Hey folks. Sorry for the downtime. As mentioned before, sometimes it's a drag to spend all day doing things only to come home and write about having done them. Usually, after a whole day of the doin' stuff, it's time to drink.
But here's the situational update.
I am currently in my living room with a couple thousand used cds, all of which need to be entered into a database to be cross-referenced with the outgoing orders for new cds. Cause let's face it, we only need one copy of Wowee Zowee to start up, and if I've already got a used one, I don't need to drop money on a new one. So that's what I come home to every night. Data entry.
On site, the wall has been removed and the joint compound is drying. Once that's sanded, the last bit of painting can get done. The bathroom, back hall and front of the store have all been painted by myself and my team of experts. Luke and Shaianne, that is.
The shelving units are built and sanded, but they need to be finished. I think I've probably talked a bit about how the building material works, but what it comes down to is that they all need to be slathered in oil-based polyeurythane, which smells bloody awful. It's on my list of things to do today, but I'm mildly dreading it.
Magazine and sundry orders will be going in later this week and I may order the new stock as soon as Wednesday. The sign is being made and should get here by the end of the week, or next Monday at the latest. The thing that's worrying me right now is that the price gun I bought off eBay apparently has to be shipped from Hong Kong (price gun capital of the world, it seems) and might not get here in time. It was pretty cheap, but new ones are a little pricy. Might be a last minute buy.
Question for peoples regarding filing. I've heard two suggestions on this. One is to have no genres, all music filed in alphabetical order. This makes things easy to find and prevents the use of the term "Urban" to describe "Music Made By Black People Not Using Guitars". The other suggestion was a sort of hypergenre-ization, where things would be broken down into categories like "Post-Punk", "Twee" and "East Coast Hip-Hop". This sounds like it might be a fun project for me and Amy, and it does have the benefit of introducing stuff to people by association (e.g. "I love Matthew Sweet, but who is this Big Star band filed next to him in "Power Pop"), but does introduce problems. Like do you put the first two Wilco albums under Alt Country and the others under Krautrock?
Let me know what you think.
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Bob,
Kevin Here. I hate the Genre labeling. It's a pain. Soundgarden does it in Syracuse and I can't find anything. My punk is anothers post indi core. To me Alphabetical is the way to go. Then Label the band with a tab, Like Wilco, if the band has more then say 5 release .Then the smaller bands go under "W". That way I can skip The Rolling Stones and Neil Young and David Bowie (stuff I have already) and just look in the "W's" if I'm not looking for anything in particular. Does that make sense?
Hey, it's Mel here.
I like the way they do it at Other Music, kinda arcane but intuitive, with sections like "Here" "There" "Then" "Now." It makes you (the customer, that is) think about things (but in a good way) and probably provides some fun for the filers.
how about no labels and let people just rummage through boxes of cds. then no cross referencing, no crying and more pissing into the wind. or perhaps just alphabetical labeling and let's not countenance the airy condescension of Pitchfork threatening to carry us away on a tide of post indie core funk shy boy rock riot grrl marshmallow sing-a-long audiobook story hour. i say labels, labels and more labels arranged neatly by any letter in the band's name. welcome to browsing hell. oh my god! where do you file L7? aaaaaaahhhhhhhh
i agree with the others....alphabetical all the way....hopefully anything that would be gained in terms of recommendations with genre-ordering will be replaced with people talking to you and amy and getting recs that way.....
sex.
sex.
sex.
It drives society.
It should also drive music organization.
Do the Fuck-Music organization method.
Ask yourself: how fuck-to-able is this music?
Then organize accordingly.
Put the most fuck-to-able music in the back. That'll cause people to come further into the store once they are wooed in by the youthful and charming looks of the employees.
Don't be concerned with the diverging opinions on what is or isn't fuck-music.
Do be pleased with yourself when you find that NoRadio become known as a place to meet that special someone.
P.
you sexy mfer. the only pitfall of your plan is the "R. Kelly" factor. That is the potential for underage kids to be lured in with music and candy (I like candy) and then ensnared you are in a little something we call "FBI Anti-terroism and anti-child pornography, Isn't this great for America?" sting. and then indeed you are stuck in a 4x6 closet with 1500 of your closest friends. welcome to a whole new world of 'that special someone'. bon appetit.
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