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No More Virgins in New York
- Herring 18y agoi c waht u did there
- blang 18y agoI like the use of the ironic "not!" Maybe the writer was trying to take us back to a time when Mike Myers was on SNL and record stores were thriving.
- Alex3917 18y agoI can't believe they bulldozed the historic Luna Park bar in Union Square to make room for a restaurant when they could have instead put it in the old Virgin Mega-store. What a waste.
- robg 18y agoI can't say I've ever said this before, but why is this here AND receiving 8 upvotes (so far)?
- wave 18y agoMaybe because this is an indication of how disruptive the MP3 players alongside with digital downloads are becoming to the traditional music industry.
- robg 18y agoIn 2008, how is that news? Put it this way, when was the last time any of us purchased a music CD at a traditional music retailer? For me, the answer is probably 1999, and not coincidentally, I recently found a paper gift certificate for $15 from 1999 for a Virgin Megastore.
- helveticaman 18y agoI probably haven't bought a CD since maybe 2005.
- cdr 18y agonews.yc is the new reddit (is the new digg is the new...)
- mynameishere 18y agoOh well. There was a day when poor (or rural) people would have to wait for the publication of a 4-handed piano arrangement of a Brahms' symphony in order to hear it.
- thedob 18y agoWow, was that more or less slow that 14.4 baud modems?
- helveticaman 18y agoIt's called a sunset industry. Why not switch industry instead of trying to stop the sun from setting?