speaking of vegas, i'm headed there this weekend. does anyone know of other record stores or any events there on the 25th 26th?
thanks in advance, vince woolums ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 6:23 PM Subject: (313) ::more injustices with Sony's ripp off of Jaguar:: > i went to vegas last week, and i visited their only decent record store- > Liquid 303. Their selection was very poor, unfortuantely however, tha one > record that they had numerous copies of was Sony's ripp off of Jaguar! I was > enraged to see this record, considering they had NO detroit techno at all! I > immediately began talking to tha ignorant manager, and explaining to him tha > whole situation and UR's struggle with Sony. Much to my dismay, he refused to > take tha record off tha shelves, saying that they had already sold 5 or 6 > copies!! i tried to explain to him tha significance of tha real Jaguar track > and tha emotion and ingeniousness that it possessed. But he still refused. > > You would think that an independent record store would be all about > supporting tha orginal artist and any struggles they may be facing with large > labels. I am so disgusted with those ignorant kids. Their scene is still > extremely young however, only been around for about 4 years now. Hopefully > one day they will understand tha significane of independent labels such as > UR. I only wish i had had tha money with me to buy all of tha records they > had. well at least i was able to hide them in tha back of tha store behind > some racks of clothes, at least that will prevent some people from buying > them for a little bit :-T >
