpharetta, GA 30009

4696 Log Cabin Drive, Ste A, Macon, GA 31204

Idaho

16375 N. Merchant Way Nampa, ID 83687

Illinois

4840 N Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60630

9 East Golf Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

349 E Rand Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004

2365 N Farnsworth Avenue, Aurora, IL 60502

2703 W. Deyoung Street Ste. B, Marion, IL 62959

2317 S. Route 59, Plainfield, IL 60431

9935-51 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

9240 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077

1749 S. Randall Road, Geneva, IL 60134

1330 S Torrence, Calumet City, IL 60409

4805 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60641

1413 W. North Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160

310 Randall Road, South Elgin, IL 60177

2121 N. Clybourn Ave., A-4 Chicago, IL 60614

786 Randall Road, Algonquin, IL 60102

2 East Rand Road Mount Prospect, Mount Prospect, IL 60056

100B E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173

1137 S Mannheim Rd, Westchester, IL 60154

4300 E. New York St. – Suite A, Aurora, IL 60505

4600 Hoffman Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60173

1569 N. State Route 50, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

2000 N. Clybourne Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

7550 Broadview Village Square, Ste 7600C, Broadview, IL 60155

2320 E. Lincoln Highway #109, New Lenox, IL 60451

1600 West 16th Street Suite T23, Oak Brook, IL 60523

2405 Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL 60451

1710 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

2326 Route 34, Oswego, IL 60543

4650 Hoffman Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Indiana

10412 Indianapolis Blvd, Highland, IN 46322

25 US Route 41, Schererville, IN 46375

4335 East 82nd Street, Ste 107, Indianapolis, IN 46250

Kansas

6836 West Kellogg, Wichita, KS 67209

11747 East Kellog Drive, Wichita, KS 67207

438 S. Rock Road, Wichita, KS 67205

15830 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS 66217

Kentucky

4139 Fort Campbell Blvd, Hopkinsville, KY 42240

Louisiana

4100 General DeGaulle Dr., Ste. 1, New Orleans, LA 70131

Maryland

1625 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231

1016 Beards Hill Road Suite K, Aberdeen, MD 21001

22750 Newcut Road Suite D1, Clarksburg, MD 20871

1701 Rockville Pike Suite A14, Rockville, MD 20852

7911 Belair Road, Baltimore, MD 21236

6600 Baltimore National Pike, Suite P, Catonsville, MD 21228

1445 Rock Spring Road, Bel Air, MD 21014

912C Taylor Avenue, Towson, MD 21286

1170 West Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21703

6666 Security Blvd-STE 17- 20, Woodlawn, MD 21207

3531 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 21227

Massachusetts

1081 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02465

57 Andrew Avenue, Wayland, MA 01778

2556 1st Street South, Willmar, MN 56201

205 Huttleson Avenue Unit #50, Fairhaven, MA 02719

172 North King Street Route 5, Northampton, MA 01060

388 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 02035

174 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01886

Michigan

2049 West Grand River Avenue, Okemos, MI 48864

Missouri

1142 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Richmond Heights, MO 63117

