Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Signal Box Art by Erin Ruiz

 

Have some respect

AT the corner of 8th and Bannock, part of the traffic box beautification program, a great idea. Some moron, however, thinks that his stupid sticker would be just what is needed to take this box to another level. So he slaps it on. Some one will have to come take it off.
Some people are born to elevate the world, and some people are born to reduce the worlds level.
Do we really need both?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Curbside

 

Joe is out looking at some records in the trunk of a guys car. That is a prefered method of dealing with the near constant bombardment of product we deal with on a daily basis.
You start to get a feeling, you read people, judge what they say about the records, and decide what the prospects are before you even see the records themselves.
Ideally, you make the decision over the phone. A few questions usually give illuminating answers, and create a mental picture. My mothers old vinyls=Readers Digest sets. A lot of classical = Vol. 1 of the Funk & Wagnels classical music collection (Beethoven)
The object is to keep this stuff from making it in the front door. Because once it makes it past the front door, it's usually left with us, and that is the problem. It increases the cost of everything. Nothing is free. Nothing. Every second that you spend thinking about a record, handling it, boxing it up, pushing it around, costs you money. Even on 99 cent records, even taking things out to the dumpster. Not all treasure is created equal.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Lucy

 

I wonder if Lucy knows what high regard she is held in certain circles? In unexpected places? In hard to define ways?

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Rat Tales

 
This is an ever expanding tale, for our amusement and edification behind the counter. We are going to see how much stuff we can accumulate in this exercise before the OG comes and tears it down. We will laminate a poster with the leavings.