In honor of this spooky occurrence, rXrCDs will be holding our first Friday the 13th sale tomorrow. We will be offering a 13% discount on all sales of store inventory (only excludes gift card purchases). Store hours are Noon to 6PM, hope to see you then!

rXrCDs
506 N. Mangum St. STE 103
Durham NC 27701

Just in this week:

CDs: Front Line Assembly, The Cranes, Siouxsie, The Clash, Funker Vogt.

DVDs: Watchmen, S Darko, Rec, Splinter, City of Lost Children, Heavy Metal 2000, Barbarella and several 2 Disc collections of the A Haunting series.

Any purchase of $5.00 or more made before November 30th qualifies for an entry into the raffle for the "Machete" poster autographed by Danny Trejo.

rXrCDs
506 N. Mangum St. STE 103
Durham NC 27701
919-688-1237

Store Hours: TUES - SAT from Noon to 6PM. Closed Sunday & Monday.

Just in this week:

CDs: Einsturzende Neubauten, Air, Haujobb, Nitzer Ebb, Tre Lux, and some great autographed discs by Bella Morte & Ego Likeness.

DVDs: Dune, El Mariachi, Aeon Flux the Complete Animated Collection, From Beyond, Dragonball Evolution, and Boy Eats Girl.

Any purchase of $5.00 or more made before November 30th qualifies for an entry into the raffle for the "Machete" poster autographed by Danny Trejo.

rXrCDs
506 N. Mangum St. STE 103
Durham NC 27701
919-688-1237

Store Hours: TUES - SAT from Noon to 6PM. Closed Sunday & Monday.

Thank you to everyone that made it out to the store yesterday for our grand opening! I could not have asked for a better first day. Normal store hours begin next week as we will be open on Tuesday through Saturday from Noon until 6PM for those that didn't have a chance to come by to check out the new space.

Our online inventory is currently on hold until we get our feet on the ground at the physical store, but expect that to be back up and running around Thanksgiving-ish.

Since Halloween can be hectic and some people may not be able to make it out that day ... As a test run for the Grand Opening this Saturday, rXrCDs will be opening it's doors tomorrow from Noon until 6PM. We will have special goody bags for the first 10 customers tomorrow.

As a thank you to customers during our first month at our new home, we will be raffling off a poster of the upcoming Grindhouse flick, "Machete" which has been autographed by Machete himself, Danny Trejo. Any purchase of $5.00 or more made from now through November 30th qualifies for a ticket entry. Winner will be chosen at the beginning of December.

Hope to see you soon!

Managed to get lots done at the store over the weekend. The DVD wall is complete, just need to fill a few gaps. I've started working on filling the CD tables. Unfortunately, the way the tables are built, I can't really do the title cards anymore since they can't be seen because of the slanted table base; however, the CDs are spined and pretty easy to read thanks to that slant. Plus, no more writing cards, YAY!

The next few days will be a bit hectic. Need to take in the remaining CD inventory tomorrow and change over my business license to reflect the new store address. Tuesday I'm meeting with the representative of the new credit card processing company I'll be using. It'll still be a web based approval system so no expensive equipment, but much lower fees and the moolah will be directly deposited into the bank account so I don't feel compelled to spend it except on monthly expenses.

Might be treating myself to the KMFDM show tomorrow night as a reward for getting things done this weekend. We'll see how tomorrow goes...

Things are progressing quite well! Over half of the furniture is built, the DVD racks and countertops are completed and set up. The CD tables are being delivered tomorrow and will be built at the first of next week. The grand opening will be on Halloween from Noon until 6PM.

This weekend, I'll be at the Carolina Theatre in Durham vending at the Escapism Film Festival so hope to see a few of you there :)

It's official!! rXrCDs has a new home in Downtown Durham at 506 N. Mangum St Ste. 103. Keys are in hand but there are a few minor things left to be done by the contractor. The furniture building frenzy will begin this weekend and I think we will be on track for a Halloween grand opening.

Today, we placed our second down payment on the commercial condo at 506 Mangum St in Downtown Durham. Construction on the space will begin tomorrow and take roughly 6 to 8 weeks. With luck, we might be able to have a grand re-opening Halloween weekend. That's the goal anyway. We will keep you posted!