12344 US 71 Highway, Grandview, MO 64030

14169 Manchester Road, Suite C, Ballwin, MO 63011

Nebraska

8420 South 71st Plaza Suite 103, Papillion, NE 68046

New Hampshire

303-C South Broadway, Salem, NH 03079

New Jersey

557 Route 130 North, East Windsor, NJ 08520

745 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054

92 Ferry Street, Newark, NJ 07105

3231 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648

80 South Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, NJ 08037

243 US Highway 46 West, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

New York

945 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

1040 Old Country Road Plainview, NY 11803

5121 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11234

1462 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305

North Carolina

235 Harvey Street, Winston Salem, NC 27103

2504 Battleground Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408

1595 Glidewell Drive Suite 101, Burlington, NC 27215

3137 Waltham Blvd, Burlington, NC 27215

4008 Brian Jordan Place, High Point, NC 27265

2501 East Franklin Blvd, Ste., Gastonia, NC 28056

610 SE Greenville Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858

252 Turnersburg Highway, Statesville, NC 28625

1011 S Main St, Kernersville, NC 27284

2510 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC 27408

1834 Matthews Township Parkway, Matthews, NC 28105

14045 East Independence Blvd Suite C4, Indian Trail, NC 28079

1809 Sardis Road N, Charlotte, NC 28270

1402 West Ehringhaus Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909

8204 Tryon Woods Drive, Cary, NC 27518

7248 GB Alford Highway, Holly Springs, NC 27540

9901 E. Independence Blvd, Matthews, NC 28105

8201 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28411

3274 Silas Creek Parkway Suite #33-36, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Ohio

6267 Wilson Mills Rd., Highland Heights, OH 44143

Oklahoma

4139 W. Reno, Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Oregon

11600 SE Mille Plan Blvd, Suite 3D, Vancouver, OR 98684

Pennsylvania

901 East Main Street Space #20, Palmyra, PA 17078

445 West Dekalb Pike, King of Prussia, PA 19406

3400 North 5th Street, Reading, PA 19605

1256 Millersville, Lancaster, PA 17603

1619 Grant Avenue Grant Plaza, Suite 1, Philadelphia, PA 19115

35 Willowdale Drive, Lancaster, PA 17602

472 Shrewsbury Commons Avenue, Shrewsbury, PA 17361

5110 Library Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102

Rhode Island

1 New London Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920

South Carolina

131 Harbison Blvd., Ste 100, Columbia, SC 29212

5075 Sunset Blvd, Lexington, SC 29072

2391 Dave Lyle Blvd, Suite 106, Rock Hill, SC 29730

106 Percival Road, Ste 100, Columbia, SC 29206

7381 Rivers Ave., Ste 102, North Charleston, SC 29406

6208A Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209

Tennessee

7412 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

1704 E Stone Rd, Ste. 102, Kingsport, TN 37660

Texas

13000 N FM 620 RD SB, Cedar Park, TX 78613

4826 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75206

3200 W. Anderson Ln, Ste 101, Austin, TX 78757 – 1010

17689 Tomball Pkwy, Houston, TX 77064

15340 Dallas Parkway Suite 2150, Dallas, TX 75248

3115 West Loop S., Houston, TX 77027

11470 Broadway Street Ste 110, Pearland, TX 77584

9705 Research Blvd Suite A, Austin, TX 78759

26526 I-45 N, Spring, TX 77386

9319 Highway 6 South, Suite C, Houston, TX 77083

3937 North Central Expressway, Plano, TX 75023

710 Old San Antonion Rd, Buda, TX 78610

2645 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 140, Southlake, TX 76092

1725 I-35 East, Denton, TX 76205

1266 Fry Road, Houston, TX 77084

14791 IH-35, # 108, Schertz, TX 78154

115 Sundance Pkwy, Ste 520, Round Rock, TX 78681

9930 Katy Freeway, #600, Houston, TX 77055

1810 FM 685 #200, Pflugerville, TX 78660

4629 South Cooper St., Ste. 125, Arlington, TX 76017

4770 State Highway 121, Suite 130, Lewisville, TX 75056

1005 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006

12908 Shops Pkwy Unit 100, Bee Cave, TX 78738

349 S. Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450

6429 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77057

2735 Town Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479

19325 Gulf Freeway, Webster, TX 77598

804 Interstate 45 N, Conroe, TX 77301

20400 Southwest Freeway, Ste. 100, Richmond, TX 77479

5710 Highway 6, Missouri City, TX 77459

537 East I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087

7592 FM1960, Houston, TX 77070

5733 State Hwy 121 Ste 200, The Colony, TX 75056

1443 S. Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450

1335 Lake Woodlands Dr. Suite C, The Woodlands, TX 77382

Utah

2632 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, UT 84119

1122 S. University Ave., Provo, UT 84601

Virginia

135 Crooked Run Plaza Suite #50, Front Royal, VA 22630

717 Dominion Square Shopping Center, Culpeper, VA 22701

9600 Main Street Suite B, Fairfax, VA 22031

5629 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407

235 Market Street, Winchester, VA 22603

47020 Harry Byrd Highway Suite #2, Sterling, VA 20164

141 Stonebridge Plaza Ave, Richmond, VA 23225

4400 Kilgore Avenue, #J-105 Hampton, VA 23666-2060

1065 West Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

Washington

301 Tukwila Pkwy, Tukwila, WA 98188

5003 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409

West Virginia

217 Oak Lee Drive Suite 24, Ranson, WV 25438

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Business

Nathan Bomey

USA TODAY

Published 1:01 PM EDT Oct 5, 2018

Mattress Firm plans to close up to 700 stores as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including more than 200 within days.

