Waking up and remembering that today, you actually have money, and that today, you can go buy records/CDs for once... is a great feeling. Posters of artists young and old line the walls, windows, and just about any space in and outside of Reckless. The vibe in the store depends on the music that the workers chose to play that day which is the coolest part of going. It's never the same. It takes a lot to keep me interested in a store for a while, but for some reason I can get lost in Reckless for a couple of hours and not even know it. That's when you know the atmosphere and curiousity can trap a person in to buy slightly used music and movies. I chose this site for an ethnography because of the different people that a record store attracts. Especially, this particular one. It's in the middle of Wicker Park... so you know they have to be doing well living in a hispter neighborhood. It's the biggest store I believe, with the nicest collection. Whether the punky girl is working or the folky bearded man is working, you know that their suggestions and the music they can have an affect on you. Well, you can either hate it or love it, but the point is, that if you go in a certain day, they might play an awesome band/musician that you've never heard of. It's a breath of fresh air too, from being cooped up in Border's or Barnes & Noble for hours because of it's diversity.
<Time puts constraints on purchasing music, movies, and records.
<The overview of the store and how the collections started with nothing and with effort and patience, a vast collection is available to the public.
<New releases are the most exciting part about going to Reckless, because it's cool to see what new material what band came out with. God, I sound so nerdy.
<Good way to make some fast cash and if you're looking for a particular CD that you've been dreaming of and they don't have it on Tuesday? They might have it on Thursday.
<Sign says it all. Open for business and the name rooted from nowhere and built it's way up.
