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    Headstone Friends - Front of Headstone Friends

    Headstone Friends

    4.2(5 reviews)
    2.7 mi
    $$

    Very friendly and down to earth staff. Super laid back environment with lots of cool things…read moreeverywhere. Prices are what you expect for quality items and there's something for everyone. Very cool shop and a personal must stop for all down-to-earth people.

    Headstone Friends gives off the vibe of a place that used to be really cool, having that music…read morebasement atmosphere (dark, somewhat cramped, aromatic), with clerks who can be nice and friendly and who clearly love what they do... but it also suffers greatly from the lack of competition around it and variety within it. The majority of what they carry, which is a bit hard to navigate due to the vertical storage spaces with horizontal disc orientation, is nothing particularly special. There is not enough obscurity in the catalog to really foster discovery, as most of what I could find were the same over-pressed, over-priced albums that can be found everywhere else. I will admit to the biased perspective that living in a pop culture mecca such as California has ingrained in me, and maybe HF's fault is mostly due to that bias, but - in a time of digital stores and downloads, where the rest of the world can have access to everything and anything from the convenience of their home and can share a similar perspective to mine due to this - this fault can be fatal. Furthermore, having the merchandise under lock is very off-putting when a large part of the appeal of a record store is the ability to "touch the music": the packaging, the angles, the reflection of the light off the glossy surface... the scratches, the plastic wrap, the track listing and bar codes. Maybe it wasn't always that way and maybe a few bad apples ruined it for the rest of us... but it has ruined it regardless. As the only standing music store in Terre Haute (that I know of, and without counting big chain electronic stores), I can accept it for what it is and appreciate the fact it has held out this long. Unfortunately, there are not very many other redeeming qualities of the store, and frankly, it seems more like an incense shop than anything at this point. I enjoyed the breath of a familiar air when I walked in (having been starved for the record store experience during a summer visiting family), but all too rapidly, that initial feeling became a longing for the version of this experience that I was used to... I wish this store the best and hope they can adapt in an increasingly hostile world for its likes. PURCHASED: Happy Head/Out of Hand by The Mighty Lemon Drops (Used, $7.99)

    Columbia House - Overplayed into oblivion but still a great record.

    Columbia House

    2.8(6 reviews)
    6.0 mi
    $$

    Wow! I had no idea that this company was still around until I heard the news recently that they…read morewere going out of business. To be honest, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did, especially after the emergence of all the streaming services out there now. Years ago, like millions of other people, I found their penny deal to be irresistible. I was only a kid, so having music delivered to my door, as opposed to begging for a ride to go to the record store, AND getting it for next to nothing was a dream come true. ...That is, until it was time to pay the piper! It was a well known fact that they would make up for those nearly free albums by charging much higher prices for subsequent ones. Although I can't remember the exact details, somehow, someway I avoided buying any additional albums, while still keeping the (almost) free ones. What I haven't forgotten were the very stern lectures from my angry parents on the importance of financial responsibility. All that scolding I endured was totally worth it though. I was able to expand my music collection at a time when it was much more difficult and costly to do so. And for that I'm actually grateful to Columbia House.

    Oh well, after September 2026, Columbia House, the originators of the ten records, CDs, DVDs and…read morecassettes for a penny will be no more. Starting as the Columbia Record Club in 1955, at one point Columbia House shipped fifteen percent of all physical media sold in the US. Legions of American teens (including myself) signed up for the unbelievable front-end offer and then became amnesic to the responsibility to buy additional music at grossly inflated prices. It's a wonder the company lasted so long. Basically, you'd load up on Jethro Tull, Stevie Wonder and Aerosmith for a penny and then refuse the monthly shipment of Christopher Cross, Maria Muldaur and The Little River Band until Columbia gave up. Hell, we were 15, who cared. Five stars for much simpler times.

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