RTP-area local music and culture

[Jeffrey Herrick <herrickjeffrey AT yahoo.com>]

N&O article:
http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/965663.html


BTW while searching for this on the N&O website I came across this gem in the 
Cary paper:
http://www.carynews.com/the_scene/story/8138.html
It opens with:
 "I’m gonna come right out and say it. The local music scene around here sort 
of stinks.".... and gets worse from there..

Jeff

On Feb 25, 5:32 pm, local... at gmail.com wrote:
> Just got this message today. Sad, I've been buying records at
> Schoolkids ever since I got my first turntable (back when it was in
> the original Pepper's location.) - glenn
>
> Schoolkids Records, Chapel Hill location, will be closing it's doors
> in March, 2008. It may be coincidence or not....but after 33 1/3
> years, this long playing music retail institution will be closed. All
> Triangle retail business will be handled in the Raleigh location,
> which is located at 2712-100 Hillsborough St., while it still
> maintains a retail presence in Athens, Ga. The business climate for
> music retail has changed so drastically since our beginnings, but so
> has the concept of locally owned businesses. We are faced with many
> more obstacles, that even 6 years ago were virtually not present. For
> all those in the Triangle area, who have supported all the Schoolkids
> Records location throughout the years and especially those in the
> Chapel Hill area, we would like to extend our many thanks and kudos
> for helping to keep this institution alive for so many years. We would
> especially like to thank the University of North Carolina, the Cat's
> Cradle, Local 506, WXYC, WXDU and The Merch, for their continuing
> support of our Chapel Hill location through the years. Now as we begin
> to flip the LP to side 2 of our existence, our goals have not changed
> nor has our commitment. We just hope that music retail will always be
> a part of your shopping experience, now and in the future.


       
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No Depression will stop publishing this summer, acc. to this story.
Small music mag publishers cite decreased advertising buys from record
labels as the main cause of their struggles...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19357366