I love Amazon - what's NOT to love? Convenient, cheap, and you don't have to move anything more than a few fingers to buy stuff you need. But I refuse to buy CD's from them anymore. Why? Sonic Boom. If I lived in Renton, I'd drive to Sonic Boom just to browse, ask the guys and gals who occupy the sales desk about who else I'd like if I like Explosions in the Sky (cause they'd not only know who I was talking about, they'd actually be able to rattle off 3 other bands that sound like them... and they'd be right), and dig around for stuff I heard on KEXP. Ok, I'll concede that the listening stations at Easy STreet on lower queen anne are way way better. but whatever.
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