The nation’s largest mattress retailer said in a court filing that it will not conduct typical liquidation sales, where customers might otherwise score a going-out-of-business deal.

Instead, it will transfer mattresses to other stores, warehouses or distribution centers, or could “decide to abandon” showroom products altogether, according to a court filing.

After a major acquisition spree in recent years, the chain has 3,230 company-owned stores and another 125 franchised locations. It has nearly 10,000 employees.

The company expects to stay in business despite significant challenges, including sales declines and competition from bed-in-a-box online sellers like Casper and Leesa.

Here’s the list of 208 Mattress Firm stores expected to close within days and be vacated entirely by the end of the month, according to court filings:

Alabama

1817 Cherokee Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055

3683 Airport Blvd, Mobile, AL 36608

Arizona

1754 S. Greenfield Rd. Ste. 103, Mesa, AZ 85206

2780 W Chandler Blvd #7, Chandler, AZ 85224

5545 E Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85711

14900 N. Pima Road, Ste. 101, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

9860 lower Buckeye Road, Ste F-100, Tolleson, AZ 85353

14601 North Scottsdale Rd, Ste 125, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

4455 S. Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85282

1335 S Alma School Rd, Ste 101, Mesa, AZ 85210

10340 North Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

7230 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85226

California

2100 Panama Lane, Bakersfield, CA 93307

1414 R Street, Merced, CA 95340

109 S Las Posas Road, Ste 101, San Marcos, CA 92078

467 East Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93710

9095 Central Ave, Montclair, CA 91763

25125 Madison Ave Ste 103, Murrieta, CA 92562

Colorado

10460 West Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215

570 Zang St, Ste B, Broomfield, CO 80021

356 East Harmony Rd 6A, Fort Collins, CO 80525

7205 W Colfax Avenue, Ste 100, Lakewood, CO 80214

2525 Arapahoe Ave, Ste. E20, Boulder, CO 80302

990 Airport Road, Rifle, CO 81650

10398 Reed St. 200, Westminster, CO 80021

1785 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Connecticut

575 Boston Post Road Route 1, Orange, CT 06477

9 Fieldstone Commons, Tolland, CT 06084

99 Farmington Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010

927 West Main Street, Branford, CT 06405

3475 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111

1055 Silas Dean Highway, Wethersfield, CT 06109

Florida

3520 N Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

5048 Bayou Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32503

1814 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304

695 Towne Center Blvd, Sanford, FL 32772

1970 NW Federal Highway, Stuart, FL 34994

7067 Narcoosee Rd., Orlando, FL 32822

14200 SW 8th St. Suites 103 thru 106, Miami, FL 33184

919 Lakeland Park Center DR #370, Lakeland, FL 33809

7703 West Flager Street., Ste. B, Miami, FL 33144

6337 Roosevelt Blvd, Ste 1, Jacksonville, FL 32244

Georgia

1290 Johnson Ferry Rd, Marietta, GA 30068

3045 North Dug Gap Road SW, Dalton, GA 30720

2907 Washington Rd. Bld 4-402, Augusta, GA 30909

7601 North Point Parkway, #A, Alpharetta, GA 30009

