Plight of local record stores

[ggw]

Judging by all the underprivileged punk kids sitting on Haight hassling me for spare change last week, I'm not sure the Haight is such a high-rent district.

[godsshoeshine]

there was a half a dozen good used/independant record stores in pittsburgh. severly less hip than dc, and no one visits there unless they were from there.
 
 i don't buy the rent issue either. other expensive cities have nice record stores. i was really disappointed by the stores when i moved here
 
 edit: there are alot of college kids in the area here too. no good record store in (for example) tenleytown. i'd go there every now and again

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Hipster city slickers love shit like that. Makes them feel like their living the real gritty city life. Having those kids around won't hurt rent prices at all.
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Judging by all the underprivileged punk kids sitting on Haight hassling me for spare change last week, I'm not sure the Haight is such a high-rent district.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Basically, what I'm saying is you either need:
 
 1. Low Rents
 2. Hip Population
 
 You need not have both. You must have one. DC has neither.
 
 

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  there was a half a dozen good used/independant record stores in pittsburgh. severly less hip than dc, and no one visits there unless they were from there.
 
 i don't buy the rent issue either. other expensive cities have nice record stores. i was really disappointed by the stores when i moved here
 
 edit: there are alot of college kids in the area here too. no good record store in (for example) tenleytown. i'd go there every now and again

[godsshoeshine]

boston has a comparable population and better record stores. quite high rent too

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Earl Blanton Jr., Late Model Champ:
  I bet Richmond Plan 9 does significantly less business than Soundgarden.
 

I cannot speak on the topic knowledgably. They do what appears to be a phenomenal business, always a line to get to a register, and they've been in business for quite some time.
 
 They do probably have relatively low rent, however.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I can't speak knowledgably on this. I haven't been to Boston in 10 years. Ten years ago, their cd stores didn't impress me. Does Boston have an equivalent to Soundgarden or Amoeba or Everyday Music in Seattle?
 
 I guess it really depends on what type of stores you're into. Personally, I'm into used cd's and bargain bin cd's.  Soundgarden satisfies the former, CD Cellar and CD Game Exchange satisfy the latter.  Amoeba would satisfy both. The stores in NYC would satisfy neither. I don't really have much use for niche oriented indie stores with new releases, so I don't really have that many complaints about local cd stores.
 
 
   

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  boston has a comparable population and better record stores. quite high rent too

[ggw]

Originally posted by Earl Blanton Jr., Late Model Champ:
  I can't speak knowledgably

We've noticed.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Earl Blanton Jr., Late Model Champ:
  Hipster city slickers love shit like that. Makes them feel like their living the real gritty city life.  

Absolutely true...I'm loving the current crime spree in Logan Circle.  Armed robberies on the street in the light of day as well as at night...now I know I'm living the real city life.  I'm so cool!!!!!

[thirsty moore]

Much like gutter punks to city hipsters, Rhett's lawn makes him feel like he's living the country life.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Underprivileged punk kids in Logan Circle?
 
 

Originally posted by Bags:
   

Originally posted by Earl Blanton Jr., Late Model Champ:
  Hipster city slickers love shit like that. Makes them feel like their living the real gritty city life.  

Absolutely true...I'm loving the current crime spree in Logan Circle.  Armed robberies on the street in the light of day as well as at night...now I know I'm living the real city life.  I'm so cool!!!!! [/b]

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by Earl Blanton Jr., Late Model Champ:
  I can't speak knowledgably on this. I haven't been to Boston in 10 years. Ten years ago, their cd stores didn't impress me. Does Boston have an equivalent to Soundgarden or Amoeba or Everyday Music in Seattle?
 
 I guess it really depends on what type of stores you're into. Personally, I'm into used cd's and bargain bin cd's.  Soundgarden satisfies the former, CD Cellar and CD Game Exchange satisfy the latter.  Amoeba would satisfy both. The stores in NYC would satisfy neither. I don't really have much use for niche oriented indie stores with new releases, so I don't really have that many complaints about local cd stores.
 
 
   

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  boston has a comparable population and better record stores. quite high rent too

[/b]

didn't you mention newbury comics in this post originally?
 
 i haven't been to boston in awhile either, but i've hear people from there that live in this area complain about how much better the cd stores are up there
 
 if your happy with the status quo, i'm not sure what you're really driving at, though

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Does Newbury Comics have a good used cd selection? If not, what's the point. Might as well buy online.
 
    I do find the status quo acceptable for my own needs. The arguments I were previously making were prefaced on displeasure with the DC cd store situation. Not saying that I share that displeasure, just pointing out potential causes of the problem if one were to see it as a problem.
 
 

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
   

Originally posted by Earl Blanton Jr., Late Model Champ:
  I can't speak knowledgably on this. I haven't been to Boston in 10 years. Ten years ago, their cd stores didn't impress me. Does Boston have an equivalent to Soundgarden or Amoeba or Everyday Music in Seattle?
 
 I guess it really depends on what type of stores you're into. Personally, I'm into used cd's and bargain bin cd's.  Soundgarden satisfies the former, CD Cellar and CD Game Exchange satisfy the latter.  Amoeba would satisfy both. The stores in NYC would satisfy neither. I don't really have much use for niche oriented indie stores with new releases, so I don't really have that many complaints about local cd stores.
 
 
     

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  boston has a comparable population and better record stores. quite high rent too

[/b]

didn't you mention newbury comics in this post originally?
 
 i haven't been to boston in awhile either, but i've hear people from there that live in this area complain about how much better the cd stores are up there
 
 if your happy with the status quo, i'm not sure what you're really driving at, though [/b]

[Celeste]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 

Originally posted by Jonas Grumby:
 [qb]
 Reminds me of my next idea.  Amoeba orders delivered to DC by yours truly....I'm not there yet, but I'm thinking about a way to make it work. [/b]

will you show up in a g-string?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Celeste:
  will you show up in a g-string?

Only for you, and it will cost extra.