Third Strokes the charm
I can't contain myself any longer.
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT THE STROKES NEW THIRD ALBUM FUCKING RULES!!!
Whew.
Okay. I feel better now.
Lauren and I dropped Mel off at work at 7:45am. We sat in the car for the remaining fifteen minutes and then at exactly 8:00am, I walked in straight towards the New Releases section and frantically scanned the shelves for The Strokes 3rd album First Impressions of Earth.
It wasn't there.
They hadn't set it out on display yet.
I began to panic and feel faint.
Where the fuck was The Strokes?!
I looked in R&B. Perhaps they put them in the wrong section? Nope. The country section didn't have them either.
Instead I found Mel, grabbed her by the collar with both hands, jerked her down and ask through gritted teeth, "Mel. Where. Are. They?!"
"Ask Sean. He would know where they are. Let go of my shirt. People are staring."
I searched for Sean and found him helping three guys who were looking at the new X-box that has come out.
"Hi. I'm sorry to interrupt. Sean, right? Where is The Strokes new album? It comes out today and I don't see it on display. Y'all have it right? Mel told me that you guys have it but I don't see it."
He looked frightened.
"Yeah, we have it. Hang on one second."
He went to the back of the store and in a matter of seconds brought out the CD that I have been impatiently waiting for three years. I saw the light shine down, angels began to sing in the background, and sparkling stars circled around it.
"Thank you, sir. You are a beautiful man."
I ran/walked towards Mel with their CD held in both of my hands and raised it above my head. I probably looked like a freak screaming, "I got it! Finally Mel, I got it!."
When I made it to her register she reached out her hands.
"I want to see it."
"No. If you'd excuse me for a moment, I'm going to make out with the CD now."
"You're deranged."
Now it's playing in my CD player at work. So far, so wonderful. The whole third floor will have to endure my freakish love affair that I have with The Strokes for the rest of the week and perhaps the rest of the month. They should be so grateful that I'm sharing the magical sounds that are The Strokes.
All of y'all who are taking time out of your life to read these words must go purchase the album too if you haven't already. Go. Now. Go and buy it. And if you haven't bought the first two, buy those also. You can thank me later.
Why are you still reading? Go buy them now!