Fuck this town...

[VaticanShotglass]

Ok, so I just moved to Kalamazoo (for real) last week because I'm going to start grad school here next month, and after sweating and busting my ass, killing my back moving across six states I sought to claim the light at the end of the tunnel.  My july 8th answer to months 0f salivating and patiently avoiding premature gratification.  And guess what.  This entire town has no music stores other than the CD warehouse I just left in defeat.  I was told that they had no plans to order Nude With Boots and when looked up it is apparently on back order and unavailable for special order--and, no there are no other music stores other than Best Buy and Barnes & Nobles. 

So I know its a little lame to complain about it all, but I'm just bummed out.  i wanted to pop open the new cd and squeak my fingers on the virgin plastic case.  Just out of impulse I replaced my old copy of Highway 61 Revisited that an ex made off with.  Just not the same.  I guess I could rock out to the melvins myspace page while I place my order on Amazon (which I didn't do originally because during moving I haven't had computer access in weeks and wasn't sure of my exact apartment number). 

Well dicks.  Does anyone else have lame town woes?

[Jozz]

Ok, so I just moved to Kalamazoo (for real) last week because I'm going to start grad school here next month, and after sweating and busting my ass, killing my back moving across six states I sought to claim the light at the end of the tunnel.  My july 8th answer to months 0f salivating and patiently avoiding premature gratification.  And guess what.  This entire town has no music stores other than the CD warehouse I just left in defeat.  I was told that they had no plans to order Nude With Boots and when looked up it is apparently on back order and unavailable for special order--and, no there are no other music stores other than Best Buy and Barnes & Nobles. 

So I know its a little lame to complain about it all, but I'm just bummed out.  i wanted to pop open the new cd and squeak my fingers on the virgin plastic case.  Just out of impulse I replaced my old copy of Highway 61 Revisited that an ex made off with.  Just not the same.  I guess I could rock out to the melvins myspace page while I place my order on Amazon (which I didn't do originally because during moving I haven't had computer access in weeks and wasn't sure of my exact apartment number). 

Well dicks.  Does anyone else have lame town woes?

I've been arrested  in Kalamazoo. So, yeah, fuck your town.

[Mad Arab]

Before Nude With Boots released today, the whoe album was posted on their myspace and lastfm. They took it down but left two songs up on myspace.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Ok, so I just moved to Kalamazoo (for real) last week because I'm going to start grad school here next month, and after sweating and busting my ass, killing my back moving across six states I sought to claim the light at the end of the tunnel.  My july 8th answer to months 0f salivating and patiently avoiding premature gratification.  And guess what.  This entire town has no music stores other than the CD warehouse I just left in defeat.  I was told that they had no plans to order Nude With Boots and when looked up it is apparently on back order and unavailable for special order--and, no there are no other music stores other than Best Buy and Barnes & Nobles. 

So I know its a little lame to complain about it all, but I'm just bummed out.  i wanted to pop open the new cd and squeak my fingers on the virgin plastic case.  Just out of impulse I replaced my old copy of Highway 61 Revisited that an ex made off with.  Just not the same.  I guess I could rock out to the melvins myspace page while I place my order on Amazon (which I didn't do originally because during moving I haven't had computer access in weeks and wasn't sure of my exact apartment number). 

Well dicks.  Does anyone else have lame town woes?

What is it with Ex's stealing cds?  I hate that.   

[bathroom creep]

My town sucks too. There are no decent cd stores here. I know a few that are all right, they even have a couple of Melvins albums but no huge collection either. I depend on internet stores, which isn't all that bad since most cds are quite cheap there. Usually cds cost about 17

[glen]

Well dicks.  Does anyone else have lame town woes?

*considers going all egomaniac and moving this thread but then decides as long as its talking about trying to find NWB its okeedoke.*

dude....  welcome to 2008.    NO major record store is carrying MELVINS cds anymore.  and indy stores are dropping like flies.  I don't buy anything at retail stores.  order it all on the internet. its cheaper as long as you can deal with a little wait.

PS: I'm within 100 miles of you right now and I bet I'm not within 300 miles of a record store that has ANY MELVINS cd's on the shelf.

[Dead Cowboy]

The local hasting had three copies when I got there today. The other two will languish for a year, just like I remember (A)sa did. POTRE has been up there used for about 6 months, I move it to the front every time Im there but fucking Mellencamp and metallica swallow it up. I hate the fucking fashion shitheads down here.

