Where were YOU when you bought the AVOCADO?

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  • Allie
    Allie Posts: 2,908
    wow, 2 yrs?
    I was most likely at home b/c i pre-ordered it and also got that snazzy NYE live cd, which is really cool.
    I don't remember what I was doing though
    "...like a word misplaced, nothing said, what a waste.."
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  • Eisi
    Eisi Posts: 61
    Reykjavik, Iceland.

    Bought it at Skífan Record Store witch sucks huge ass cause it's as corporate as hell. If you're ever in Iceland please shop somewhere else :)
    Gordon Brown is fuckin' clown
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    Brainofdz wrote:
    I waited in line for 30 hrs at the defunct Union Square(NYC) Tower Records to buy the album which came with a free Irving Plaza ticket for the first 400 people.

    30hours? omg!

    i bet it was worth it! ;)

    i thought it was very cool that the 10c offered up a special version of this cd(packaging) and ESPECIALLY the instant download option. kudos to them!!
  • 75Tammy75
    75Tammy75 Posts: 18
    I had just fallen in love with my Other Half. My birthday is May 1 and he had gotten me a iPod. He needed one more accessory for it and went by Best Buy on May 2 to get it. Saw PJ and naturally picked it up.
  • G-force
    G-force Posts: 218
    Great Question. I was just thinking of this.

    I bought the Avocado CD at that MEGA Virgin store at Downtown Disney in Disney World. I vividly recall popping the disc into the rental car's CD player and cranking track after track on the way back to the hotel. The stereo sucked but the music was great.
  • HushBull
    HushBull Posts: 996
    The glorious gleaming Hastings...Where true rock n soulers buy their music.
    "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    Bought it from Borders so I'd have it to listen to while roadtripping the first leg of the 2006 tour. I originally purchased it from 10C because the opportunity to purchase both the new album AND the 92 New Years Eve disc. Both Pearl Jam and NYE 92 are still in heavy rotation.
    "Buy the ticket,take the ride"
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  • stpmattb
    stpmattb Posts: 958
    Sleeping out front of Tower with a few hundred of my favorite people ;)
    http://www.myspace.com/stpmattb
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Hard at work when I pre-ordered
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • ledbetteroregon
    ledbetteroregon Posts: 107
    I was in Germany when i purchased it. I won a free trip from a manufacturer we purchase products from at work and I made our tour guide take me to the local electronic store and I bought Avocado there. Everyone in our group thought I was insane. Something I wont forget.
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  • michaelcassio
    michaelcassio Posts: 72
    i got it during my semester abroad in Bologna, Italy. I listened to it non-stop that summer while traveling around Europe. great memories!
  • Elderly Man
    Elderly Man Posts: 235
    #30 on line at tower records in nyc
    MSG 2 - 03
    Ed Sullivan Theater - 06
    Irving Plaza - 06
    Albany - 06
    Hartford - 06
    East Rutherford 1 & 2 - 06
    San Francisco 1 & 2 - 06
    Bonnaroo - 08
    MSG 1 & 2 - 08
    Hartford - 08
    Mansfield 1 - 08
  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    woa, I can't believe it's been 2 years!
    It didn't feel like it was time for a new one but after realizing how long it's actually been I guess we should be getting close.
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    I was in school that day, couldn't concentrate on a fucking thing! Just thinking of the songs I heard on AOL sessions. I decided not to listen to the leaked songs. Headed over at lunch, and listened to that baby for hours and hours.
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    WOW i COMPLETELY forgot it has been two years...WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Well i remember it like it was yesterday. I drove right after school may 2nd with my freind to the local tower records, it was a bright sunny day. Right as I stepped out of my car This metal head comes up to me and asks if I'm buying the new tool album... i said "Nah pearl jam" he goes "oh thats cool, let me guess you alreadfy got 10,000 days? im like "yup, downloaded it, its pretty good." after that i just bought the album and left home with my friend and played it in my room




    Im gonna have to blast avocado today in honor........after im done with LOTL :D
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  • meme
    meme Posts: 4,695
    I don't remember... I think I both ordered it online AND got it from the recordstore near campus. I remember my students had a midterm that day. I had told them I would lecture during the second hour of class, but then I just said: "it's a beautiful day outside, and there is some great music coming out today, so go and enjoy" :)
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    I drove around to stores the day on May 1st and finally found a place that would sell it to me.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    errr.....at home, on my computer...did the 10c preorder thing. however, i also got another copy at tower records in the village, so as to to get the single, free ticket for the irving plaza gig. :cool:
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  • joint in a tree
    joint in a tree Posts: 392
    i was at Tower Records in Manhattan.

    I waited on line for a day and a half.
    :)
    "Find myself singing the same songs every day....
    ones that make me feel good when things behind the smile ain't ok...." -Hoon
  • TEEJAM11
    TEEJAM11 Posts: 335
    work and pre-ordered it from 10c

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