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It’s official. All Houston record stores are lame, lame, lame. I called all over town to see which stores would be selling How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (by U2, perhaps you’ve heard of them?) at midnight.
The answer: zero. Cactus gets an ‘A’ for effort; they would be selling it, but their CD shipment has been delayed by our sudden monsoon. Failing grades go to Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart (look how low I was willing to stoop!), and SoundWaves, which is surprising since I remember distinctly lining up outside the Montrose location to pick up the “Discothèque” single in ’97.

I will have to content myself with mp3s of this weekend’s SNL appearance, helpfully mirrored by the Coral peer-to-peer content distribution network:

• Vertigo 3:28
• Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 5:28
• I Will Follow 4:28 (Amy Poehler’s ecstatic weeping inaudible on recording)