4696 Log Cabin Drive, Ste A, Macon, GA 31204

Idaho

16375 N. Merchant Way Nampa, ID 83687

Illinois

4840 N Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60630

9 East Golf Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

349 E Rand Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004

2365 N Farnsworth Avenue, Aurora, IL 60502

2703 W. Deyoung Street Ste. B, Marion, IL 62959

2317 S. Route 59, Plainfield, IL 60431

9935-51 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

9240 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077

1749 S. Randall Road, Geneva, IL 60134

1330 S Torrence, Calumet City, IL 60409

4805 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60641

1413 W. North Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160

310 Randall Road, South Elgin, IL 60177

2121 N. Clybourn Ave., A-4 Chicago, IL 60614

786 Randall Road, Algonquin, IL 60102

2 East Rand Road Mount Prospect, Mount Prospect, IL 60056

100B E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173

1137 S Mannheim Rd, Westchester, IL 60154

4300 E. New York St. – Suite A, Aurora, IL 60505

4600 Hoffman Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60173

1569 N. State Route 50, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

2000 N. Clybourne Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

7550 Broadview Village Square, Ste 7600C, Broadview, IL 60155

2320 E. Lincoln Highway #109, New Lenox, IL 60451

1600 West 16th Street Suite T23, Oak Brook, IL 60523

2405 Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL 60451

1710 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

2326 Route 34, Oswego, IL 60543

4650 Hoffman Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Indiana

10412 Indianapolis Blvd, Highland, IN 46322

25 US Route 41, Schererville, IN 46375

4335 East 82nd Street, Ste 107, Indianapolis, IN 46250

Kansas

6836 West Kellogg, Wichita, KS 67209

11747 East Kellog Drive, Wichita, KS 67207

438 S. Rock Road, Wichita, KS 67205

15830 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS 66217

Kentucky

4139 Fort Campbell Blvd, Hopkinsville, KY 42240

Louisiana

4100 General DeGaulle Dr., Ste. 1, New Orleans, LA 70131

Maryland

1625 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231

1016 Beards Hill Road Suite K, Aberdeen, MD 21001

22750 Newcut Road Suite D1, Clarksburg, MD 20871

1701 Rockville Pike Suite A14, Rockville, MD 20852

7911 Belair Road, Baltimore, MD 21236

6600 Baltimore National Pike, Suite P, Catonsville, MD 21228

1445 Rock Spring Road, Bel Air, MD 21014

912C Taylor Avenue, Towson, MD 21286

1170 West Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21703

6666 Security Blvd-STE 17- 20, Woodlawn, MD 21207

3531 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 21227

Massachusetts

1081 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02465

57 Andrew Avenue, Wayland, MA 01778

2556 1st Street South, Willmar, MN 56201

205 Huttleson Avenue Unit #50, Fairhaven, MA 02719

172 North King Street Route 5, Northampton, MA 01060

388 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 02035

174 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01886

Michigan

2049 West Grand River Avenue, Okemos, MI 48864

Missouri

1142 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Richmond Heights, MO 63117

