Comments on: The Beatles Get Ready To Clean Up In Aisle 8

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:36:01 +0000

In towns where there are no record stores, this seems okay to me.

By: Maura

Maura — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:29:42 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Yeah, I was going to say -- this news actually made me kind of nostalgic! I used to buy records and books at Pathmark (remember when it had its own Barnes & Noble section?) all the time.

By: cheesebubble

cheesebubble — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:41:59 +0000

And to think I felt bad about buying a CD from Starbucks the other day.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:21:52 +0000

I was buying CDs at a Staten Island Pathmark in 1988.

By: How do I say this...Throwdini!?!

How do I say this...Throwdini!?! — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:05:50 +0000

I love record stores as much as the next idolator commentor, but I fail to see how this is depressing. We go to record stores because we enjoy looking as what’s around and maybe picking up something new. Because we find new music exciting. But there is nothing new about these Beatles remasters. And I would doubt that most people who end up buying these albums at Whole Foods (the only real grocery store listed above) would otherwise have turned over the money their local record store. They would either have bought them on Amazon or not at all. And if someone is inclined to buy an album at a record store, they are most likely going to do that anyway, and not pick this up at 7-11. (Mmm, slurpees.)

By: perfectomix

perfectomix — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:52:21 +0000

Sure it’s depressing, but when music’s thought of as something to “listen to” while you’re dusting the house or picking up the kids, it makes sense to get it along with the spaghetti sauce and floss.

By: the_arcane_model

the_arcane_model — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:44:22 +0000

@Audif Jackson Winters III: That’s totally true. I picked up “Best of Blur” at Tesco when I was studying abroad in Scotland. Also randomly stumbled upon a kickass punk/new wave compliation at their equivalent of a dollar store: http://www.cyberspike.com/clarke/compile.html

Very odd to a 20-year old American girl that you could purchase Britpop CDs, absinthe and digestive biscuits all in the same place.

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:49:44 +0000

Has no one listened to Art Brut’s admonition to “stop buying albums at the supermarket?” I infer from this lyric that this is a familiar practice in the UK.

In related news, the Walgreens near my house just put up a display at the checkout featuring “Number 1s” and “Thriller.”

By: Varina

Varina — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:53:33 +0000

Gosh, that’s depressing.