It used to be a great place to go, but the selecti...

It used to be a great place to go, but the selection and patrons have both gotten younger, newer, and insufferable. As Austin has become increasingly more overcrowded in the past decade and vinyl has become trendy, the place is packed to the brim. The vinyl section is often crowded with hipsters who have dubious tastes searching for $30 records.

I used to be one of a few people in the vinyl section and was able to have conversations with the employees about music, imagine that. The employees are now always focused on sales, corporate pushes, and bitchy customers at the register that they have no time to chat about music. This is a record store for crying out loud. Two of my favorite employees who ve worked here for decades no longer recognize me or are excited about music. We used to have amazing conversations about albums and songs that changed our lives. Some of my favorite records were recommendations by employees here and Cheapo. An employee that still works here recommended one of my favorite records and he now wouldn t know me from Adam. This person and that album changed my life and now there s no time to chat because it s all business now. The passion is gone and that s incredibly depressing