> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > speaking of, I was filling out an application at the Virgin
> Megastore today
> > and a cute boy came up to the counter with the Moon &
> Antartica. I said,
> > "That's a great album." and he said, "I'm not too into them,
> but my friend
> > played it from me and it sounds so different. They don't
> sound like Built to Spill anymore." What do you guys think?
>
> I think you should hope to find a job someplace else. Do you
> have any
> idea of the musical horrors you'll be subjected to there?
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> yeah, take it from me, i worked at Camelot Music (a mall music
> store like Sam
> Goody) for 6 months and had to sell albums like N'sync to 12
> year olds and
> dixie chicks to middle aged texas hicks - when we finally did
> get Modest
> Mouse in, they placed it in the "local" section (i live in
> dallas) i tried to
> get people to buy indie instead and told them to go to cooler,
> cheaper music stores =)
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Wow, y'know what's even sadder? i was in an indie record
> store here in
> seattle and some little girl, couldn't've been more than 10,
> came in and
> walked around for a few minutes before coming up to the
> counter, where i was
> chatting with the clerk, and asking where the insync cds were.
> we busted up laughing before we tryed to sell her on death cab
> for cutie and
> modest mouse. she insisted that we point her to the instink
> so i pointed her
> to the door, telling her that she'd have to go to sam crappy
> or came-a-lot to buy that junk.
>
> if you aren't laughing, then its never happened to you...
i agree that it does suck to have to sell nsync cd's to 12 year
olds. but then guess what i bought when i was 12? fucking
tiffany and new kids. i don't believe anyone is responsible for
what they like until they are at least 14 (which is the magic
age when i got a clue). i work in an indie record store, and i
get at least one of those a day. the week that no strings
attached came out (and probably for a few weeks after), it was
our highest seller (as it was every where else). the thing is,
that shit keeps the store open. if it wasn't for major label
crap flying out the door, there wouldn't be any money to bring
in the indie/import/good music for the REAL music lovers, not
consumers. it's a sucky system, but that's the way it is.
instead of telling her to go buy it somewhere else, you should
have recommended something good. i'm sure it wouldn't have
worked. at that age, kids are all about stuff they see on mtv,
not about experimenting
>>From: Philip Smoker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Wow, y'know what's even sadder? i was in an indie
record store here in seattle and some little girl,
couldn't've been more than 10... we busted up laughing
before we tryed to sell her on death cab for cutie and
modest mouse. she insisted that we point her to the
instink so i pointed her to the door..."
Wow, laughing at a 10-year-old's taste in music is
funny? I'm not sure just how indie elite you were at
the tender age of 10, but I can't quite imagine that
most people were listening to This Heat or Modern
Lovers or The Slits when they were in fifth grade.
I'm of the opinion that as long as it makes them
happy, let them enjoy it now. Who are we to judge?
You're only 10 years old for one year, ya know...<<
exactly!!! Who ARE WE to judge? not that i don't. i judge
everyone for everything. but i also keep my mouth shut, keep it
to my goddamn self. i'm always amazed at idiots who feel the
need to tell me that the band embalazoned on my t-shirt sucks,
not necessarily because *i didn't ASK for their opinion*
(because whenever you advertise that you like or dislike
something, some moron has to come along and try argue the point)
but because they think *i might actually be swayed by what the
fuck they say?* so all i'm saying is: roll your eyes if you have
to sell the freaking nsync cd. you're only gonna make them want
it more if you deny them. and i just ignore and hang up the
phone on ppl who ask for skrewdriver. you'd think they'd know
where to get a hold of that shit...
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