RTP-area local music and culture

["James Hepler" <hepstyle AT gmail.com>]

Wow.  That's just nuts.  Not the schoolkids thing.  The cary news thing.  I
can understand the schoolkids thing.

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Jeffrey Herrick <herrickjeffrey AT yahoo.com>
wrote:

> 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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