12344 US 71 Highway, Grandview, MO 64030

14169 Manchester Road, Suite C, Ballwin, MO 63011

Nebraska

8420 South 71st Plaza Suite 103, Papillion, NE 68046

New Hampshire

303-C South Broadway, Salem, NH 03079

New Jersey

557 Route 130 North, East Windsor, NJ 08520

745 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054

92 Ferry Street, Newark, NJ 07105

3231 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648

80 South Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, NJ 08037

243 US Highway 46 West, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

New York

945 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

1040 Old Country Road Plainview, NY 11803

5121 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11234

1462 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305

North Carolina

235 Harvey Street, Winston Salem, NC 27103

2504 Battleground Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408

1595 Glidewell Drive Suite 101, Burlington, NC 27215

3137 Waltham Blvd, Burlington, NC 27215

4008 Brian Jordan Place, High Point, NC 27265

2501 East Franklin Blvd, Ste., Gastonia, NC 28056

610 SE Greenville Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858

252 Turnersburg Highway, Statesville, NC 28625

1011 S Main St, Kernersville, NC 27284

2510 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC 27408

1834 Matthews Township Parkway, Matthews, NC 28105

14045 East Independence Blvd Suite C4, Indian Trail, NC 28079

1809 Sardis Road N, Charlotte, NC 28270

1402 West Ehringhaus Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909

8204 Tryon Woods Drive, Cary, NC 27518

7248 GB Alford Highway, Holly Springs, NC 27540

9901 E. Independence Blvd, Matthews, NC 28105

8201 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28411

3274 Silas Creek Parkway Suite #33-36, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Ohio

6267 Wilson Mills Rd., Highland Heights, OH 44143

Oklahoma

4139 W. Reno, Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Oregon

11600 SE Mille Plan Blvd, Suite 3D, Vancouver, OR 98684

Pennsylvania

901 East Main Street Space #20, Palmyra, PA 17078

445 West Dekalb Pike, King of Prussia, PA 19406

3400 North 5th Street, Reading, PA 19605

1256 Millersville, Lancaster, PA 17603

1619 Grant Avenue Grant Plaza, Suite 1, Philadelphia, PA 19115

35 Willowdale Drive, Lancaster, PA 17602

472 Shrewsbury Commons Avenue, Shrewsbury, PA 17361

5110 Library Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102

Rhode Island

1 New London Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920

South Carolina

131 Harbison Blvd., Ste 100, Columbia, SC 29212

5075 Sunset Blvd, Lexington, SC 29072

2391 Dave Lyle Blvd, Suite 106, Rock Hill, SC 29730

106 Percival Road, Ste 100, Columbia, SC 29206

7381 Rivers Ave., Ste 102, North Charleston, SC 29406

6208A Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209

Tennessee

7412 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

1704 E Stone Rd, Ste. 102, Kingsport, TN 37660

Texas

13000 N FM 620 RD SB, Cedar Park, TX 78613

4826 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75206

3200 W. Anderson Ln, Ste 101, Austin, TX 78757 – 1010

17689 Tomball Pkwy, Houston, TX 77064

15340 Dallas Parkway Suite 2150, Dallas, TX 75248

3115 West Loop S., Houston, TX 77027

11470 Broadway Street Ste 110, Pearland, TX 77584

9705 Research Blvd Suite A, Austin, TX 78759

26526 I-45 N, Spring, TX 77386

9319 Highway 6 South, Suite C, Houston, TX 77083

3937 North Central Expressway, Plano, TX 75023

710 Old San Antonion Rd, Buda, TX 78610

2645 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 140, Southlake, TX 76092

1725 I-35 East, Denton, TX 76205

1266 Fry Road, Houston, TX 77084

14791 IH-35, # 108, Schertz, TX 78154

115 Sundance Pkwy, Ste 520, Round Rock, TX 78681

9930 Katy Freeway, #600, Houston, TX 77055

1810 FM 685 #200, Pflugerville, TX 78660

4629 South Cooper St., Ste. 125, Arlington, TX 76017

4770 State Highway 121, Suite 130, Lewisville, TX 75056

1005 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006

12908 Shops Pkwy Unit 100, Bee Cave, TX 78738

349 S. Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450

6429 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77057

2735 Town Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479

19325 Gulf Freeway, Webster, TX 77598

804 Interstate 45 N, Conroe, TX 77301

20400 Southwest Freeway, Ste. 100, Richmond, TX 77479

5710 Highway 6, Missouri City, TX 77459

537 East I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087

7592 FM1960, Houston, TX 77070

5733 State Hwy 121 Ste 200, The Colony, TX 75056

1443 S. Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450

1335 Lake Woodlands Dr. Suite C, The Woodlands, TX 77382

Utah

2632 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, UT 84119

1122 S. University Ave., Provo, UT 84601

Virginia

135 Crooked Run Plaza Suite #50, Front Royal, VA 22630

717 Dominion Square Shopping Center, Culpeper, VA 22701

9600 Main Street Suite B, Fairfax, VA 22031

5629 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407

235 Market Street, Winchester, VA 22603

47020 Harry Byrd Highway Suite #2, Sterling, VA 20164

141 Stonebridge Plaza Ave, Richmond, VA 23225

4400 Kilgore Avenue, #J-105 Hampton, VA 23666-2060

1065 West Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

Washington

301 Tukwila Pkwy, Tukwila, WA 98188

5003 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409

West Virginia

217 Oak Lee Drive Suite 24, Ranson, WV 25438

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Business Is your Mattress Firm store closing after Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing? See the list here

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Nathan Bomey

USA TODAY

Published 1:01 PM EDT Oct 5, 2018

Mattress Firm plans to close up to 700 stores as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including more than 200 within days.

