[kj] Peter West Goes Disc Shopping...

[Alex Smith]

I don't mind, really. I mean, I'll grant you that it *can* be tiresome sometimes. My biggest pet peeve is the following scenario:

Alex: Excuse me, do you have the new Killing Joke disc?
Clerk (to assitant in back of store): Hey Henry, is there a new Killing Joke disc?
Assistant: Uhhh....I don't think so.
Clerk: No, there isn't one.

Dick, I didn't ask *IF* there is a new one, I asked if you have it. I can tell you what it looks like, what's on it and what it's fucking serial number is. The question remains: DO *YOU* STOCK IT? Just because you're on *THAT* side of the counter, that doesn't make you a fucking expert.

That said, the advent of the internet has made the world a much smaller place. Rare 7" vinyl that one used to have to scour through dusty basement shops for can now be found with only a few clicks of a mouse. As such, lots of mom'n'pop specialty shops (not the big chain stores) have summarily gone out of business here in NYC (or, at the very least, changed their line of business to internet sales and closed their shops). I actually miss the lost art of scouring through disc shops and record stores, looking for those Holy Grail-like items. I mean, now that I'm 38 and married and with a job etc. etc., I obviously don't have the same amount of time to devote to shopping for elusive records, so in that respect, internet shopping is great -- but I do miss the hunt, you know?

Alex in NYC



-----Original Message-----
From: "peter.west410" <peter.west410 at ntlworld.com>
Sent: Nov 3, 2005 3:32 PM
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ DVD availability...

I ve just had confirmation that the DVD from dvdpopcorn.co.uk has just been
dispatched to me, a bargain at GBP 8.95 delivered.
    I like internet shopping, I'm pleased that I dont have to converse with
shopkeepers anymore, the chainstores are okay .The student behind the
counter says 9.99, I give her 10 quid, she snaps it out my hands puts it in
the till and gives me a penny and a receipt back, and I say "thank-you".
That's all that is needed to be said.
   I go into record shops to see if there is anything that I want to buy,
not to have a conversation or to make friends, dont you find that talking to
people is just a hassle? A hassle you could do without?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Bucknall" <tim.bucknall at btinternet.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"
<gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ DVD availability...





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