Run to the hills
Remember the tape cases with the holes?
Back in the day if you looked at Iron Maiden tapes at a place like K-mart, they would be stored in a big enclosed case with glory holes cut into the clear plastic doors. The hole allowed you to reach inside and handle any of the tapes, but they couldn’t be removed through the hole. This way we were unable to steal, but could still read the track listing without sales associate help. Never mind that we looked like hazmat handlers with both arms stuffed inside this fixture.
Excuse me, dude? Can you unlock the case so I can get ‘Maiden Japan’ out?
This pre-dated the longbox which I also hated. Nowadays they just stick security tags everywhere, and if it jacks up the artwork oh well. At any rate I can download and burn a cd from Itunes faster and cheaper than brick and mortar anyway. Not as much fun though is it?
Of course I remember when you could buy a gun AND ammunition at Kmart with no waiting period, or background check. Is it strange that you could load a gun more easily than steal an Iron maiden Cassette or 8-track?
Back in the day if you looked at Iron Maiden tapes at a place like K-mart, they would be stored in a big enclosed case with glory holes cut into the clear plastic doors. The hole allowed you to reach inside and handle any of the tapes, but they couldn’t be removed through the hole. This way we were unable to steal, but could still read the track listing without sales associate help. Never mind that we looked like hazmat handlers with both arms stuffed inside this fixture.
Excuse me, dude? Can you unlock the case so I can get ‘Maiden Japan’ out?
This pre-dated the longbox which I also hated. Nowadays they just stick security tags everywhere, and if it jacks up the artwork oh well. At any rate I can download and burn a cd from Itunes faster and cheaper than brick and mortar anyway. Not as much fun though is it?
Of course I remember when you could buy a gun AND ammunition at Kmart with no waiting period, or background check. Is it strange that you could load a gun more easily than steal an Iron maiden Cassette or 8-track?
posted by Robert_M at 5:24 PM
1 Comments:
"Yeah, can I have a .38 revolver a box of bullets, a Screaming For Vengence cassette and a Slushee?"
I do miss the retail shopping experience, the cutout bins and the new release section.
What I don't miss is the $19.99 price for the average release, which was the same as the $11.99 price in 1982 dollars.
F bricks and mortar. And F Bill Wiesener of Bill's Records & Tapes who had the audacity to ask $29 from me for a Wire record based on my enthusiasm for the product. I'm glad retail CD sales are suffering and Bill had to downsize his stuggling business.
I proudly play a role in the continued destruction of the retail music industry by purchasing used CDs on the secondary market and trading them legally on lala.com.
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