I really, really, REALLY miss record stores and bookstores
I was in London recently and wandering in and out of bookstores and record stores is what I did there. I did other shit as well, but they were my main destinations.
Especially music stores. Browsing. Hearing the music they were playing. The listening stations. Buy a CD or two. Checking out the DVDs. Seeing the latest releases. They were alive and fun....the good ones. The big ones like Tower, Virgin, HMV and the smaller ones down the back streets.
Bookstores as well.
I'd seek them out in any big city or town I visited. Second hand bookstores as well.
Doubleday in New York - it was the first place I always went to and Tower Records.
Their disappearance has left a big hole in my life.
I've never been a museum person. I find them airless and oppressive.
Does anyone else round here feel the same?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 5, 2019 12:12 AM
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even looking at this photo I can feel myself being drawn in...
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 4, 2019 11:45 PM
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I adored Tower Records. Even Wherehouse was pretty good. There are several small independent record stores where I live, and they're great, but it's too bad we don't have music superstores like HMV in the U.S.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 4, 2019 11:55 PM
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Do you still have a turntable, OP?
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 4, 2019 11:56 PM
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yes, I do, R4.
actually it's a machine that converts vinyl to digital.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 4, 2019 11:58 PM
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I'm so glad I grew up when they were a bigger part of our culture, but that parade's gone by.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 5, 2019 12:08 AM
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Indie bookstores are doing pretty well, given how tough it is for them to compete with Amazon. You can find one in virtually any decent-size town.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 5, 2019 12:12 AM
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Here in Minneapolis we still have plenty of independent bookstores and record stores.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 5, 2019 12:12 AM
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