Sadly, here we go again, another remembrance post, this time for Dave Anchovies, known to his family as Dave Palumbo, who died July 19, 2022, and whose love of music led him to operate a great record store, perform as a musician and support other musicians/the Buffalo music scene.
Palumbo operated Spiral Scratch Records, a great independent music store which supported original Buffalo music in many ways, from featuring their music on sale at the store, first on Delaware Avenue and later, after a destructive fire, on Bryant Street near Elmwood Avenue, to hosting performances by many local bands and artists, especially on Record Store Day. Spiral Scratch Records closed in 2015, leaving a hole in both the independent record store community and Buffalo music community overall.
A cool DJ at WBNY 91.3 FM from his student days at Buffalo State College, Palumbo later hosted an excellent Saturday night show as an graduate/alumnus on WBNY, the “Scratch n Sniff Radio Programme,” where one was likely to hear just about anything, particularly with a sinister edge, whether style, sound, lyrics or recording quality. As a musician, Palumbo was probably best known as guitarist for the Trailer Park Tornadoes.
Our paths crossed in almost entirely musical ways, from both being WBNY graduates who seemed to be remembered for playing loud, obnoxious music and sometimes hoped listeners/detractors were offended. We both did what we felt was best to support Buffalo/WNY musicians, although you might say that Palumbo really put his money and heart where his mouth was. It was also nice to live less than two blocks from Spiral Scratch Records when it was on Bryant Street, getting to go there for bands or to shop, as well as frequent dog walks past the store with Harold. Strangely, Dave and I never had a real long conversation, no comparing of notes or ideas or anything (naturally, no photos of him); the nature of seeing someone while bands were playing or one of us was running their business precluded really long talks, but I would have loved to have had time to talk about things further. Sadly, none of us will have that opportunity, and Dave will be missed more than any of us can imagine.
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