I like going to "Hot Topic" in the mall

newbie308
newbie308 Posts: 767
edited June 2012 in The Clubhouse
I was wandering the local mall this weekend, and happened to visit a store that I never thougt to visit before. I expect that places like Spencers and Hot Topic were strictly for teenyboppers that like to waste their daddy's money, but guess what, "They sell Vinyl LP's"! How cool is that! I scored Tool's Undertow, Foo Fighter's Wasting Light, and No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom (on special limited edition orange vinyl) and all at realy great prices. Then I found out that they can order many labels beyond what they cary in the store!

I couldn't pass up the Iron man chest piece 'T' shirt either. Man! I thought that at 43 I'd be beyond this kind of spontaneous mall shopping, but I guess not. Hey! My 8yo daughter thinks I'm cool, so how bad can it be!:cool:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,396
    edited June 2012
    You FOOL! That's how they get you man!!!


    Next thing you know, the Twilght saga and reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will be all you can watch, followed by the descent into trance music HELL.:eek:

    You have become one of the undead.:cheesygrin:
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited June 2012
    I won't lie, I thought this was going to be a thread similar to pfb's skinny jeans shopping experience. Glad I was wrong :lol:

    We have Spencers but I've never heard of this "Hot Topic" store.
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited June 2012
    Oh Noooooooooo!

    Maybe I can find an online support group!

    Ya know! They have all kinds of zombie t-shirts at Hot Topic! Body piercing jewlry, too! Maybe I should get some gages, a tongue ring, a couple through my eyebrows, some metailc skeleton gauntlets, an adventure time t-shirt..............................
    Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited June 2012
    I bet the new FF album sounds great on vinyl, let us know how you like it!
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited June 2012
    codyc1ark wrote: »
    I bet the new FF album sounds great on vinyl, let us know how you like it!

    That was the first thing spinning on the TT when we got home. Didn't even read the label indicating that it was 45 rpm! So, the beginning of the first song was a little strange! After changing speeds and cueing the first track again I sat and listened cover to cover. Awesome! I think that this is my favorite Foo Fighter's album yet. I don't own a digital copy, so I couldn't do an analysis of vinyl vs. digital. Considering that this album was recorded with analog gear, I suspect that vinyl will prove to be the best media.
    Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited June 2012
    You didn't buy skinny jeans while there did ya?:eek:
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,717
    edited June 2012
    Never heard of "Hot Topics", checked out their web site and .... it actually looks pretty cool.

    ... doing a "Search" for " Black Sabbath" found that they were having a contest for "Design the Next Black Sabbath" T ! :smile:

    ...which ended yesterday. :cry:

    Hot Topics does have, btw, a "Lime Green Petticoat" offering which may interest "some" people. :loneranger:
    Sal Palooza
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  • newbie308
    newbie308 Posts: 767
    edited June 2012
    halo71 wrote: »
    You didn't buy skinny jeans while there did ya?:eek:

    I did peruse their large selection of flamboyant clothing articles, but skinny jeans do not allow for effective concealment of firearms! I prefer good ole fashioned Wranglers for their deep pockets and loose fit. :wink:

    I was tempted to ask the cashier if her tongue ring realy made a difference durring fallace, but that would be tough with my wife standing next to me and my daughter clinging to my leg! :eek:
    Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2012
    I love Hot Topic, Got some funky Tee's from them and always check out the music on offer. I have to keep up with the kids these days you know.....

    Plus my 5'7" 250 body looks great in Skinny Jeans and Twilight Tee!!!!!!!:eek:
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited June 2012
    I don't go to malls normally, unless it's Sears. I pull up around back and enter/exit through the tools section.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2012
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited June 2012
    I don't know about your Hot Topic, but the one here has a pretty decent sound system.
    All Klipsch kg 1.5's and 2.5's and 2 powered subs (10 or 12"?), all mounted on the ceiling, firing down on the sales floor.
    Mackie amp, Adcom speaker selector, Denon 5 disc? CDP.
    Its in a mall so I am pretty sure, it is just idling to say the least, but still, I was pretty impressed with it just loafing.

    Not the best by any means, but 8 speakers, 2 subs, its not bad.:eek:

    Every Christmas, all my niece ever wanted was a gift card from Hot Topic!
    Being a big Korn fan myself, I have bought a few cd's there myself.:biggrin:
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