This music store at the corner of 12th Street and Duane is a place I really wanted to love. I don't like being negative on this blog, but here we go. After four or five bad experiences with the store and none very positive, I stopped going in. Of course, I wanted to like it. The store is filled with wonderful music and a totally hippie atmosphere that those of us who came of age in the '60s would appreciate, and '60s wannabes would surely adopt. It's like a music-lover's version of the new-and-used bookstore where you can lose yourself in time browsing the shelves and come out with a gem. However, after standing around being ignored while people who came in after me were waited on, being spoken to in a non-friendly manner, and generally dissed, I gave up. I don't think it's me. I usually find local business people to be extremely personable, friendly, and helpful. We'll see many of their stores as the blog continues - but Bach 'n Rock is a fixture and an attraction for any number of reasons, including the garden that keeps expanding onto the sidewalk around it. I wanted to include it in this blog.If the owners catch wind of this post and recognize me, they will either be nicer the next time I go in, or they'll be worse, which is hardly possible within the description of customer service. As I said, I really wanted to like this place. Maybe someday I'll have a reason to change my mind. I hope so.
