I vote for the record store exec (emphasis mine):
"I complained at the NARM [the National Association of Recording Merchandisers] convention that [For Your Entertainment's] record prices were too high," Shears told MTV News over the weekend at Baltimore's Virgin Festival. "A few months ago, I went to go buy the new Raconteurs album, and it was like $18.99. Of course, I rounded it up to $20 when I made the comments, and now they're denying it. They said, 'Our records are not $20, they're $19.99.' And so now they're not carrying our new record. I mean, even Wal-Mart is carrying it, but FYE is not."
But Shears is only partially accurate, because FYE isn't the only chain that won't be carrying the New York band's Ta-Dah — neither will Sam Goody, Strawberries, Wherehouse, Specs or Coconuts. Like FYE, those chains are owned by Trans World Entertainment, an Albany, New York, entertainment conglomerate that is one of the largest retailers of music, video and video games in the U.S.
According to Trans World President and CEO Jim Litwak, his company was just expressing its displeasure at Shears' comments, which he said were untrue and unfair. And furthermore, he said the whole situation could've been avoided had the band bothered to pick up the phone and call him.
[ed note: oh boo fucking hoo hoo hoo]
"Mr. Shears said that he tried to buy a Raconteurs album but didn't because it was too expensive," Litwak told MTV News. "But he didn't bring it up to register, because if he did, he would've seen that the CD was on sale.
"So Mr. Shears made an incorrect statement at a convention instead of reaching out to us, to discuss our pricing," Litwak continued. "We decided that it would've been nice to get an apology from them, so we reached out to their distribution company [Universal Music Group Distribution] to let them know we were displeased, and we never heard back from them. So we made the decision not to carry the band's new release."
Waaaah! That mean mean singer hurt our fee fees!
Posted by binky at September 26, 2006 07:31 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MusicI don't know what WATB means, but we can definitely put that asshole on the 500-kicks-in-the-nuts-whilst-tied-to-the-Maypole list.
Posted by: jacflash at September 26, 2006 07:51 PM | PERMALINKBetcha wouldn't call a woman that. :-P
Posted by: jacflash at September 26, 2006 08:08 PM | PERMALINKBetcha I would. It implies nothing bad about the woman, only the lack of independence of the weakling who would still like to be on the tit. :P
Posted by: binky at September 26, 2006 08:18 PM | PERMALINKWomen don't generally get called "weakling", dear, and certainly not in a shaming and failure-to-live-up-to-gender-expectations sort of way.
Posted by: jacflash at September 26, 2006 08:25 PM | PERMALINKOh dear, not another minutia throwdown?
shaming and failure-to-live-up-to-gender-expectations sort of way
So, you've never talked with natural childbirth/la leche enthusiasts about caesarians and bottle feeding, I take it?
:P
Posted by: binky at September 26, 2006 08:33 PM | PERMALINKOf course, I might have called it, "who is the bitch here" and really stirred you up.
Posted by: binky at September 26, 2006 08:36 PM | PERMALINK