[rictus]

I can't believe Hastings had it. When (A)sa came out I had to go to a small 'indie' record store, that I found out, when I went in, was under new management. The old guy was cool, and was always playing something cool over the sound system in there. The new guy as it turned out was an old 'friend' of mine(I went to school w/ him and used to do artwork for his band, but only because another friend of mine was also in said band). They wanted $18 for it, all the cd prices went up. Since he was such a friend he let it go for $16. He also got my phone# and e-mail and said he was gonna send some freelance work my way, but the douche never called. 

[VaticanShotglass]

So out of restlessness and trying to get to know the new town I went around to various places.  No luck in Best Buy  but oddly enough they had Houdini Live there.  Then I went to Barnes&Noble's since they have a decent blues section its a loiter friendly establishment.  The sales guy asks me if I needed helped and I asked him about the new Melvins release for the hell of it.  He concentrated a while and told me to hold on and came back with NWB!  He said they only ordered two and hadn't gotten around to shelving it as they don't even have a melvins section.

So all is well... until next time.

Seriously though, I've been wading through fucking mellencamp albums for nearly a decade hoping to luck up in a chain store.  When I lived in Greenville NC it was the exact same story.  When I lived in Boone I got a little spoiled because it used to be one of those college towns with all sorts of counter culture small mountain town things going on (which is dying but not so fast as to not have a record store).    Ironically enough that town got a small metal oriented store the last month I lived there.  It had a pretty awesome selection but it it wasn't metal or lame ass indie rock (whatever that really means these days) they didn't have it.  The clerk was confused by my interest in Peter Green or early Fleetwood Mac.

[VaticanShotglass]

Oh, and sorry if I posted in the wrong place.  I don't have too much time to participate on boards much and its hard to remember the nuanced differences between their thread generating mores.

[Jozz]

Well dicks.  Does anyone else have lame town woes?

*considers going all egomaniac and moving this thread but then decides as long as its talking about trying to find NWB its okeedoke.*

dude....  welcome to 2008.    NO major record store is carrying MELVINS cds anymore.  and indy stores are dropping like flies.  I don't buy anything at retail stores.  order it all on the internet. its cheaper as long as you can deal with a little wait.

PS: I'm within 100 miles of you right now and I bet I'm not within 300 miles of a record store that has ANY MELVINS cd's on the shelf.

You live closer to me and I know for certain that my local record store has it(not splitting hairs, just sayin ). They have quite an awesome Melvins collection, actually. I bought my Stag vinyl there for cheap. Luckily, the place is usually always packed so I think the store will be sticking around.

[Idlehanz]

I saw the subject and all I could think was  "I'm gonna fuck this town, fuck it inside out"............

[Jozz]

So out of restlessness and trying to get to know the new town I went around to various places.  No luck in Best Buy  but oddly enough they had Houdini Live there.  Then I went to Barnes&Noble's since they have a decent blues section its a loiter friendly establishment.  The sales guy asks me if I needed helped and I asked him about the new Melvins release for the hell of it.  He concentrated a while and told me to hold on and came back with NWB!  He said they only ordered two and hadn't gotten around to shelving it as they don't even have a melvins section.

So all is well... until next time.

Seriously though, I've been wading through fucking mellencamp albums for nearly a decade hoping to luck up in a chain store.  When I lived in Greenville NC it was the exact same story.  When I lived in Boone I got a little spoiled because it used to be one of those college towns with all sorts of counter culture small mountain town things going on (which is dying but not so fast as to not have a record store).    Ironically enough that town got a small metal oriented store the last month I lived there.  It had a pretty awesome selection but it it wasn't metal or lame ass indie rock (whatever that really means these days) they didn't have it.  The clerk was confused by my interest in Peter Green or early Fleetwood Mac.

Glad you found it!

[VaticanShotglass]

Yeah, I'm digging it.  Too early to comment on it though.  Now I have to get back to work on getting a job.

[blag jesus himself]

Well dicks.  Does anyone else have lame town woes?

*considers going all egomaniac and moving this thread but then decides as long as its talking about trying to find NWB its okeedoke.*

dude....  welcome to 2008.    NO major record store is carrying MELVINS cds anymore.  and indy stores are dropping like flies.  I don't buy anything at retail stores.  order it all on the internet. its cheaper as long as you can deal with a little wait.

PS: I'm within 100 miles of you right now and I bet I'm not within 300 miles of a record store that has ANY MELVINS cd's on the shelf.

false!

in flint, best buy always carries the melvins, they have like 3 copies of a senile animal right now, the cd store in the genessee valley mall has some, circuit city and best buy also occasionally carry them.  not to mention wyatt earp, which always has them in a few days before everyone else.

so if you'd like to save yourself the hassle of waiting for the online shops to ship it to you, check out these places.