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February 23, 2006
Indie Clerk Assholes
Stereogum is hosting a HIGH-LARIOUS video they dubbed "Indie Clerk Assholes." Check it out (link). It'll remind you of the annoying snobbery experienced at independent record stores.
Which kind of makes this drudgetastic headline from Pitchfork so damn laughable. Yes, cheap CDs at big box stores like Best Buy are hurting independent music stores that cannot compete. Also hurting sales are the mohawked twenty-five year old clerks desperately clinging on to their indie-ness who would rather donate a kidney instead of providing valuable assistance. I love these record stores, but curb the woe is me complaining.
I commented on Best Buy's "Outside the Mainstream" $7.99 CD promotion last month. Check out the MS take here.
Tags: Best Buy, Independent Record Store Clerks, Pitchfork
Posted by Merry Swankster at February 23, 2006 03:40 PM
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Ironically, the guys who work at Other Music are actually pretty nice.
Posted by: Jeff Klingman at February 23, 2006 02:00 PM
