CIMS - CHARTS & RANTS

10.24.07 - DEATH OF CHAINS; FACEBOOK PIX What the hell? Tons to bitch about. Multiple versions of the same records everywhere. Customers who still demand physical goods are getting very confused. Labels are stressed out. Retailers wondering if the Amazon/Best Buy/Target price wars will finish us all off before anything else. Now comes the news that the big boxes are telling folks that they are either discontinuing catalog or cutting inventory by 20% or more come 2008! Imagine that. I remember well the killing off of those great regional chains. In the south we had Record Bar, Turtles, Peaches and the like. Then the labels got fat feeding rapidly expanding square footage at stores that were, well, not record stores. These guys introduced price wars and drove many great regional guys to sell or close. Many indies felt the pain of that time and that is when CIMS came together. Many indies went out of business. Here it is, a short 12 years later. Now the customer has the upper hand. They have options they did not have 12 years ago including free if they desire. Now that the big retailers have killed off most of the competition and the customer is in control, they are letting everyone know they are tired of playing. Surprise, surprise. Next week, I will write about what our guys are doing to super serve their customers and thrive amongst the chaos. Read about it here. Holy Jeebus. http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/how-much-will-t.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On a more pleasant note, I have some more pictures posted for those of you who want to screw off for a few minutes. First set: Allman Brothers Band from 1972 and September 2007. There is a short story there also: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9424&l=42196&id=501042772 Second set: An all consuming hobby for me is street photography. This is a September set taken running between meetings in NYC. You have to be careful in NYC cause they will kick your ass if you do this wrong: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9352&l=cc0a7&id=501042772

1 SPRINGSTEENBRU\|MAGIC 2 BAND OF HORSES\|CEASE TO BEGIN 3 IRON & WINE\|SHEPHERD'S DOG 4 JIMMY EAT WORLD\|CHASE THIS LIG 5 THRICE\|ALCHEMY INDEX: V 6 WILSONDAN\|FREE LIFE 7 KID ROCK\|ROCK N ROLL JESUS 8 BEIRUT\|FLYING CLUB CUP 9 HENDRIXJIMI\|LIVE AT MONTEREY 10 FOO FIGHTERS\|ECHOES SILENCE PA 11 WESTKANYE\|GRADUATION 12 HARVEYP.J.\|WHITE CHALK 13 EARLESTEVE\|WASHINGTON SQUARE 14 GOV'T MULE\|MIGHTY HIGH 15 R.E.M.\|R.E.M. LIVE 16 VEDDEREDDIE\|MUSIC FOR THE MOT 17 FEIST\|REMINDER 18 LOVETTLYLE\|IT'S NOT BIG IT'S 19 LENNOXANNIE\|SONGS OF MASS DES 20 METALOCALYPSE: \|DETHALBUM 21 JONESSHARON & \|100 DAYS 100 N 22 CARLILEBRANDI\|LIVE AT EASY ST 23 KNOPFLERMARK\|KILL TO GET CRIM 24 NIGHTWISH\|DARK PASSION PLAY 25 M.I.A.