The nation’s largest mattress retailer said in a court filing that it will not conduct typical liquidation sales, where customers might otherwise score a going-out-of-business deal.

Instead, it will transfer mattresses to other stores, warehouses or distribution centers, or could “decide to abandon” showroom products altogether, according to a court filing.

After a major acquisition spree in recent years, the chain has 3,230 company-owned stores and another 125 franchised locations. It has nearly 10,000 employees.

The company expects to stay in business despite significant challenges, including sales declines and competition from bed-in-a-box online sellers like Casper and Leesa.

Here’s the list of 208 Mattress Firm stores expected to close within days and be vacated entirely by the end of the month, according to court filings:

Alabama

1817 Cherokee Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055

3683 Airport Blvd, Mobile, AL 36608

Arizona

1754 S. Greenfield Rd. Ste. 103, Mesa, AZ 85206

2780 W Chandler Blvd #7, Chandler, AZ 85224

5545 E Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85711

14900 N. Pima Road, Ste. 101, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

9860 lower Buckeye Road, Ste F-100, Tolleson, AZ 85353

14601 North Scottsdale Rd, Ste 125, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

4455 S. Rural Rd, Tempe, AZ 85282

1335 S Alma School Rd, Ste 101, Mesa, AZ 85210

10340 North Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254

7230 W Ray Rd, Chandler, AZ 85226

California

2100 Panama Lane, Bakersfield, CA 93307

1414 R Street, Merced, CA 95340

109 S Las Posas Road, Ste 101, San Marcos, CA 92078

467 East Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93710

9095 Central Ave, Montclair, CA 91763

25125 Madison Ave Ste 103, Murrieta, CA 92562

Colorado

10460 West Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215

570 Zang St, Ste B, Broomfield, CO 80021

356 East Harmony Rd 6A, Fort Collins, CO 80525

7205 W Colfax Avenue, Ste 100, Lakewood, CO 80214

2525 Arapahoe Ave, Ste. E20, Boulder, CO 80302

990 Airport Road, Rifle, CO 81650

10398 Reed St. 200, Westminster, CO 80021

1785 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80906

Connecticut

575 Boston Post Road Route 1, Orange, CT 06477

9 Fieldstone Commons, Tolland, CT 06084

99 Farmington Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010

927 West Main Street, Branford, CT 06405

3475 Berlin Turnpike, Newington, CT 06111

1055 Silas Dean Highway, Wethersfield, CT 06109

Florida

3520 N Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

5048 Bayou Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32503

1814 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304

695 Towne Center Blvd, Sanford, FL 32772

1970 NW Federal Highway, Stuart, FL 34994

7067 Narcoosee Rd., Orlando, FL 32822

14200 SW 8th St. Suites 103 thru 106, Miami, FL 33184

919 Lakeland Park Center DR #370, Lakeland, FL 33809

7703 West Flager Street., Ste. B, Miami, FL 33144

6337 Roosevelt Blvd, Ste 1, Jacksonville, FL 32244

Georgia

1290 Johnson Ferry Rd, Marietta, GA 30068

3045 North Dug Gap Road SW, Dalton, GA 30720

2907 Washington Rd. Bld 4-402, Augusta, GA 30909

7601 North Point Parkway, #A, Alpharetta, GA 30009

