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Just Jen
Careful with the pretty things

Monday, April 23, 2007
You should know of my Sunday dilemma, should you ever be in search of music in Dallas. Yes, yes, I know about the Internet but I wanted to get my hands on a copy of a particular import soundtrack immediately because well, I just happened to have time to listen to it right then and there, so I wanted it right then and there. Immediately. Now.


I went to CD World where they, so you know, do not regularly receive soundtracks. Most of the soundtracks they have are used ones they've purchased from folks selling CDs there. They can order it for you, sure, but I can do that. And did I mention that I wanted it right then and there? I love this store, but I had to move on ...


... to Tower Records -- or shall I say the place where Tower Records once was? They closed down. So on to Borders in West Village, which I normally avoid like the plague, but you know, there I was. And they searched and didn't have the CD and questioned whether it was really out or not. I'm telling these people that it's out, yes, but they're looking at me with such doubt that I actually started wondering if I really saw that it's out. For the record, it is out.


So dammit, I venture on to Virgin Megastore at Mockingbird Station more determined than ever to get my hands on a copy of this CD and yes, to prove to the Borders people that just because they don't have it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. I'm happy I got distracted and went to Francesca's before trying to go to yet another music store that has disappeared from the Dallas scene. Virgin Megastore? Closed down.


Barnes & Noble. These people were at least wise enough to acknowledge that the CD came out last October, but they didn't have it. I officially gave up for the day, disappointed that I'd spent so much time to return home empty handed. (I wasn't entirely empty handed; I did have a new shirt and a pair of earrings with me by then.)


All is not lost -- because I'm sharing my experience in the hopes that one of you will not try to go to Tower or Virgin, especially not on the same day, just to be disappointed.


Also, today I called Bill's Records, which apparently recently MOVED (glad I didn't drive there) and they have no soundtracks right now.


Yes, the Internet. I ordered the disk online and will hopefully receive it in a matter of days. Even though I wish I had it right now. Either I'm getting a lesson in patience, some of what I've been preaching to my two-year-old lately, or I'm not supposed to have a copy of this CD -- getting my hands on it shouldn't be so tough.