There are so many levels here, I don’t know where to begin.
Yes I know, just a bit ranty today.
At this point I should also apologise for not having introduced myself earlier, having loitered around here for some time. I’m Andrew & I live in eastern France. I’d have loved to attend some of the bakeoffs but it’s rare that I’m in the UK & I’m not sure I’d get permission to fly over for the weekend to drink with like-minded people…
Anyway I greatly enjoy reading the forum.
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Good to hear from you - but given the dire choice between Amazon and HMV I think I’d go online, if only because they don’t go bust every ten minutes and I have an aversion to kids with worthless gift cards after Christmas…
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You’re right, it’s reliable, cheap and you can buy anything you want. My fear is that it’s becoming the only place where many people buy stuff. I’m fairly sure that’s not a good development.
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This.
Actually, I went into HMV today after my trip to Probe. Probe was cheaper than HMV for the Gary Numan/Subway Army reissues. However, I got the Beth Gibbon & Rustin Man ‘Out of Season’ reissue for a reasonable £20 and the North Mississippi All-Stars LP for £14.99. HMV was packed and had a decent vibe, which was surprising.
Decent day shopping all round as I got a missing Stereolab thing on the cheap in Dig Vinyl (Oscilliations from the Anti-Sun CD Box set). Felt a bit rong TM buying CDs, but there you go.
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Like Tubeway Army, but with sandwiches?
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I haz da hedd full of fluff today…and everyday…
Welcome to the world of 21st century retail.
Once things have settled down the internet will probably turn out to have been a useful step forward, like fire, the wheel, movable type, piped water etc, etc. But in the initial stages it may do a fair bit of harm. There are people who believe stuff they read on Facebook, apparently.
VB