\|KALA 26 HARPERBEN & IN\|LIFELINE 27 ACROSS THE UNIV\|SOUNDTRACK 28 SPOON\|GA GA GA GA GA 29 FOGERTYJOHN\|REVIVAL 30 UNDERWORLD\|OBLIVION WITH BELLS 31 LEKMANJENS\|NIGHT FALLS OVER K 32 RILO KILEY\|UNDER THE BLACK LIG 33 MITCHELLJONI\|SHINE 34 STARS\|IN OUR BEDROOM AFTER THE 35 PINBACK\|AUTUMN OF THE SERAPHS 36 SUNSET RUBDOWN\|RANDOM SPIRIT L 37 SHE WANTS REVEN\|THIS IS FOREVE 38 UMPHREY'S MCGEE\|LIVE FROM MURA 39 BANHARTDEVENDR\|SMOKEY ROLLS D 40 TUNSTALLKT\|DRASTIC FANTASTIC 41 ANIMAL COLLECTI\|STRAWBERRY JAM 42 WINEHOUSEAMY\|BACK TO BLACK 43 DOWN\|DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER 44 OCTOPUS PROJECT\|HELLO AVALANCH 45 SEA WOLF\|LEAVES IN THE RIVER 46 KWELITALIB\|EARDRUM 47 FIERY FURNACES\|WIDOW CITY 48 CAKE\|B-SIDES & RARITIES 49 50 CENT\|CURTIS 50 RITTERJOSH\|HISTORICAL CONQUES 51 ROGUE WAVE\|ASLEEP AT HEAVEN'S 52 GONZALEZJOSE\|IN OUR NATURE 53 LES SAVY FAV\|LETS STAY FRIENDS 54 CLAPTONERIC\|COMPLETE CLAPTON 55 OVERKILL\|IMMORTALIS 56 DROPKICK MURPHY\|MEANEST OF TIM 57 NEW PORNOGRAPHE\|CHALLENGERS 58 MOORETHURSTON\|TREES OUTSIDE T 59 LAVETTEBETTYE\|SCENE OF THE CR 60 ALTER BRIDGE\|BLACKBIRD 61 DYKES/VAUGHAN\|ON THE JIMMY REE 62 COHNMARC\|JOIN THE PARADE 63 PIPETTES\|WE ARE THE PIPETTES 64 SCOTTJILL\|REAL THING: WORDS & 65 BROKEN SOCIAL S\|SPIRIT IF... 66 RODRIGO Y GABRI\|RODRIGO Y GABR 67 WILCO\|SKY BLUE SKY 68 KENNA\|MAKE SURE THEY SEE MY FA 69 SOULJA BOY TELL\|SOULJABOYTELLE 70 SIOUXSIE\|MANTARAY 71 FRANKLINARETHA\|RARE & UNRELEA 72 GALACTIC\|FROM THE CORNER TO TH 73 MINISTRY\|LAST SUCKER 74 COLEKEYSHIA\|JUST LIKE YOU 75 AESOP ROCK\|NONE SHALL PASS 76 WHITE STRIPES\|ICKY THUMP 77 PRICETONI\|TALK MEMPHIS 78 COMMON\|FINDING FOREVER 79 MANU CHAO\|LA RADIOLINA 80 TIESTO\|IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE 6 81 J. HOLIDAY\|BACK OF MY LAC' 82 PUDDLE OF MUDD\|FAMOUS 83 SANTANA\|ULTIMATE SANTANA 84 LINKIN PARK\|MINUTES TO MIDNIGH 85 JAGGED EDGE\|JAGGED ERA 86 STONEANGIE\|ART OF LOVE & WAR 87 CARLILEBRANDI\|STORY,THE 88 GO! TEAM\|PROOF OF YOUTH 89 GHOSTLAND OBSER\|PAPARAZZI LIGH 90 TIMBALAND\|TIMBALAND PRESENTS S 91 ARCADE FIRE\|NEON BIBLE 92 MINUS THE BEAR\|PLANET OF ICE 93 MIDONRAUL\|WORLD WITHIN A WORL 94 RITTERJOSH\|LIVE AT THE RECORD 95 WEAKERTHANS\|REUNION TOUR 96 HIGH ON FIRE\|DEATH IS THIS COM 97 MATCHBOX TWENTY\|EXILE ON MAINS 98 SOULSAVERS\|IT'S NOT HOW FAR YO 99 NICKELBACK\|ALL THE RIGHT REASO 100 TEGAN & SARA\|CON 101 INTERPOL\|OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE 102 VARIOUS\|GOIN' HOME-TRIBUTE TO 103 OKKERVIL RIVER\|STAGE NAMES 104 DARJEELING LIMI\|SOUNDTRACK 105 SHOUT OUT LOUDS\|OUR ILL WILLS 106 DIFRANCOANI\|CANON 107 HENRYJOE\|CIVILIANS 108 BETWEEN THE BUR\|COLORS 109 CAILLATCOLBIE\|COCO 110 BLAKES\|BLAKES 111 BAND OF HORSES\|EVERYTHING ALL 112 HAGGARDMERLE\|BLUEGRASS SESSIO 113 ADAMSRYAN\|EASY TIGER 114 GOOD