Downtown Northampton, MA. Spent a lot of time here between 1986 and 1989, especially at that store to the left of the Starbucks. That was the location of Main Street Music, where I bought far too many albums.
Walk In Silence
Jon Chaisson and His Obsessions with Music and Writing
Walk In Silence 
Too many? No such thing!
Heh. Most of the guys I knew back then collected comics or baseball cards. I’m pretty sure I was the only kid in my high school who collected music at the rate I did (even more than the gang I hung with that liked the same music I did). And it’s only gotten worse over the years. :p