Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Creamtastic Attention Shoplifters of the World: The Groove to Have Storewide Sale Thanksgiving Weekend
Posted by Adam Gold on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:59 PM
So according to an email I just received, The Groove Records in East Nashville is about to get in on some Black Friday shit with a sale this weekend.
Everything in the store will be on sale! All new merchandise will be 10% off and all used merchandise will be 20% off. You'll be sure to find something for every music lover on your list (including yourself, because you deserve it!) -- and for those who are near impossible to shop for, we have give certifcates too!!This really does sound like a one-stop shopping opportunity to fulfull all your holiday gift needs. You can pick up some MGMT for your girlfriend, some Clapton or Winwood for the pops, maybe a 180-gram copy of Marquee Moon to treat yourself or a copy of Josh Groban's newest Awake Live for the future mother-in-law that you're about to meet for the first time.
Speaking of Josh Groban--J-Gro as I call him--I'm tired of this guy making me look bad. He's the boy that every Jewish mother this side of Neil Diamond wants their daughter to bring home. Quite the class act, he sings Opera (or something), he's clean cut and look at those eyes--how the fuck am I supposed to contend with that? He might raise you up, but he sure as hell lowers my overall morale. He's sort of like the lost, marginally talented, Friends castmate. And don't attack me for undermining his talent as a vocalist. I know plenty of people who can sing but aren't waist deep in ass while simultaneously charming the hot flashes off every post-menopausal cougar that you'll see at Macy's this weekend. If this demographic is starting to sound unappealing to you, then I'm willing to bet you can avoid it altogether by going to The Groove this weekend and dropping your cash there.
To see J-Gro in one of the lowest cultural ebbs in recent memory, check out this video of him singing a medley of TV show themes at the 2008 Emmy Awards. It will make you laugh, cry and break your will to go on. It will suck the soul right out of you. In the words of my esteemed colleague Jim Ridley, "You haven't lived until you've seen him sing the South Park theme"--which happens at the 1:28 mark. It's enough to make you want a gun for Christmas. Happy Holidays!
-Gold
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Check out 2:24, there's a close-up on J-Gro at the end of that song where you can actually see him die inside, and then you can see his soul go to hell, and then he receives the full thrust of Satan's cock, it's crazy!
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I couldn't make it past 3 minutes. I feared for my own soul after the aforementioned moment.
Ew. A great man once said that J-Gro's voice sounds like a trombone filled with mayonnaise.
I've watched this video six times. J-Gro must have wept for hours after this. Not that he had any credibility to begin with but holy shit...I just have to see it again and again.
2:34 - "oh, god"
give him cred. Gold, South Park was dead on.
Buddy, if you've watched it 6 times, the man is laughing. LOL.
Grimey's Says Gobble, Gobble!
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! I hope you have exciting plans for Turkey Day or at least a day of leisure before you. As a reminder, GRIMEY'S WILL BE CLOSED this Thursday for the holiday but we'll back in operation the following day for that little retail "holiday" everybody calls Black Friday. We normally don't do any kind of special promotion or sale for that day, preferring to stay out of the way and be a beacon of peace and low stress on such a hectic day of unbridled consumerism. But this year things are tight all over and maybe a little help wouldn't hurt, plus our friends over at Sony asked us if we'd like to give away a turntable and some vinyl to a lucky customer on that fateful day so we decided to have a vinyl sale to go with.
Black Friday Vinyl Meltdown Sale - Friday, Nov. 28, 11am-8pm
All vinyl in the store - LPs, 45s, 12-inches, oddball picture discs and the like will be ON SALE!
NEW VINYL - 15% OFF
PRELOVED VINYL - 20% OFF
ALL DAY LONG
(fine print: consignment items and items already sale priced are ineligible for additional discount)
Sweetie pie, everytime that man sings, my ovaries explode. The picture leaves out the best part, the giant package he carries around. Put a big red bow on him and ship him to me for Christmas.
Emily - If that man was REALLY great, he never would have made that comment about Josh - self-critic, huh?
This performance was the only bright spot in a dismal, dismal show. Thank you Josh for being yourself - goofy, funny, charming and talented. And yes, those eyes will get you every time.
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