“One loves one”
“One reciprocates, with ardour”
“One would like to give one one”
— Billy Connolly

What makes a good record store? I had a look at Leading Edge at Indooroopilly, and I’m happy to say there were a lot of strong points. It’s encouraging to see a major chain not suck.

1. Good selection of music, wide range of genres, generally decent prices. +1
2. A fair selection of local (Brisbane) music, which the large retailers usually won’t touch with gloves on. +1
3. No gratuitous genre groupings, just one music section, A to Z. All artists sorted alphabetically, even minor ones, so no need to look in 2 places for a CD. +1
4. Absence of posters advertising Elephunk by the Black Eyed Peas. +2
5. Tug Dumbly’s album is spuriously filed under Comedy. I would have created a separate Talentless Arseclown section and placed it there. –1
6. Vinyl. +1

So yeah. Not like me to rave about a store, but it’s good to see a major one that is actually bearable. I give it **** four asterisks.