tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442455430231444267.post1651458302004008062..comments2024-01-17T13:21:23.709-05:00Comments on The Vinyl District | thevinyldistrict.com: I Need That Record!Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03401281910218683136noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442455430231444267.post-90098737370749710382008-04-23T11:20:00.000-04:002008-04-23T11:20:00.000-04:00Without giving it too much thought, I'm guessing t...Without giving it too much thought, I'm guessing the demise of the independent record store -- here in the US, anyway -- is a cyclical trend. They'll come back and they'll look different than they do today. I'm guessing there'll be iPod docking stations where people can refill their players (like people used to take records into listening booths); there'll be coffee pots and young hipsters trying to make time with teenage girls. It'll be a social thing. And music will be a part of it, not the core of it. Music as the core of a brick and mortar business will likely go the way of the feed store on Main Street. Music Junkie at <A HREF="http://www.fusion45.com" REL="nofollow">Fusion 45</A>Michael Verityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299509719317547486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442455430231444267.post-27932738985318042732008-04-20T19:55:00.000-04:002008-04-20T19:55:00.000-04:00Agree fully. So - did you hit up a record store?!Agree fully. So - did you hit up a record store?!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401281910218683136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442455430231444267.post-26901907235375365972008-04-20T19:31:00.000-04:002008-04-20T19:31:00.000-04:00Sounds like an interesting documentary. It's sad t...Sounds like an interesting documentary. It's sad to see our big gov't and big business collaborating in such shady ways. They ruined farms and our food, got us into retarded wars and now even our record stores are in danger. Seriously. Not. Tight. :(Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11700026735495447094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442455430231444267.post-60077795436938018452008-04-19T04:47:00.000-04:002008-04-19T04:47:00.000-04:00In London it's weird, the past 7 years or so has s...In London it's weird, the past 7 years or so has seen the closure of a lot of the small record stores; but it's not the indie shops that are closing. Thanks to a revival of interest/use of vinyl some of the indie stores seem to be thriving. While the large stores seem to be moving to push DVD, games and books more than music.<BR/><BR/>What's been hit pretty hard by the internet - torrents and blogs - is the secondhand music store. They've almost all gone in London. All the places I used to go to and get my fingers dirty flicking through old vinyl in the racks. The rise in the rapidshare style blogs that post complete hard to find records has stolen their custom!<BR/><BR/>It is kind of sad, and it makes me feel kind of guilty. However, if you're into pretty obscure music you could never find it in those places anyway. I've found more online than I ever did browsing through the crates. <BR/><BR/>However those same stores used to buy a lot of new stuff in from people who had gotten it for nothing. Plenty of albums changing hands for which neither record company or artist saw a penny. Guess where those came from? Not through thievery..but as freebies that record companies handed out to staff, journalists and various other people in the industry. I don't know a person who worked for a record company through the 80s or 90s who ever paid for their music or the gigs. Or their drugs for that matter. <BR/><BR/>That's the same record companies who blame the internet for the death of music. So I guess I shouldn't feel too guilty.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.com