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[zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 childers.paula AT epamail.epa.gov wrote:
> Personally, it's a sad day to see those stores going under. If anyone
> cares to recall, the reverse chain of ownership was Turtles -->
> Wherehouse? --> Blockbuster -->Tracks-->Record Bar.   

I don't think it's such a sad day when the corporate whore record stores 
go out of business. I was working at the Cameron Village Record BAr when 
they got bought. Suddenly it was no hair below your collar for guys and no 
jeans. It sucked. I will morn the loss of Crooked Beat and the 
corporatization of Schoolkids and Record Exchange. But until the record 
industry gets its head out of its rear I will continue to spend less on 
CD's. You probably also remember that when CD's first came out they 
claimed that prices would come back down from $10 to the $8 that albums 
were selling for when the manufacturing costs were recouped. It still 
hasn't happened. And CD's are cheaper to produce than albums were. I feel 
that more people should just go the route of Lulu.com or other such sites 
and put your music online for cheap. You still make more per sale than you 
ever would via the industry.


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