Because I've recently had people say they've missed my reviews, I'll start them up again. Can't think of a better movies to restart with than this.

This is a fabulous tribute to the old black & white sci-fi films of yesteryear. The script is quite simply fantastic and the actors are quite good at portraying their characters, I really don't know how they managed without busting out laughing every five seconds. Three groups of characters collide in the search for a rare element: the scientist & his wife who are looking for Atmospherium, the evil doctor trying to resurrect the Skeleton, and aliens who lost their pet mutant. The skeleton is awesomely evil. The whole thing is hysterical and is highly recommended especially for fans of Ed Woods and other low budget sci-fi greats. Oh, and *rawr*. Yes, I totally dig Animala, she rocks.

Those of you on Facebook already know, but earlier today, I placed a deposit on a new store in Downtown Durham NC. This is a commercial condo in a mixed use brand new construction on Mangum Street just a few blocks from the previous Parrish Street location. As we will own our space, this *should* be our permanent home for quite some time. The next few weeks will have us meeting with the architect and custom fitting the space to our needs.

We will be continuing to specialize in primarily alternative music & movies providing CDs and DVDs at affordable prices. Depending upon available space, we may again also include a "Books for a Buck" section but will also be carrying the new bottle cap charm necklaces and other assorted miscellany.

So far, the tentative closing is for October 31st which is terribly fitting. Will definitely keep you posted as the events unfold. I am VERY excited to be having a go at a physical location again so hopefully the third times the charm ;)

The DVDs have all been uploaded to the Ebay store leaving 450+ items available for sale. There are quite a few subcategories including ones for lovers of paranormal beasties (vampire, werewolves, and zombies). We will start uploading the CD inventory next week so keep checking back for more goodies!

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Well, the posting of inventory has been slow going at best due to not feeling well. However, the DVDs are half way there. Lots of goodies to be had at the Ebay store including: The Addams Family, Blue Velvet, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dust Devil, Flight of the Living Dead, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer and lots more! There's 170 posted currently and at least that many more to come. There is also the new addition of a Budget DVD section with titles for just $5.00 or less.

www.rxrcds.com

It's been a while, but rXrCDs is finally back selling online again after a slight hiatus while traveling for conventions and what not. We'll now be gearing up for DragonCon so mass quantities of goodies are on the way. We hope to have the rest of the DVD inventory online by this weekend and begin posting CDs next weekend.

If there is anything specific you are looking for feel free to email us: info@rxrcds.com and we can either post it to the Ebay store for you or arrange for a sale through emails. For some reason, Ebay will only allow online payment types (Paypal), but we will still accept Postal Money Orders, just message us for mailing address.

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/rxrcds

Wizards: After constantly being asked to find this at shows, I've finally procured a print and watched it. Not quite sure what I was expecting. While I knew animated, I was fully expecting more adult natured animation (themes or violence). Was totally not expecting Nazi propaganda film clips and the evil wizard to be taking his cues from Hitler. Quite disturbing premise that if there were an apocalypse, the only remnants would be those of the atrocities that lead to such an outcome.

Knights of Bloodsteel: Decent little sci-fi channel mini series. Was a two part showing so a bit less than 4 hours if you fast forward through commercials. Honestly didn't pay that much attention to it but decent background if nothing else is on. Your basic good versus evil flick where each side is on a quest for a powerful object (bloodsteel). Christopher Lloyd has a bit part as an Elf sorcerer. A bit hokey at times but much better than the straight to video Asylum crap.

Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter - This was kinda eh for me. Most likely because I couldn't really finish the graphic novel after seeing the film. The Black Freighter tale really was a bit dull, despite having Gerard Butler doing the voice. Did kind of enjoy the mockumentary interviews.

My Name is Bruce: So much fun! Great storyline with the obsessive fan thinking that Bruce is some kind of hero based on his film characters. Definitely worth watching and owning for any die hard Campbell fans.

