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Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing
By BEN SISARIO
the new york times

NOW added to the endangered species list in New York City, along with independent booksellers and shoe repair: the neighborhood record store…The hole-in-the-wall specialty shops that have long made Lower Manhattan a destination for a particular kind of shopper have never made a great deal of money. But in recent years they have been hit hard by the usual music-industry woes — piracy, downloading — as well as rising real estate prices, leading to the sad but familiar scene of the emptied store with a note taped to the door…“Record stores as we know them are dying,” said Josh Madell of Other Music.

i admit, it’s very ‘indie’ of me, but i got into collecting records in college. we had a record player for most of my childhood. we decided to sell it at a garage sale when i was in junior high. of course, when i later realized how cool a record player is, i was terribly disappointed in that sale. not to mention the loss of some truly classic records. in fact, the majority of my records are more ‘hippie’ than ‘indie.’ yet another way in which my parents have influenced me…i know that in another ten years or so, c.d.’s may be obsolete, but i’m not interested in preserving c.d.’s. on the other hand, records represent a part of history that i’m just simply nostalgic for.

you can add that to the never-ending list of things i’m nostalgic for.