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be the record shop treasure as i flip through and through click clack click clack the cd case racket wishing on that music well for something different to the ear, mouth moving silent to words jotted down a glimpse inside that head, mouth uncomfortable at the shapes it makes while the click clack click clack ratchets through the room
sceadugenga 
Anymore it all kinda sounds the same.
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Agreed. Which is why it’s so fun to find that one gem you weren’t planning on finding. 😊
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I like the ‘click clack’ but it’s not the same as the feel of the cardboard surrounding the vinyl! I also feel that now things in record shops are a bit more homogenised and it is much more difficult to find that new gem.
Keep looking, though!
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Yes, oh, yes… I got to one of the few remaining record stores in the Baltimore area still left over the weekend with my birthday gift cards. It had been nearly 2 years since I had a small raid at a music shop, whereas in the past, a weekly habit. Just leafing through the vinyl and CDs is instant therapy. It felt amazing.
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I know, right? I didn’t need to buy something every time. Sometimes the therapy was just in the hunt for a gem or something interesting.
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You got that right! The store owners got to know you and even if you walked out without buying anything, they understood the need. It would be more than made up in future visits. I was happy to score Depeche Mode 101 on Blu Ray and the Twin Peaks score this time around.
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Sweet!
Yeah, they knew me by name, would occasionally reserve things behind the register that they thought I might want. 😉
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We’ve got one store left in our area that has CDs and records. I miss the one I went to as a teenager. Your poem brings back fond memories.
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Thanks. We have a few, mostly used variety of CDs, but vinyl and CDs are making a bit of a comeback in the Twin Cities. Interested to see what happens with that.
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