King of All Media

I usually do my best not to be noticed... but lately that's been kiboshed.

It started last Tuesday with my "appearence" on the Rogers TV program Crosby Live. Ben Conoley and I were brought in to discuss our thoughts on Rolling Stone magazine's 1000th issue. To save you ordering transcripts I'll boil it down for you:

Used to be good... now (i.e. for the last 30 years) not so much.

Then on Thursday I became the cover model for Here magazine's current issue.

First off... thanks. I mean to those of you who might not have an opportunity to come into the store, mention you saw the issue and congratulate me for being on the cover. There's a slight-to-not-so-slight embarassment that encroaches on ego when you are acknowledged a few times a day then start consciously wondering as you pass by people on the sidewalk, "Does she know I'm on the cover of a magazine? Does he? Does Gus Mazzuca? Does he respect me, now?"

But... just know that being on the cover was not my idea. I (unvainly) thought the article was going to be about the store, ergo a nice shot of the neon sign outside or a macro pic of a stack of vinyl.... Kyle Cunjak's picture of me makes me cringe... but only because it's me... otherwise it's quite a well-taken photo.

Finally, the article... overall it's good, but there are a couple of instances, unfortunately both within sentences attributed to me, where careful editing wasn't thoroughly applied:



I believe the quote was closer to "The other store will have them for sale much cheaper... and they are more mainstream successes, whereas Flaming Lips would still bring customers in" or "we would still bring in for our customers."



Here the point was, loosely, that stores shouldn't be overly afraid of the download-for-sale, as a combination of online and offline shopping is attractive to VORACIOUS music buyers.

This is the dictionary definition of voracious:

vo·ra·cious Pronunciation Key (vô-rshs, v-)
adj.

1. Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; greedy: a voracious reader.

There is a dictionary entry for veracious but it isn't something anybody could, er..., be one of.

OK. Nitpickiness time over. If I don't use my English degrees from time to time they erase another vowel from my diploma.

So anyhow, if anyone still would like to stalk me... that's my street at the top of the post. It's nice and quiet... full of pleasant foliage, no?