This Saturday the 17th it's Record Store Day, a day to celebrate your local vinyl pusher, and support the format that shaped the first music industry, and created its own one in the process. Where would we be with no DJ Kool Herc and a set of old records at a block party?

In Dublin it's not that easy to find out what's happening this year, apart from a list of exclusive releases on the day from Universal records. According to the page for Dublin on the official website the following shops has things happening:

• Beatfinder Records in Temple Bar
• Road Records in Fade Street
• City Discs in Temple Bar (whose website seems to be b0rked at the moment)
• Tower Records
• And the always (but not for much longer) fantastic Freebird Records who still have their 50% off closing down sale.

If you like your vintage vinyl it's also worth mentioning the flea market in Ranelagh on the 17th, and if the weather next weekend looks anything like what it did this weekend, that's where you'll find me getting my fingers dusty.