Normal's Books & Records

The working plan of Normal's was to have cultural workers provide lasting works of culture to the public at decent, affordable prices. We happily sold vinyl lps in 1990 when many were consigning them to the dustbins of history and we still love and prefer a good, honest book to an overpriced electronic download that can't be shared or displayed on one's shelf, acting as a work of art and/or time machine/memory aid. Sure in five years entertainment will solely be transferred via a chip planted in one's bioport and the only writing that will be read will be tweets, but we'll all be long gone like the glaciers and attention span by then. Stop by, mingle with interesting people, support small local business, keep us off the streets, save at least one building from being filled by a Subway sandwich shop or nail salon.