Punisher: War Zone - Brutally gory fight sequences which is the way Punisher should be. Quite a dark tale. Make-up for Jigsaw was great. Liked seeing the whiny guy from Green Mile as a villain.

Abominable - Decent cheesy sci-fi/horror romp. Great bit parts for Lance Henriksen, Jeffrey Combs, and Paul Gleason (Vernon from Breakfast Club). Was also nice seeing Matt McCoy as I liked him in Deep Star Six.

I really need to try to update at least every other day, but well, here's a bunch more watched over the last few weeks.

Tokyo Zombie: Began great, a bit more of a buddy movie that just happens to take place during a zombie uprising. It kinda lost me toward the end when it turned into Beyond Thunderdome with the Jujitsu guy versus zombies.

Dark Ride: From the first 8 films to die for. Fairly decent slasher flick set in an amusement park in Asbury Park that is about to reopen after tragedy years ago. Conveniently, the killer escapes just in time to kill some more people.

Alien Invasion Arizona: Low budget sci-fi flick. Prison transport bus runs into trouble and is taken over by the inmates. They are stranded near a town that has just been invaded by aliens. Kinda neat that it turns out that the aliens are also escapees from an intergalactic prison transport.

Alien Raiders: Surprisingly really good. Aliens are hidden inside humans but certain people can sense them. A team of hunters overtake a supermarket where they believe the head alien is. Craziness ensues, people die gruesome deaths, their psychic boy is killed. Only other way to know if one is an alien is because they can regenerate so begins the cutting off of little fingers. Definitely worth watching although the ending was a bit predictable.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008): A pretty fun sci-fi romp. Brendan Fraser is great as usual. Never read the book so not sure how much of it is on par, but it seems like it's more the adventures of a scientist that followed the premises of the book.

Splinter: Decent horror movie. You never really find out why or how the "splinter" infections begin. Basically anyone touched by the splinters begins transforming into mindless killing machines. Some pretty good gore scenes.

Necroville: Definitely the best watch in this batch. Very low budget horror movie. Two friends are fired from their video store job and take on jobs as exterminators. They don't hunt bugs, they go after paranormal beasties (zombies, vampires, werewolves, etc). The one guy has a mega bitch girlfriend who's ex-boyfriend is back in town and he also just happens to be a master vampire that the two have to slay. Good times.

Transformers the Movie (animated): I'm sure that had I watched this back in the day that I would have loved it. Now, not so much. Dragged. The hideous 80s rock soundtrack doesn't help matters. But, hey, it's out of print and worth some cash so had to pick it up.

Dream Warrior: Yet another movie where the cover has absolutely NOTHING to do with the film. Basically got this since Lance Henriksen and Sherilyn Fenn are in it. But, well, it's worse than made for Sci-Fi channel movies. Post apocalyptic world where Lance's character is a leader trying to cleanse the remaining survivors by killing all the freaks (genetically mutated peeps).

The Burrowers: A bit slow, but a fairly good western horror film. Think Tremors without the comedy and more gruesome monsters.

Gamers: Fabulous mockumentary documenting 4 friends and their 20+ year stretch of gaming. Shows bits and pieces of their lives then, now and with little blurbs at the end showing how they end up.

I'm sure these are not in order of when watched as they are starting to jumble together, but now that the evil tax stuff is mostly out of the way, I'll try to limit listings to 2-3 movies at a time.

Special Dead: Thank you Jessica for letting me know about this one. I am still trying to find you a copy as this is a definite keeper for me. About as politically incorrect of a movie as possible. Zombie outbreak at a special needs camp. Not much else needs to be said. Helmet girl rocks!

Xombie Dead on Arrival: This collects the episodes of a webcomic. Would have preferred if they had been spliced together instead of having credits after each installment so that it could have been a bit smoother. But, definitely intriguing enough to try to search out more. Fairly short DVD though, so would probably netflix it instead of buying.

Revenge of the Zombies: A 75% successful attempt at watching an older horror film. Quite laughable with the spooky way of calling the zombies. Watched most of it before giving up think I missed the last 10 minutes or so.

The Haunting in Connecticut: While I'm sure that this is more based on than an actual "true" story, it was quite enjoyable. A few definite creep outs and moments to make you jump in your seat. Also shows the family struggles against cancer and alcoholism.

