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| - This place has a large selection of LP's and 7" records in one room and a room full of CD's in the other. "Awesome!" I thought to myself upon entering the cool corner shop in Lakewood.
Then, as I listened to the music playing while flipping through the "new arrivals" display, I started thinking about how weird it was to be listening to jazz while flipping through a selection heavily filled with punk and metal records.
Then I noticed the old man behind the counter.
Now, an old man who is the only person working at the store isn't automatically a bad thing, but it can't help. The old man is unlikely to be able to make suggestions to a young whippersnapper like myself. I like to ask for recommendations when I shop records. That's half the fun! For the same reasons, this old man is unlikely to stock the kinds of records I am looking for.
Now, I'm not sure if this old man stocked aforementioned punk and metal records, but he followed me around the shop looking over my shoulder the whole time I was in there. Literally. He even had a little chair that he picked up and moved with him when I moved to look at a different rack. WTF old man? I'm not a high school kid. I'm a 23 year old law student! I wasn't carrying a backpack and I promise I didn't look that shifty.
Anyways, minus one star for the creepy-ass old man and minus one star for a combination of the relatively high prices, inconvenient location (despite some cool things there, I'm still just not a fan of Lakewood) and a selection that didn't ring my bell (I'm more of an indie/rock kid).
The selection really is good, and if you're a metal or punk fan this may be the place for you. However, I think that for my time and money I'll stick to the east side and Music Saves and avoid the creepy distrustful old man.
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