7/4 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I was in Mandolin Bros. on Saturday and they were giving a "tour" of the store. Stan Jay was telling his guests about the dehumidifiers and a woman asked if he had backup generators for the dehumidifiers. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 One of my favorite overheard comments in a music store was in the basement of Streetside Records in Kansas City about five years ago. A teenage girl asked her mother about Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis. She said, "their albums sound like Lee Morgan albums, only not as good." Quote
paul secor Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 One of my favorite overheard comments in a music store was in the basement of Streetside Records in Kansas City about five years ago. A teenage girl asked her mother about Wynton Marsalis and Branford Marsalis. She said, "their albums sound like Lee Morgan albums, only not as good." Mother knows best. Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I'm paraphrasing, but this is pretty darn close to the original (also heard in that same Streetside Records location in KC)... "Our aunt just died, and for the funeral we're looking for a recording of a slow, moody, brooding version of Blue Suede Shoes -- played on organ." "Where's that section?" Quote
Jim R Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 I was in Mandolin Bros. on Saturday and they were giving a "tour" of the store. Stan Jay was telling his guests about the dehumidifiers and a woman asked if he had backup generators for the dehumidifiers. That's pretty good. I've never been to Mandolin Bros., but I used to get their inventory lists by mail back in the 80's and 90's. I always enjoyed their wacky instrument descriptions (which have continued to the present day on their website). I'm curious... is the atmosphere in the store as nutty as the atmosphere they create in print? Quote
paul secor Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Once heard Stanley Crouch pimping a Wynton recording to a young woman in the downtown NYC Tower. Quote
7/4 Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Posted June 5, 2007 I was in Mandolin Bros. on Saturday and they were giving a "tour" of the store. Stan Jay was telling his guests about the dehumidifiers and a woman asked if he had backup generators for the dehumidifiers. That's pretty good. I've never been to Mandolin Bros., but I used to get their inventory lists by mail back in the 80's and 90's. I always enjoyed their wacky instrument descriptions (which have continued to the present day on their website). I'm curious... is the atmosphere in the store as nutty as the atmosphere they create in print? I'd say the store is all business. You can grab anything off the wall and try it. Nice show rooms... Quote
tonym Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) Stood browsing the diminishing jazz section in the local HMV when a couple of 'chavs' walked past. One of them muttered "wanker's music"! Edited June 5, 2007 by tonym Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Stood browsing the diminishing jazz section in the local HMV when a couple of 'chavs' walked past. One of them muttered "wanker's music"! Chavs and wankers - 2 reasons I stay out of GB. Quote
Joe G Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Both of these statements were addressed to me; the first at Elderly Instruments: "What kind of pick to you use? ... You can't play jazz with that pick!" and at a Wherehouse Records years ago, as I was buying a Mingus CD, the girl behind the counter, making a reference to the recent Hal Wilner release... "I have weird nightmares!" Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Both of these statements were addressed to me; the first at Elderly Instruments: "What kind of pick to you use? ... You can't play jazz with that pick!" and at a Wherehouse Records years ago, as I was buying a Mingus CD, the girl behind the counter, making a reference to the recent Hal Wilner release... "I have weird nightmares!" That's the kind of girl you take home "right now" and keep a pistol under the pillow. Guess that store is gone now. Quote
Rosco Posted June 5, 2007 Report Posted June 5, 2007 Stood browsing the diminishing jazz section in the local HMV when a couple of 'chavs' walked past. One of them muttered "wanker's music"! Chavs and wankers - 2 reasons I stay out of GB. Wise choice. A few months back, I was walking past the book department in an HMV. Two chavs were standing in front of the display, staring blankly. Finally, one turns to the other and says... "I can't read books. Does my fuckin' head in." Quote
sidewinder Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Stood browsing the diminishing jazz section in the local HMV when a couple of 'chavs' walked past. One of them muttered "wanker's music"! Chavs and wankers - 2 reasons I stay out of GB. Nah - it's chavs, wankers and toffs. Quote
tonym Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Stood browsing the diminishing jazz section in the local HMV when a couple of 'chavs' walked past. One of them muttered "wanker's music"! Chavs and wankers - 2 reasons I stay out of GB. Nah - it's chavs, wankers and toffs. Let's not get all nationalistic....you never know where it might lead us Quote
Tom Storer Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Forgive my lack of sophistication, but what the hell is a chav? Quote
couw Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 Forgive my lack of sophistication, but what the hell is a chav? Quote
couw Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I still don't know what a chav is.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav Quote
sidewinder Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 (edited) And lets not forget one of my favourite web sites catering for these toe-rags and their 'hos' and little Britneys... chav towns Edited June 6, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
sidewinder Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 (edited) From Gillingham, Kent: "Her boyfriend will probably be called Dwayne or Tyrone etc who by this time will be staying at Her Majesty's pleasure". Didn't realise they were into Messrs (Duane) Tatro and Washington down there. It can't be all bad ! Edited June 6, 2007 by sidewinder Quote
sidewinder Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 "Andover is geographically isolated from other towns and the inbreeding here is of the highest quality. The chavs cannot afford to travel and the next town is a good 20 miles away so is well beyond BMX/scooter distance. This place is worthy of study as the Galapagos islands were to Darwin." Very true. Quote
Shawn Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 I still don't know what a chav is.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav Ah! Dumb-ass wannabes! I got it now.... Quote
catesta Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 (edited) You hear all kinds of crazy shit, but this is one of may favorites. The only problem is it may not translate very well in words. You had to see the facial expressions and hear it said. Tower Records in Carle Place, Long Island.... A man looking at a Modern Jazz Quartet cd... "Oh shit, these guys, M.....J.....Q....." Yelling to his wife across the room...., "Baby this is real right here, all these others are perpetrating!" An older man (store employee) turns around and says "If you like that, follow me to pick some Tito Puente". "Tito Puente?, no shit? ....well,let's go"! Edited June 6, 2007 by catesta Quote
paul secor Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 You wrote it right. I can imagine the facial expressions and voices. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted June 6, 2007 Report Posted June 6, 2007 This one may come with an asterisk as it did not happen in a music store, but instead took place in an art museum gift shop (the Kemper Museum in Kansas City). A couple in their seventies or eighties, who looked like two of the old people on the Andy Griffith show, perhaps Clara (Aunt Bee's friend), and one of the many elderly men on that show, were standing there with their super clean-cut, all American girl daughter, probably in her early fifties. The daughter had a bubble hairdo, ugly glasses and Wal Mart clothing. I say all of that not to insult them, but only to set the mood for what they said. The daughter said, "Well, now that I have heard your albums by Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House, I wonder if I would like any traditional jazz. I have never really heard any." Quote
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