Rogue: Part of the dimension extreme series. Sci-fi channel has definitely made me a junkie for these silly creature movies. This is a bit more of a serious take on a Lake Placid kinda theme. A group of tourists get stranded in a remote part of a river and are attacked by an enormous crocodile. Many people are eaten, good times.

The Mad: Mad cow disease taken to zombie extremes. Billy Zane in all his cheese acting glory. The beef from a local farm is infected and in turn infects all those that eat it at a local diner. Amusing and worth the watch.

Terminal Invasion: My Bruce Campbell fix of the week. He plays a convict that is being transported during a storm. He and the escorting officers have an accident and end up at a small airfield which has some passengers awaiting flight. No one can leave because of the weather conditions, but the weather is not the only problem as some of the people there are not of this earth.

Freak Out: British horror comedy involving a pair of geeks that try to mold an escaped mental patient into the ultimate slasher. A bit hard to follow at times with one girl that speaks way to quickly but overall a decent watch, nothing special.

Justice League New Frontier: Definitely a bit too brutal for young children but an enjoyable watch for teens and adults.

Dragonlance: What a complete piece of crap this was. You know something is bad if it takes me a week to watch it. Ten minute incriments were too long to be subjected to this. Anyone that thinks it's a good idea to pair bad 80s traditional animation with crappy low budget CGI should be shot. I'm wondering if the people that voiced the characters knew how awful the animation was going to be.

Black Ops: Lance Henriksen viewing of the week. Similar premise to Ghost Ship in that a ship is haunted. This time a Nazi special weapon is taking over the bodies of people on board and committing gruesome murders.

Think that's all of them. Probably lots more to come in the next week as I have a plush new couch to lounge on while QAing DVDs.

Quite a lot of movie viewing over the weekend and in the days to come so will be grouping several together.

Night of the Living Dead (original, 40th Anniversary Edition): In efforts to watch more classic horror, I finally watched NotLD. I have seen both the 90s remake and the newest one with Sid Haig and am quite familiar with the storyline. While it was enjoyable I think I much prefer the 90s remake as Barbara actually becomes more than a waste of flesh in that one.

Netherbeast Incorporated: A definite keeper! Think office space with a vampire/ghoul twist. The head of a company suspects that many employees are vampires and kills one. Of course, they are and so is he. He simply has a degenerative disease that is clouding his mind. In his dementia, he hires a human from outside which is never done and brings in an efficiency expert. Employees go missing and the hi jinks go on from there.

Twilight: An OK film. Honestly nothing spectacular and probably could have lived without owning it. Cuts out quite a bit of the getting to know you stuff from the book and focuses on the vampirey aspect which was probably a good marketing ploy. While Edward makes for quite the yummy eye candy at times, his acting leaves a whole lot to be desired.

The Amazing Screw-On Head: While not familiar with the comic this is based on, I may have to search it out now. Quite a fun short tale of the Screw-On Head, a secret agent, and his attempts to thwart the evil plans of his previous sidekick.

Was conflicted as to whether to post this in this business journal or rant about it in my personal, but, well, it has quite a bearing on my business as it refers to another media seller, so here it is.

As part of my restocking for the next set of shows, I bought about 15 DVDs from a seller on Half.com. Most of them were listed as "Brand New", and what I received today truly makes me a bit sick. While, yes, the DVDs are shrink wrapped, it is not a factory wrap (no title security seal on top. There is a generic "Security Device Enclosed" sticker along the opening edge but those can actually be bought by several supply companies. However, the BIG giveaway that these are not factory originals? All are in substandard clear flimsy cases. Well, the fingerprints on the "New" disc are also a give away.

How do people sleep at night passing this crap off? While I sit here wasting hours on end quality controlling used DVDs and CDs to ensure playability. Now, I get to figure out if I want to rock the boat by leaving accurate feedback or simply keep my mouth shut and avoid them in the future.

So, please, if you are buying media, be educated in knowing what the packaging look likes. Also be on the lookout for bootlegs as they are being passed more often also.