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steve
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response 150 of 170:
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Apr 10 05:02 UTC 1993 |
In a word, $$$.
People have been conditioned to think that CD's are "new, high-tech"
items that cost a lot to build. That and the fact that they're so much
more useful than records make it easy to charge so damn much.
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polygon
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response 151 of 170:
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Apr 14 21:04 UTC 1993 |
And CD's are cheaper in the U.S. than in any other country.
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krj
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response 152 of 170:
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Apr 24 19:08 UTC 1993 |
To continue the old discussion: (1) Not losing sleep over vinyl LP wear
is worth something. I really used to do lose sleep like that, you know.
These days? Heck, I loaned a stack of CDs to Sandeep before I'd even met
him in person. (2) Most consumer goods seem to be cheaper in the U.S.
than in any other country. At least part of this is our lack of a V.A.T.,
I think.
Sale note: 25% off the CDs and tapes in Schoolkids' "indie" bins, through
the end of the month.
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krj
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response 153 of 170:
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Jul 23 14:36 UTC 1993 |
Any good sales for the art fair, other than the usual clearances of
slow-selling and junk items? Is Where House having their traditional
"everything for $10" sale this year?
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md
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response 154 of 170:
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Aug 2 16:52 UTC 1993 |
We checked out the new Borders Book & Music store in Novi this weekend.
In addition to the usual ten acres of books, there's a CD shop in the
back and a little coffee shop off to one side. I dunno. Something
about the whole thing turned me off. It's like yuppie culture heaven.
You have to have a lot of money and a really absurd impression of
yourself to take it seriously. The CD collection was mediocre and
overpriced. We didn't even try the coffee shop out. The only redeeming
feature is the books -- A nice cookbook is a nice cookbook, no matter
where you find it. Also, the magazine selection is nice. On the whole,
though, you can do better for books at the still unpretentious Border's
in Birmingham, CD's at Harmony House Classical on Woodward, and coffee
shop [insert your favorite hole-in-the-wall here... We like The Coffee
Trader at Crosswinds Mall in good ol' West Bloomfield]. The best
magazine selection in the area remains Metro News at Maple and Telegraph
in Bloomfield Hills. The Border's head office urgently needs to come
back down to earth if Novi is the direction they want to go in.
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krj
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response 155 of 170:
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Aug 4 03:29 UTC 1993 |
I haven't seen a Borders with record department yet, but I bet they'll make
a killing. I've seen several articles in Billboard and elsewhere suggesting
that most of today's record stores are perceived as hostile environments
by many folks over the age of 35. I think you could do very well selling
recorded music in a mellow environment to the leading edge of the baby
boom.
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craig
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response 156 of 170:
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Sep 12 16:08 UTC 1993 |
I also visited the Border's in Novi... the only thing I liked was the
computerized artist/title lookup... but then again, I've seen those in
Ann Arbor and other places.
I like the Border's in Beverly Hills.
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krj
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response 157 of 170:
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Oct 17 07:41 UTC 1993 |
Sale note: Schoolkids is having a 20%-off sale on most stuff through
the end of October. This is to clean out the bins before reorganizing
everything for the New Giant Schoolkids.
(Schoolkids folk bins have hardly had any turnover since the spring,
but maybe this is intentional, what with their big remodelling plans.
However, this has just led me to do a lot more direct importing and
Usenet barter deals.)
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krj
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response 158 of 170:
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Jan 13 05:47 UTC 1994 |
Tower's annual January clearance sale is a lot shorter this year;
it was only three days and it ends midnight Thursday (today).
Most "normal"-priced CDs are 3/$35; there may be other deals offered.
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krj
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response 159 of 170:
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Jan 14 06:35 UTC 1994 |
Tower's sale extended through Monday. Expensive stuff (>$16) is generally
$3 off. Maybe I'll go back for Janacek's opera "The Cunning Little Vixen"
sung in English.
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krj
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response 160 of 170:
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Jun 5 06:20 UTC 1994 |
Another Tower Storewide Sale. The usual deal. I cleaned 'em out of
1970's Leo Kottke imports.
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carson
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response 161 of 170:
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Jun 6 17:09 UTC 1994 |
(Cool!)
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nephi
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response 162 of 170:
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Nov 22 05:48 UTC 1994 |
Well, my favorite CD shop, being in St.Louis is quite a trip from Anne Arbor.
It is really cool, though. It's name is Now Hear This and its main attraction
is its used CD's and it's imports. I usually go there *at least* once a week
to browse their huge selection of reasonably priced (averaging $6 and never
higher than $8) CD's. i usually leave with two or three CD's. I love the
fact that I can listen to any CD I want to, their low prices (even on their
popular new releases), and the fact that I can return any CD that I want to.
If you ever visit St.Louis, find Now Hear This.
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buk
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response 163 of 170:
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Nov 22 11:22 UTC 1994 |
dsgsdfjs.
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peacefrg
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response 164 of 170:
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Nov 23 04:15 UTC 1994 |
New Moon Records in Traverse City is the best. The have a ton of Imports and
even more albums. You can't find albums around anymore.
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wjj
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response 165 of 170:
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Nov 25 06:59 UTC 1994 |
There's also a New Moon in Mt. Pleasant which, in my experience at least,
is better than the one in Traverse...better prices, anyway, and sometimes
a better selection, especially in the vinyl department.
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peacefrg
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response 166 of 170:
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Nov 28 00:19 UTC 1994 |
Yeah, The one in Pleasent is better but Traverse is closer.
All of Traverse really good vynals goes to Pleasent
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krj
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response 167 of 170:
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Nov 28 06:51 UTC 1994 |
These days my shopping is limited to ADA in England, Schoolkids,
Elderly in Lansing, and the occasional run to Tower. I finally took
out a subscription to my favorite music magazine, so I don't have to
constantly run to Tower and Schoolkids cchecking for the new issue.
ADA is the best source for British Isles folk imports I have ever found.
$17/disc, and they seem to have just about everything in the field.
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pphilipp
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response 168 of 170:
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Dec 2 06:16 UTC 1994 |
I shopped at the New Moon in Mt. Pleasant over the Thanksgiving holiday.
As always, their jazz selection was surprisingly good. When I asked the
guy working behind the counter about this we got to talking about jazz.
He mentioned that he writes for Coda magazine. I told him that I had seen
a byline there by someone from Mt. Pleasant and then told him what his last
article was. He was so happy to have someone in the store who knew his
work, he cut me a deal on the cds I was buying AND gave me a couple copies
of a cd he and his trio put out recently. Yeah, New Moon gets my vote!
[By the way, I've been shopping there since 1982 when it was called FULL
Moon!]
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peacefrg
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response 169 of 170:
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Dec 2 18:49 UTC 1994 |
Anybody listenm to Phish? I just got 'a taste of necter' and love it
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nephi
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response 170 of 170:
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Dec 15 08:01 UTC 1994 |
Maybe I'll check it out at Now Hear This.
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