4696 Log Cabin Drive, Ste A, Macon, GA 31204

Idaho

16375 N. Merchant Way Nampa, ID 83687

Illinois

4840 N Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60630

9 East Golf Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

349 E Rand Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60004

2365 N Farnsworth Avenue, Aurora, IL 60502

2703 W. Deyoung Street Ste. B, Marion, IL 62959

2317 S. Route 59, Plainfield, IL 60431

9935-51 S. Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

9240 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077

1749 S. Randall Road, Geneva, IL 60134

1330 S Torrence, Calumet City, IL 60409

4805 W Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60641

1413 W. North Ave, Melrose Park, IL 60160

310 Randall Road, South Elgin, IL 60177

2121 N. Clybourn Ave., A-4 Chicago, IL 60614

786 Randall Road, Algonquin, IL 60102

2 East Rand Road Mount Prospect, Mount Prospect, IL 60056

100B E. Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL 60173

1137 S Mannheim Rd, Westchester, IL 60154

4300 E. New York St. – Suite A, Aurora, IL 60505

4600 Hoffman Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60173

1569 N. State Route 50, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

2000 N. Clybourne Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

7550 Broadview Village Square, Ste 7600C, Broadview, IL 60155

2320 E. Lincoln Highway #109, New Lenox, IL 60451

1600 West 16th Street Suite T23, Oak Brook, IL 60523

2405 Lincoln Highway, New Lenox, IL 60451

1710 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

2326 Route 34, Oswego, IL 60543

4650 Hoffman Blvd, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Indiana

10412 Indianapolis Blvd, Highland, IN 46322

25 US Route 41, Schererville, IN 46375

4335 East 82nd Street, Ste 107, Indianapolis, IN 46250

Kansas

6836 West Kellogg, Wichita, KS 67209

11747 East Kellog Drive, Wichita, KS 67207

438 S. Rock Road, Wichita, KS 67205

15830 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Shawnee, KS 66217

Kentucky

4139 Fort Campbell Blvd, Hopkinsville, KY 42240

Louisiana

4100 General DeGaulle Dr., Ste. 1, New Orleans, LA 70131

Maryland

1625 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231

1016 Beards Hill Road Suite K, Aberdeen, MD 21001

22750 Newcut Road Suite D1, Clarksburg, MD 20871

1701 Rockville Pike Suite A14, Rockville, MD 20852

7911 Belair Road, Baltimore, MD 21236

6600 Baltimore National Pike, Suite P, Catonsville, MD 21228

1445 Rock Spring Road, Bel Air, MD 21014

912C Taylor Avenue, Towson, MD 21286

1170 West Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21703

6666 Security Blvd-STE 17- 20, Woodlawn, MD 21207

3531 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 21227

Massachusetts

1081 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02465

57 Andrew Avenue, Wayland, MA 01778

2556 1st Street South, Willmar, MN 56201

205 Huttleson Avenue Unit #50, Fairhaven, MA 02719

172 North King Street Route 5, Northampton, MA 01060

388 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA 02035

174 Littleton Road, Westford, MA 01886

Michigan

2049 West Grand River Avenue, Okemos, MI 48864

Missouri

1142 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Richmond Heights, MO 63117

