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Coffee Shops and Music
Darkbluerabbit:
This thread got resurrected, so I don't know if the OP is even looking for advice anymore, but I just survived another round of finals, and have a suggestion/complaint about the coffee shop I frequent.
I like to write papers in my local coffee shop. I feel more compelled to work since I made the effort to get there, and it has little booths that make great "study nooks." The music they play is usually really conducive to study too. Good, but easy to ignore when you're working.
Unfortunately Holiday season coincides with fall semester finals, so "festive" music is added to the rotation. Low-key or instrumental holiday stuff is fine, but there's also the brassier, harder to zone out tunes, particularly a Dr. Suess compilation that somehow gets played every time I've tried to write a paper there. Who's down in Whoville chirping away do not help me concentrate on study. If I was there socializing, it would be just fine, but based on the number of laptops and textbooks I saw around, lots of people were there to study. Obviously, they have customers that are not students, and I'm not suggesting that they should cater exclusively to college kids. I just think that it'd be nice to hold off on the fun, peppy holiday stuff until finals are over, and everyone is ready to celebrate. No one's going to be hurt if the music is a little mellow for a week or so.
So that is my suggestion, if you are in a college town and within a mile or two of campus. You can get a lot of business during midterms and finals, if it's a good study environment. People are there for hours typing away, and they'll usually order multiple drinks to compensate for sleep deprivation. Observing high stress times for students and making your shop the best place to work could score you some very loyal customers.
P.S. Neon Bible has topped a few "best of" lists this year. Whether the praise is justified or not, I can understand why you'd think someone "hip" would at least recognize the album. I am not equating "hip" with "good." It has to do with the "hip" culture, which seems to think Arcade Fire is all kinds of phenomenal.
Leinad:
Tommy, as far as I can tell, anything rad that came out of the 80's happened to some other country, because now people say rad. Fuck Rad, and whoever came up with that word.
Jimmy the Squid:
--- Quote from: thehollow on 19 Dec 2007, 14:52 ---Man, if someone were to open a shop around here implementing the ideas thrown about in this thread I'd be their best customer. This really makes me wish there were better coffee places around here. We have like one coffee shop that's not a Starbucks, and it's nowhere near where I live. And coming originally from the thriving hipster community that is Madison it makes me really miss good quality coffee/coffeeshops.
I think the idea of letting the customer choose the music is the most important. Just make sure everything on the playlist is something you can tolerate, because otherwise you'll end up hating the customer who keeps playing that one shitty song every time he comes in. There's a great restaurant in Madison that has a massive vinyl collection on shelves right near the cash register and any customer is able to put on whatever they want from their collection. It's a really cool system, and it's pretty much all good music. Not realistic for most places I'd imagine due to the vinyl investment, however.
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There used to be a Taco/burriito/assorted mexican foodserving emporium up the road from me. They were open until really odd hours like 3:42am and 5:13am on weekends and shit. They had swearing on the menu and on the promotion signs in the windows. They also had an iMac with a 19" monitor on the counter so you could go on the net and choose songs on the iTunes while you wait for your food. I would invariably choose NIN and Ministry. yes yes.
Kai:
Danzig is a pretty big fan of twee.
TRUE FACT.
Jackie Blue:
Danzig owns a black house, a black Porsche, and spray paints his grass black.
Actually seriously true fact.[/i]
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