I object.
Options...Imagine the day when there are no more Record shops....none. Play John Lennon, if you must, download it. I would be most dissapointed if this we're to happen, and, if it we're to happen what would replace them??
I like going to clothes shops and trying on a T-shirt every now and again, maybe some jeans. Doesn't mean that I won't press a button and awaken to the product at my doorstep, coz I think dats fun too!! And no doubt the need to dress and stay fresh is much more important than to buy a record. Greensleeves being something thats on my list for purchase.
How about going to your local record shop, and ordering some vinyls to your home, a T-shirt, a computer, a chair, and then setting up your own online record store....That would be fun, no?
There's a new place that's a Record shop and an Internet Cafe, that also sells clothes and DVD's too, it's called Rebel-Music Ltd I set it up with my brother so we could continue on in the spirit of Hip Hop (music culture) which I feel record shoping is a part of. There is a small section for second hand Cds, and records, nothing over board, and people are welcome to come and bring their un-wanted albeit rather good pieces in if they please. We try and keep our DVDs to a rarity even though it seems like the Majors are all over anything new, and anything different, which is difficult, because people like that familar taste like Mc D's.(I'm convinced Mac Donald's doesnt taste nice, just familar) We also try and get as much independent stuff in too. And we need help.
I very much like that there are options for people and pray that record shops shall never all close down, unless there is something funner awaiting and they are taking up all the space, in which case hurry up and close down, so I may too become part of this fun.
I'll admit...American prices are ridiculusly fun to hear about, I can't wait to get out there and do some record shopping, and all the rest.