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Thursday 12pm - 6:30pm Friday 12pm - 6:30pm Saturday 12pm - 6:30pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Root For Us

Name: Root For Us
Address: 26 Elliot Street, Newton, MA, 02461, US
Telephone: +16178047668

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A vinyl-centric retail experience that sells used and (occasionally) new records in Newton, Massachusetts.

Oodles of good vibes and bountiful free parking, near the Eliot T (Green D Line).

11/03/2026

Just in time for Mass residents to vote on Tuesday (if you haven't already), here is your soundtrack for the "NO ON QUESTION 8" campaign -- to keep cannabis legal.

On Sat and Sun, Oct 24 and 25, I was truly honored to have five amazing DJs throw down cannabis-themed sets. I wanted to make sure to capture them all, and I did -- not perfectly, but I did my best!

Please visit the EVENTS page on my website (www.RootForUs.net) and scroll down for links to these sets on Mixcloud.

Thank you again SO SO MUCH to:
Mark Francis
DJ JACQUES
Robert Gibson
Eric Lichtenberg
Flying Vipers

I will probably tweak the page soon, but I think all the links work right now, at least. Time was of the essence.

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!

11/01/2026

An ultra-rare “walk with me” video starting in the back of the store. You would normally only get this if you were an overstock LP or if I had locked you in the storage closet for bad behavior.

Ready to rock on this glorious fall Sunday!!!

10/30/2026

What the sign says!

10/25/2026

Had a really fun day at the store yesterday, many people rolled thru before and after Recordville Record Fairs’s throwdown in Cambridge, which I heard was great. Congrats to Studebaker Hawk DJ for all the hard work.

In Newton, Mark Francis and DJ JACQUES both killed it on the decks with two very different cannabis-themed sets.

And more awesome tunes await TODAY.

1 pm Robert Gibson

3 pm JBo of Flying Vipers and The Macrotones

Oh, and we have records, too!!!

Please come on down and say hello.

(And vote vote vote)

10/24/2026

The honorable Henry Santoro was kind enough to do a lengthy news piece on Root For Us and our "No On Question 8" DJ sets this weekend on WGBH-FM's The Culture Show | GBH. It ran yesterday, Friday, Oct 23 and was more than 2 mins long.

I am posting a shorter, edited version here that is better for Insta. There is a longer version (without the music that ran in the piece since YouTube blocked that, ugh) on the Root For Us website's Press page, if you'd like to hear the fuller version.

THANKS to Henry and WGBH-FM, the coverage is truly appreciated. I hope we see a bunch of great people at the store this weekend for four awesome DJs. For more info on who is hitting when, check our IG post from Friday, or the Events page on the website.

www.RootForUs.net

Whew!

10/23/2026

(1) I love being neighbors with a dispensary -- Redi Dispensary. It's a great industry with so many friendly, kind, positive people in it, from customers to owners (and everyone in between). Massachusetts is better off with legal recreational cannabis. End of story.

(2) Question 8 on the Massachusetts ballot -- which is trying to overturn all the benefits of the industry, and upend the lives of people who are a part of it -- is ridiculous. We already voted on this, and not so long ago. So please do your research and then consider voting NO ON QUESTION 8.

(3) To help with awareness about all of the above, I am hosting four amazing DJs (and friends) this weekend at the store -- two each day, Saturday and Sunday, all vinyl sets. They are all putting a lot of work into these w&&d-centric sets, so please come out and hear the fruits of their expertise and creativity!

I hope to see many of you this weekend!!! Vote, vote, vote!

(And many props to Talking Joints Memo and Chris Faraone aka Tony Stanza for all the hard work their team has done on the No On Question 8 campaign)

10/22/2026

If anyone is in the market for a clean, non-DJ-abused Technics 1200MK2, inquire within. Selling for a friend. Has an Ortofon cartridge and the cover.

10/18/2026

Ready for Sunday!

game on the big screen at 1 so my sportos won’t miss a thing.

Open ‘til 5.

10/17/2026

Row row row all you want, THIS is the Head Of The Charles we celebrate here at Root For Us.

forever!

10/16/2026

I will pay someone $5 to get this the hell away from me.

Address

26 Elliot Street
Newton, MA
02461

Opening Hours

Thursday	12pm - 6:30pm
Friday	12pm - 6:30pm
Saturday	12pm - 6:30pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+16178047668

Website

http://www.RootForUs.net/

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