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| - I'm a pretty loyal Zia customer, but I was in the general vicinity of Hoodlums the other day with some time to kill so I decided to drop by...
Compared to Zia, the selection is super small. They'll be happy to order anything for you, they're very clear about that, but I'd rather be able to find it, you know, not come in, order it and have to come back.
I'm not much of a vinyl guy myself, but they do have a good-size selection of records if you're into that sort of thing. Maybe even more than Zia, but don't quote me on that. Like I said, that's not my bag. They even sell record players.
Super friendly service - the clerk checked with me to see if I'd been in before, and then when I told him I hadn't, proceeded to explain the layout of the store - very helpful, since it's actually a little confusing (see next observation).
Not a big fan of their organization system - they've got their CDs by genre of course, but then above each section, there's a row of $5.99 sale CDs. So if you're looking for something you've got to check both places, which is kind of annoying. And this isn't blatantly obvious - the clerk had to point it out to me, so after making my way through the stacks once, I had to start over. They also file tribute albums under the artist being tributed (not sure if that's a word, but if not, it probably should be), so the Easy Star All-Star album Radio Dread is with the Radiohead CDs, not with the Easy Star All-Star CDs. Doesn't make sense to me - CDs should be under the artist's name, right?
Overall, cool place - I'd stop back by if in the area, but I wouldn't make a special trip, not with Zia right across the street from work...
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