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The end of the wrecka stow: Prince mentioned The Top 10 Things We'll Miss About Record Stores
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 This week has brought with it three more harbingers of record store doom. First, Prince announced yesterday he’s releasing his new trilogy of albums LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND and Elixer exclusively at Target stores. Second, U2 is using a week-long stint on "The Late Show With David Letterman" to promote their new CD, "No Line On The Horizon," because there's no real other way to get the album out there in people's faces for an extended period of time. And third, Virgin is closing all of its remaining New York record stores by this spring, leaving the country's largest city with a smattering of mom-and-pop indie shops, and little else. So stick a fork in the record store (an admitted misnomer, but never did call them CD stores). It is done. http://www.foxnews.com/st...85,00.html We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Woohoo! Go Prince!   Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad. |
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I saw this coming.
I prefer Mom and Pop stores anyway. The only thing is they can't afford to have decent sales on music. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
U 'gon make me shake my doo loose! http://www.twitter.com/nivlekbrad | |
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welp, at least new york still has Other Music.  | |
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Anxiety said: welp, at least new york still has Other Music.
Yes it does!  I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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purplecam said: Anxiety said: welp, at least new york still has Other Music.
Yes it does! and hopefully the wrecka stows on st. marks are mostly still around. i could spend a day browsing on that block and racking up tons of good music for (mostly) cheap.  | |
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Genesia said: The Top 10 Things We'll Miss About Record Stores
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 This week has brought with it three more harbingers of record store doom. First, Prince announced yesterday he’s releasing his new trilogy of albums LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND and Elixer exclusively at Target stores. Second, U2 is using a week-long stint on "The Late Show With David Letterman" to promote their new CD, "No Line On The Horizon," because there's no real other way to get the album out there in people's faces for an extended period of time. And third, Virgin is closing all of its remaining New York record stores by this spring, leaving the country's largest city with a smattering of mom-and-pop indie shops, and little else. So stick a fork in the record store (an admitted misnomer, but never did call them CD stores). It is done. http://www.foxnews.com/st...85,00.html They're closng th e one on Sunset Blvd. too  | |
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daPrettyman said: I saw this coming.
I prefer Mom and Pop stores anyway. The only thing is they can't afford to have decent sales on music. 
They can do other promos, though. The store I go to here in Madison has a "buy 12, get 1 free" program for both CDs and vinyl. I have a free CD coming as we speak! 
They also do a program where I can buy a CD online (through their website), then pick it up in their store. It saves me the shipping - and they call me when it's in. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: daPrettyman said: I saw this coming.
I prefer Mom and Pop stores anyway. The only thing is they can't afford to have decent sales on music.
They can do other promos, though. The store I go to here in Madison has a "buy 12, get 1 free" program for both CDs and vinyl. I have a free CD coming as we speak!
They also do a program where I can buy a CD online (through their website), then pick it up in their store. It saves me the shipping - and they call me when it's in. damm buy 12. 10 sounds better and get 1 free | |
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I don't wanna give up on record stores coming to an end. There are still people out there that appreciate the idea of exchange and trade. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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