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| Subject | Re: audities-digest V4 #213 (8 msgs) |
| Date | Sun, 14 May 2006 17:22:24 EDT |
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From: "Holmes Online" _bholmes_fm@msn.com_ (mailto:bholmes_fm@msn.com)
>Alan, the owner of Desert Shore Records in Syracuse. Sneering,
condescending,
>untrusting miscreant who would mock out his own customers for their
>selections. And god forbid you tried to SELL him a record - he's waft
>through the titles laughing out loud, bleating "this SUCKS!" or "what a
>FAG!"...after a couple of minutes of abuse he'd finally offer that person
>fifty cents for one record out of a stack of twenty...if that dose of
>humiliation wasn't enough and the customer would accept, he'd pay off in
>nickels and dimes and then SMASH the album to smithereens on the counter
>right in front of the customer.
>Not a sweeping generalization in life (and Mike is an exception as I have
>met him and he doesn't strike me as this type), but is there an equation
>that says the ruder the asshole you are, the bigger the loser you really
>are? I traveled the same paths as Alan and knew many people in common, and
I
>think his persona and rude glee came from the fact that outside of that
>world he was incapable of human interaction. I didn't know a soul (and I
>knew a LOT of people in town) who could be considered a friend, and I never
>saw him anywhere else. I suspect he was as lonely and bitter a person as he
>appeared...so maybe he gets points for not being a phony. :).
Hmmm... Alan was challenging, DEFINITELY and he could be cruel and
condescending at times, but you're wrong about one thing. He had friends. Many of
them - and I counted myself in that number. And he also went plenty of places,
and he had a life outside the shop. I have alot of great AB stories - he could
be alot of fun at times. I left Syracuse in the mid-80s and last I heard, AB
was in San Francisco and still hanging out with alot of his Syracuse friends.
So, I guess not all of us had the same experience, eh?
Peace,
Lola
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