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   Thursday, March 04, 2004

AND NOW, THE BARON

When people ask me why I've chosen to waste my life working in a Yonge Street record store (and they do, really!), I respond that, more than anything else, it's the unpredictability I love. Today, for instance, I received spontaneous visits from an acquaintance I haven't seen in about two years, my friend Christopher on his way to a movie, and all 6'2" of Baron Marcus von Zipper, lead singer of the Vampire Beach Babes.

Marcus is a big strapping fellow with platinum hair, a black-leather-goth wardrobe and the most disturbingly jolly personality I've ever encountered. He's just so damn happy -- it's the most unnerving thing about him. He was thrilled to see me again after a year or so, gave me a wince-inducing hug and promised to send me samples of the new album when it's done.

Sure, I'd make more money in an office, but I'd get less visits from surf-guitar goth-rock singers.