Derry's Music, Johnny A, and The Long Tail

So my musical interests have forced me down The Long Tail (see my earlier post). I was listening to the radio (103.7 The Mountain here in Seattle) and heard a great guitar piece by artist Johnny A. Being the Music 1.0 person that I am, I began searching for the (gasp) CD.
(Interesting side note... his web site says "New CD... in store now". Oh really?)

BMG Music? C'mon... get real...
Wal Mart? Online only.
Fred Meyer? No. (Although the helpful kid told me it would be in the Blues section under 'A'. Right. If they had it.)
Fye? We're out. (And it would have been under Jazz)
Borders? Nope. (Who?)
(...light bulb... DING!)
My old stomping ground... the "old faithful" of CD's... Silver Platters! (No sir. "We're out, but we can order it for you." I didn't want to ask why I needed him to order it for me when I could get it online... obviously I'm not savvy enough to do that myself.) Interesting that they had more white place cards than they did CD's.

So... I can order it online from Amazon, or from his web site...just get out my Visa and be done with it. I could probably download it via VCast on my cell phone even. Why have I spent almost a month driving from store to store?

...because that's the way I've always shopped for music. I want the tangible CD, I want to fuss with the shrink-wrap in the front seat and listen to it on the way home. Maybe it's a tradition... or maybe that's been the LIMITATION.

Guess I'll head off to order the CD online and put an end to my impatience, but what a reflection on my old school behavior. I'll let you know how the ALBUM sounds once I get it...