Everything must go!
Sean was in town today, so I spent the day with he, Chris, and Jua (plus a smattering of Jeff, Kevin, and Andrea throughout) doing various wandering throughout the mall, playing video games, seeing a movie (Thank You For Smoking, which I found to be quite hilarious), and eating. While at the mall, we ended up at Suncoast, which was having a going out of business sale where the sign said “Everything Must Go!”, and all the items were at least 50% off the marked price. Based on normal prices, this meant things were about the same price at Best Buy. (For example, the John Mayer Trio album was marked as being $20. Do people really pay $20 for a CD? No wonder they’re going out of business!) I picked up two concert DVDs (Big Head Todd & the Monsters - Live at the Fillmore
In an unrelated note, I have become a huge Butch Walker fan in the past month or so. Right now, I have a YME playlist of Butch Walker and Marvelous 3 songs on endless repeat. I know I’m a bit late jumping on the bandwagon, but better late than never, right? I find some of his lyrics to be just amazingly perfect. My favorite of the moment is “Take Tomorrow (One Day At A Time)” which is very much in line with my outlook of late.
So give me all your fear, throw it all away.
Think about the good things, no matter what they say.
We’ll take tomorrow baby, yeah,
One day at a time.
His cover of “Since U Been Gone” is also quite fabulous. 
April 12th, 2006 at 10:36 am
The Elvis Costello one is good–can’t vouch for the other. Most of the Sam Goodies in Wisconsin and about half of the SunCoasts are going out of business–they suck for movie and music prices (when you’re selling DVDs for 30% off and they’re STILL more expensive than Best Buy, there’s a problem), but they carry the best action figures, usually at pretty decent prices compared to some other stores. Oh well, I guess that means I’ll have to start buying more comics so I can butter up my local comic guy to order the action figures I want….I did finally find Final Battle Mal, so until there’s a series two of Serenity figures, I’m all good. Well, that and series 4 of Nightmare Before Christmas….
Pieces,
Joanne
April 12th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
The interesting thing is that Best Buy has owned Sam Goody, Suncoast, and their sister stores for the last few years. I don’t understand the reasoning for that purchase, since I can’t imagine those chains have been very profitable.