So one of my favorite used record stores, Record Time in Roseville, is calling it quits after twenty-seven years in business, leaving Ann Arbor (still home to three stores) one of the few remaining bastions of the used market in Michigan. This is a bad thing. Record stores are—and I hope will continue to be—my primary method for acquiring music. There’s just nothing quite like browsing the racks (usually with a specific purchase in mind) only to stumble across some vaguely familiar band or album that, for whatever reason, you decide to take a chance on. Like today at Record Time, I picked up a Deadeye Dick album, Doug Martsch’s lone solo record, and the Police’s debut (all to the tune of $7 including tax). There’s no way I’d have come home with that particular trio shopping on Amazon. Listening to the Police on the drive back, I was completely blown away—though obviously familiar with their megahits, just how amazing the deeper cuts were caught me completely off guard. Check the on-a-dime tempo changes and insane guitar solo in “So Lonely.” Seriously Andy, learn to rock the kit like Stewart Copeland, and we’ll have to think long and hard before ultimately denying you entry to Laszlo Toth. Anyhoo, go spend five or ten bucks at your local record store ASAP. Also, make sure to attend national Record Store Day this upcoming April 16. Participating stores will be looking to unload all sorts of swag as well as some great limited edition merch.