not to bad mouth 611 (too much), as nigel+co. know their goods, but after
a short three-minute conversation i got a vibe that, because I'm not
wearing baggy pants or a dreadbag on my head i'm not 'hip,' and therefore
unknowledgable about the music i'm after, and, finally, unworthy to
discuss stock in hand. point 2: the import selection is way overpriced;
when i was in 611 over christmas, i saw RDJ for 30 dollars! you've read
correctly -- a hop, skip, and jump to tower records yielded same warp
release for 17 dollars; just who are we kidding here? on a positive note,
the guy was nice enough to offer to mail order anything out of stock, and
when i bought the three album leo anibaldi rephlex set and found only two
records in the sleeve after a half-hour drive, they were nice enough to
refund the purchase price.
if you're in the philly area, i would recommend repo records off route 30
on the main line -- good (no, incredible) prices, and some rare warp and
rephlex cds to be found if you're patient. plus the staff don't have a
ten-foot pole up their asses as most stores do these days (christ, guys,
we're paying you a mark-up for this stuff -- lay off the
i'm-a-dj-thus-holier-than-thou attitude).
again, if there is a kind idmer soul out there with an extra ticket to the
phoenix festival at the end of july, let me know.
-alex
Alex Reynolds
polygon@jhu.edu
Senior User Consultant
Homewood Academic Computing
Johns Hopkins University