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From:
Howard Shih
To:
Irene McC
Cc:
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Date:
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:55:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) music commentary
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On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Irene McC wrote:
quoted 6 lines This is completely true - due to store policy, they are generally> This is completely true - due to store policy, they are generally > forced to play Top 40-sellers in rotation and anything vaguely > obscure doesn't get a look-in. Sometimes I walk in early in the > morning when the store is still empty and there'll be something > interesting coming over the PA, but generally speaking it's the > soundtrack from the Titanic or some such dross.
While we're on the subject of music played on record store PA's... I had the immense pleasure of browsing through the used bins at the Princeton Record Exchange while someone at the cash register was 'beeping' along to Autechre's Tri Repeatae. Howie