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LOOK AT WHAT THE MOTHERFUCKING FUCK I JUST BOUGHT
so we went up to a used bookstore called mckay's in chattanooga for my brother in law's birthday today and LOOK WHAT I FOOOOUUUND!!!!
i already have volumes 1 and 2 of the endless waltz manga so finding the next 3 was such a win!! i also have gundam wing episode zero so i didn't need to get that one off the shelf either. i was so freaking excited!!!
i also got a bunch of other books for different book/manga series i love and i am so happy for it. it was an excellent day.
there's also a restaurant near there called fat boy's roadside eats that i cannot recommend enough!! they have burritos the size of your head and they are delicious! i have never had something bad there. this was their bbq mac burrito 🤌🤌🤌🤌
(turns out McKay's DIDN'T have Mad Max cars lying in wait on the last leg of the trip to protect their prize money by taking out anyone who made it that far)
The family and I did the Ultimate McKay's Road Trip Challenge and had a great time. McKays had clearly prepared, and probably to the capacity that they could've, but the sheer volume of folks participating far outstripped what they were capable of handling according to their original plan and they were working like crazy to pivot as conditions changed from store to store, lines and parking situations became unsafe or unmanageable, and supplies ran out (ink for the stamps, paper for the forms, etc, in addition to the prizes).
Despite all this, and despite the chaos, almost everyone we encountered (and we encountered a lot of folks) was excited to be there, grateful for the store's generosity, and, for those that made it all the way across, elated to have completed it and received the wildly large grand prize.
The grand prize, BTW, was $800 in credit to be used at any of the stores. I've bought hundreds of books over the years from McKays, mostly priced between 75 cents and four dollars; At their prices, $800 is essentially a lifetime supply of used books.
And they didn't have a cap on the number of winners; if you did it, you got it.
The challenge was to celebrate their 50th anniversary, and I hope that the logistical challenges, which were many & staggering (though far moreso for the stores than the participants, save for the heat for those susceptible to it), don't cast a negative light on a branch of bookstores for whom so many thousands and thousands of people have such enthusiasm and affection as to prompt their participation in a 500+ mile cannonball run in the middle of a july worksweek.
I'm sure that the customers wish some things had been done differently and planned for differently, but not nearly as much as do the McKays folks. But this wasn't a Fyre Festival, this was a Woodstock.
Anyway, it was stressful at times, and we fretted over the possibility of its completion, but McKays bent over backwards to try and make it to where if folks were committed to making the whole trek, they got the whole prize. They made tons of allowances as situations changed.
If you haven't been to a McKays, and are ever passing along I-40, I hope that the mania surrounding this event gives makes clear how beloved this shop is to folks who live in Tennessee and North Carolina, and outsiders (like me) who pass, and stop at, it frequently, and makes you wanna see why.
It's the best used bookstore I've ever been to (no individual McKay's store has the scale and scope that does Powell's or the Strand, but their prices are DRAMATICALLY lower than either). I'm incredibly grateful for their prompting and hosting such a great adventure with my fellow readers, and their generosity in prizes in celebration of fifty years.
That's fair
Okay, so I did say I would post some surprises from my Nashville trip, and here we are! So there's this giant bookstore called McKay's where they sell a lot of used books, movies, music, and some other things. They even have locations in other states (my friends are seriously thinking of a road trip just to go to book stores).
I did find a couple of books that were great finds but it was the music section where I found albums I never thought I'd find anywhere. And I mean anywhere. Also excuse my reflection, I tried to keep my face out of the pictures.
First is the 2 disk CATS OBC. I was floored when I saw this. I mean, I thought I would have to get this on Amazon for full price. I got this for about 9ish dollars. The case did break and is cracked. But this is so worth it.
Now the next two albums are definitely fantastic finds I absolutely 100% never thought I would find outside of Amazon.
Starlight Express AND The New Starlight Express
The Starlight Express album is 2 disks and is the original London Cast. The New Starlight Express album is 1 disk and is the version the has John Partridge as Electra.
I was in awe when I saw these at McKay's and I knew I needed to get them. I did get another CD but that will be a different post since it's not a musical.
Found this at McKays, and super excited to read it! Wish I coulda found the first one too, but seems like it can be read separate.
Also found this comic called Angelic and it's pretty cool! Got flying monkeys and cyborg dolphins. And the art is just beautiful. I only have the first 2, but they are really intriguing, 10/10 recommend!
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