LIFE\|HELP WANTED NIGHTS 115 WILLIAMSLUCIND\|WEST 116 KHANCHAKA\|FUNK THIS 117 DASHBOARD CONFE\|SHADE OF POISO 118 CULT\|BORN INTO THIS 119 FLIGHT OF THE C\|DISTANT FUTURE 120 BEATLES\|LOVE 121 ETHERIDGEMELIS\|AWAKENING 122 ONCE\|SOUNDTRACK 123 9TH WONDER\|VOL. 2-DREAM MERCHA 124 SPEKTORREGINA\|BEGIN TO HOPE 125 JAGGERMICK\|VERY BEST OF MICK 126 MAROON 5\|IT WON'T BE SOON BEFO 127 MATT POND PA\|LAST LIGHT 128 PLIES\|REAL TESTAMENT 129 DAVISMILES\|COMPLETE ON THE CO 130 ARCH ENEMY\|RISE OF THE TYRANT 131 HANCOCKHERBIE\|RIVER: JONI LET 132 SILVERSUN PICKU\|CARNAVAS 133 ATREYU\|LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR 134 GORGEOUS FRANKE\|GORGEOUS FRANK 135 GOGOL BORDELLO\|SUPER TARANTA 136 SMASHING PUMPKI\|ZEITGEIST 137 HAWLEYRICHARD\|LADY'S BRIDGE 138 MODEST MOUSE\|WE WERE DEAD BEFO 139 GAUTHIERMARY\|BETWEEN DAYLIGHT 140 SPANK ROCK & BE\|SPANK ROCK & B 141 PROPHETCHUCK\|SOAP & WATER 142 CHAMILLIONAIRE\|ULTIMATE VICTOR 143 MOBY GRAPE\|MOBY GRAPE 144 SPILL CANVAS\|NO REALLY, I'M FI 145 T.I.\|T.I. VS TIP 146 CARIBOU\|ANDORRA 147 NATIONAL\|BOXER 148 BLACK LIPS\|GOOD BAD NOT EVIL 149 OLD CROW MEDICI\|O.C.M.S. 150 BRIGHT EYES\|CASSADAGA 151 MICHAELSONINGR\|GIRLS & BOYS 152 HELLYEAH\|HELLYEAH 153 COHEED & CAMBRI\|NO WORLD FOR T 154 MOTION CITY SOU\|EVEN IF IT KIL 155 SHAVERBILLY JO\|EVERYBODY'S BR 156 TWO GALLANTS\|TWO GALLANTS 157 ARCHITECTURE IN\|PLACES LIKE TH 158 RICEJOHNATHAN\|FURTHER NORTH 159 JARRETT/PEACOCK\|MY FOOLISH HEA 160 AGAINST ME!\|NEW WAVE 161 GORILLA ZOE\|WELCOME TO THE ZOO 162 PARAMORE\|RIOT! 163 BOTTICHRIS\|ITALIA 164 DYLANBOB\|DYLAN (3CD SET) 165 BINGHAMRYAN\|MESCALITO 166 MUM\|GO GO SMEAR THE POISON IVY 167 RIHANNA\|GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 168 SUBDUDES\|STREET SYMPHONY 169 BRAMHALLDOYLE\|IS IT NEWS? 170 YOUNGNEIL\|CHROME DREAMS II 171 MARITIME\|HERESY & THE HOTEL CH 172 MUSE\|BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIO 173 FEIST\|LET IT DIE 174 DJ KHALED\|WE THE BEST 175 FIVE FINGER DEA\|WAY OF THE FIS 176 ENON\|GRASS GEYSERS...CARBON CL 177 WYATTROBERT\|COMICOPERA 178 MCENTIREREBA\|REBA DUETS 179 DRAKENICK\|PINK MOON 180 BEASTIE BOYS\|MIX-UP 181 A FINE FRENZY\|ONE CELL IN THE 182 SOILWORK\|SWORN TO A GREAT DIVI 183 TIMBERLAKEJUST\|FUTURESEX/LOVE 184 ATMOSPHERE\|SAD CLOWN BAD SUMME 185 GRIFFINPATTY\|CHILDREN RUNNING 186 ELECTRIC SIX\|I SHALL EXTERMINA 187 HARTMICKEY & Z\|GLOBAL DRUM PR 188 BUDOS BAND\|BUDOS BAND II 189 BATTLES\|MIRRORED 190 JUSTICE\|CROSS 191 OM\|PILGRIMAGE 192 FOSTERRUTHIE\|PHENOMENAL RUTHI 193 NDEGECELLO MESH\|WORLD HAS MADE 194 CAVE SINGERS\|INVITATION SONGS 195 FLAMING LIPS\|U.F.O'S AT THE ZO 196 BLUNTJAMES\|ALL THE LOST SOULS 197 DANZATONY\|DANZA II: ELECTRIC 198 BLACK FRANCIS\|BLUEFINGER 199 TAYLORCHIP & C\|LIVE FROM THE 200 KRALLDIANA\|VERY BEST OF

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