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Yes, I still actually walk into record stores and physically buy music.  I also pay for it!  I know, isn't that crazy?  I like digging through bins of dusty vinyl or finding a sweet deal on a used CD.  Sometimes I even speak to the employees about what's good(or bad) and if they've come across an original copy of The British Punk box set "Grime Of The Century".  I've always regretted the day I sold that one to Toonerville Trolley Records in Williamstown for gas money.  I've also worked in a few record stores.  Big corporate mall stores like Record Town, Sam Goody, and Strawberries.  The best record store job was the aforementioned Toonerville Trolley Records.  While attending nearby North Adams State College I badgered the owner, Hal, for three years until he finally took pity and hired me.  This place was located on a woodsy street in Williamstown, MA.  Down the street from the gilded ivy of Williams College.  Two days a week I would show up at 10am, Hal would put the money in the register and then leave for the day.  I would basically hang out, listen to records and occasionally help a college student or record geek.  The register, by the way, was a 1930's style crank register.  We used a calculator for the tax and had to write down everything we sold.  I learned more math there than all of High School.  At the end of the day I would take my pay from the cash in the register and then promptly place most of it back after taking advantage of my employee discount.  When I win the Powerball I'll go back and pay Hal to work there.  Hal is still there.  He is a true music scholar and guru and I used to sit and glean massive amounts of knowledge from his gigantic library of a brain.  You can't do that on itunes or a message board.  On Record Store Day, April 17, put the computer on standby or put down the iphone and try walking into a record store and challenging the snobby clerk behind the counter.  There are a ton of bands like Soundgarden and Them Crooked Vultures putting out special releases to help the cause.  Here's a list of participating stores.  I recently scored a vinyl copy of "The Goonies" soundtrack at Jelly's in Worcester.  You too might experience such exhilaration!


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