12344 US 71 Highway, Grandview, MO 64030

14169 Manchester Road, Suite C, Ballwin, MO 63011

Nebraska

8420 South 71st Plaza Suite 103, Papillion, NE 68046

New Hampshire

303-C South Broadway, Salem, NH 03079

New Jersey

557 Route 130 North, East Windsor, NJ 08520

745 Route 46, Parsippany, NJ 07054

92 Ferry Street, Newark, NJ 07105

3231 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648

80 South Whitehorse Pike, Hammonton, NJ 08037

243 US Highway 46 West, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

New York

945 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226

1040 Old Country Road Plainview, NY 11803

5121 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 11234

1462 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305

North Carolina

235 Harvey Street, Winston Salem, NC 27103

2504 Battleground Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408

1595 Glidewell Drive Suite 101, Burlington, NC 27215

3137 Waltham Blvd, Burlington, NC 27215

4008 Brian Jordan Place, High Point, NC 27265

2501 East Franklin Blvd, Ste., Gastonia, NC 28056

610 SE Greenville Blvd, Greenville, NC 27858

252 Turnersburg Highway, Statesville, NC 28625

1011 S Main St, Kernersville, NC 27284

2510 Battleground Ave, Greensboro, NC 27408

1834 Matthews Township Parkway, Matthews, NC 28105

14045 East Independence Blvd Suite C4, Indian Trail, NC 28079

1809 Sardis Road N, Charlotte, NC 28270

1402 West Ehringhaus Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909

8204 Tryon Woods Drive, Cary, NC 27518

7248 GB Alford Highway, Holly Springs, NC 27540

9901 E. Independence Blvd, Matthews, NC 28105

8201 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28411

3274 Silas Creek Parkway Suite #33-36, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Ohio

6267 Wilson Mills Rd., Highland Heights, OH 44143

Oklahoma

4139 W. Reno, Oklahoma City, OK 73107

Oregon

11600 SE Mille Plan Blvd, Suite 3D, Vancouver, OR 98684

Pennsylvania

901 East Main Street Space #20, Palmyra, PA 17078

445 West Dekalb Pike, King of Prussia, PA 19406

3400 North 5th Street, Reading, PA 19605

1256 Millersville, Lancaster, PA 17603

1619 Grant Avenue Grant Plaza, Suite 1, Philadelphia, PA 19115

35 Willowdale Drive, Lancaster, PA 17602

472 Shrewsbury Commons Avenue, Shrewsbury, PA 17361

5110 Library Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102

Rhode Island

1 New London Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920

South Carolina

131 Harbison Blvd., Ste 100, Columbia, SC 29212

5075 Sunset Blvd, Lexington, SC 29072

2391 Dave Lyle Blvd, Suite 106, Rock Hill, SC 29730

106 Percival Road, Ste 100, Columbia, SC 29206

7381 Rivers Ave., Ste 102, North Charleston, SC 29406

6208A Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209

Tennessee

7412 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

1704 E Stone Rd, Ste. 102, Kingsport, TN 37660

Texas

13000 N FM 620 RD SB, Cedar Park, TX 78613

4826 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75206

3200 W. Anderson Ln, Ste 101, Austin, TX 78757 – 1010

17689 Tomball Pkwy, Houston, TX 77064

15340 Dallas Parkway Suite 2150, Dallas, TX 75248

3115 West Loop S., Houston, TX 77027

11470 Broadway Street Ste 110, Pearland, TX 77584

9705 Research Blvd Suite A, Austin, TX 78759

26526 I-45 N, Spring, TX 77386

9319 Highway 6 South, Suite C, Houston, TX 77083

3937 North Central Expressway, Plano, TX 75023

710 Old San Antonion Rd, Buda, TX 78610

2645 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 140, Southlake, TX 76092

1725 I-35 East, Denton, TX 76205

1266 Fry Road, Houston, TX 77084

14791 IH-35, # 108, Schertz, TX 78154

115 Sundance Pkwy, Ste 520, Round Rock, TX 78681

9930 Katy Freeway, #600, Houston, TX 77055

1810 FM 685 #200, Pflugerville, TX 78660

4629 South Cooper St., Ste. 125, Arlington, TX 76017

4770 State Highway 121, Suite 130, Lewisville, TX 75056

1005 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006

12908 Shops Pkwy Unit 100, Bee Cave, TX 78738

349 S. Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450

6429 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77057

2735 Town Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77479

19325 Gulf Freeway, Webster, TX 77598

804 Interstate 45 N, Conroe, TX 77301

20400 Southwest Freeway, Ste. 100, Richmond, TX 77479

5710 Highway 6, Missouri City, TX 77459

537 East I-30, Rockwall, TX 75087

7592 FM1960, Houston, TX 77070

5733 State Hwy 121 Ste 200, The Colony, TX 75056

1443 S. Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450

1335 Lake Woodlands Dr. Suite C, The Woodlands, TX 77382

Utah

2632 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, UT 84119

1122 S. University Ave., Provo, UT 84601

Virginia

135 Crooked Run Plaza Suite #50, Front Royal, VA 22630

717 Dominion Square Shopping Center, Culpeper, VA 22701

9600 Main Street Suite B, Fairfax, VA 22031

5629 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407

235 Market Street, Winchester, VA 22603

47020 Harry Byrd Highway Suite #2, Sterling, VA 20164

141 Stonebridge Plaza Ave, Richmond, VA 23225

4400 Kilgore Avenue, #J-105 Hampton, VA 23666-2060

1065 West Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046

Washington

301 Tukwila Pkwy, Tukwila, WA 98188

5003 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409

West Virginia

217 Oak Lee Drive Suite 24, Ranson, WV 25438

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