“In the heat of a situation as frenzied as a high-stakes record store dig, people will say things that stick with you. A few years ago, at a store I visit regularly, I mentioned to someone behind the counter that I wanted to buy a copy of Wire’s 1978 sophomore album, Chairs Missing. A man perusing the table nearby snapped his head up to look at us. I couldn’t remember his face now if I tried, but h”
