Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Target has these all over the store. Maybe I have it all wrong, but this is what it looks like. The sale price, then the same price right under it. Even if it means something that totally makes sense, it’s not that evident for as much as I care to investigate. But the sale must have been hot, since there were hardly any paper towels left. Maybe it’s a psych test to see if red sale signs make a difference.
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Today the Independent Press Association gave us some money back. Imagine in early 2007, our distributor went belly up. They shut the door, and slammed everyone out. Basically they said, "Eric, all the money we owe for GR's sales etc, you can't have it. Fuck you." They disconnected their phones, their offices were dark, no one was around. All the employees went into hiding, hopefully with their...
Today the Independent Press Association gave us some money back. Imagine in early 2007, our distributor went belly up. They shut the door, and slammed everyone out. Basically they said, “Eric, all the money we owe for GR’s sales etc, you can’t have it. Fuck you.” They disconnected their phones, their offices were dark, no one was around. All the employees went into hiding, hopefully with their face in between their legs since many roped us into higher hopes that things were fine. We’re so dumb to believe any of it. The money… well, it’s not even the total amount at all. But I’m at a spot now where I expected nothing. Yeah, I still have sour grapes about it all. They fucked us and many others. I’m sure the employees who worked there, are marked by a lot of folks as being the enemy. Maybe forever. Here’s some old posts, in case you want to catch up. My blog posts:2007 . 12007 . 6 Punk Planet article.
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When I saw this, I thought whoa, Mitch, our friend passed away. Yet it turns out, this is the famous Mitch Mitchell, the one who played drums for Jimmy Hendrix. As much as he'll be missed, I wouldn't miss him as much as the Mitch Mitchell we know.
When I saw this, I thought whoa, Mitch, our friend passed away. Yet it turns out, this is the famous Mitch Mitchell, the one who played drums for Jimmy Hendrix. As much as he’ll be missed, I wouldn’t miss him as much as the Mitch Mitchell we know.
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