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| - It's a hard life being a music fan, especially one who prefers the physical feel of a hard plastic disc or - even better - supple vinyl crackling to life. In an age where the corporations have won and small record stores are mostly fringe locations with fringe prices, stepping into the faceless maze of HMV is a battle of wills: to sell out, or not sell out. If I get this record for three dollars less than I could at a small record store, am I just a cog in the machine?
Of course I am! Dollars and cents are important in this day and age, and of course a boy has to count his pennies to go the furthest they can go. Although I might sleep better at night knowing that I am supporting music at its basest level and keeping small record stores in business, there is a convenience factor in having a fairly decent selection of vinyl close by my place for a marginally better price. This is why Southcentre's HMV wins the race of Calgary HMVs by a nose: they have a clearly defined vinyl section with a good selection, and a decent price. Chinook's HMV is close to my work (in other words, I visit nearly every day), and it is bigger by far, but the franchise in general is interchangable, so the vinyl in Southcentre makes it a winner. Welcome to the machine!
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