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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:41 AM Original message |
Record Store Closings |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Anecdotally, I'm seeing a lot of closings, very few openings. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It varies by neighborhood and type of business |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I was down at my old carry-out restaurant yesterday. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. .... and that might be a conservative estimate. |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. What bothers me is ... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The Wump World |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Or more importantly: productive farmland |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. and they keep building more in my neighborhood |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm Surprised |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm old and confused. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I was going to post they stopped making vinyls a long time ago |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Actually, vinyl is alive and well. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. "ANALOG VINYL JUST SOUNDS BETTER." |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's ambiance |
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tismyself (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. AHAAAA HAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. If you take care of your vinyl it won't pop & crack. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. ugh |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Well, er, excuse me. I had the percussion vividness in mind |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Bad recording, bad mastering.... well, it all *added* sound that wasn't actually there. |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. What's wrong with a little good old '70s cock rock? That stuff is killer. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. clean vinal doesnt pop, sonny! |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I seem to recall |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'm glad I'm not alone.... |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. I figured they meant music shops |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Must be all in their heads |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yeah, this is just more of that whimpering whinerdom |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. recommend |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Nobody buys records anymore... cassette tapes is the new thing".....McCain.. nfm |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. McCain just ditched his Victrola. n/t |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I'd have thought McCain was an Edison Cylinder kind of guy... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. You can still buy Victrolas, nothing like a Breakable 78rpm Record |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. I heard he just invested in an eight-track |
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tismyself (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. old and in the way |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Haha! Me too... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Make that three of us |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. OK, so in 2006... |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. With All The Strip Mall Vacancies |
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bikesein (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I agree |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. Went to Century Centre in Chicago's yuppie haven of Lincoln Park to see a movie yesterday |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. Barnes and Noble is the most coveted retailer for new development.... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm sure these are concentrated in certain regions. |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. I like the ads that come up with this story... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. We are very fortunate to have three independent "record" stores in our area |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
54. Your in The Roc? |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 07:26 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Well, just south right now |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Oh God! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Cool! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. And they are still building strip malls on very vacant parcel of land around here |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Pushing more and more people to use Walmart due to lack of other choices. nt |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
34. Disneyland, theme parks, tourist spots don't seem to be affected...? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Oh yeah, they are. I took my kid to Disneyland recently. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. There is hardly a strip mall without at least one empty suite around here |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. As long as Vintage Vinyl in Woodbride NJ doesn't close |
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ninety lives (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I like used CD shopping.... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Let's face it |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. Stores are closing and becoming non-tax-paying churches. n/t |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. One obvious answer is the explosive growth in online sales |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
49. I wonder if shops in malls are closing at a higher rate than |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I've been reading about how suburbs won't fare as well |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-18-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Rent Is The Killer |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
50. Send out another round of "stimulus" checks!!!! :-) |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
51. was in portland oregon |
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