Rush my money to the record shops

[venta]

Crap.

HMV is going into administration.

And if HMV goes, it'll take Fopp with it (I imagine).

And that'll be the end of the big high street record shops.

If it causes an outbreak of independent record shops, then hurrah! I fear it won't. And I like record shops.

I don't browse well online, not for music or for books. I want to pick stuff up, and look at it. I want to own a CD, and a nice cover, and some sleevenotes. I want to be able to wander into a record shop, and listen to what's playing. I want to flick through CDs and see what's on offer.

I'm a dinosaur.

Time for a ceremonial trip to HMV on the way to work in the morning.

Comments

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

HMV sold off Waterstones in 2010 to pay off some of their debts. (Sold it to the man who currently owns LJ, I believe.) So it won't be directly affected by their troubles.

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

Did they? Oh, well, I was just judging they were still in the same group group by the fact they still seem to share a number of directors.