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  • From: "Margaret Campbell" <margaretc AT gmail.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: End of Another Era - Schoolkids Records to close
  • Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:37:58 -0500

Basically, folks, ain't none of us qualified to read the Cary News.

Chapel Hill is borderline, but Durham? Heck, Cary was reluctant to name
their new school Alston (it is on Alston Avenue) because it reminds people
of Durham.

To be honest, the writer reminds me of nothing more than new writers on a
college paper--the community isn't just like my old town! So it sucks!

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:47 AM, James Hepler <hepstyle AT gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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--Margaret Campbell




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