Her record store experience was a little different than mine... my memories are of buying vinyl at places like Tower while her's was CD listening stations at Virgin... but her main grip was the same. She misses "having a place to go" to find music. It really started to hit me just how much the social landscape has changed for young people. Where as we had record stores, video arcades and movie theaters to gather in, they are home downloading and playing games online... yeah the movie theater is still there but even it's hitting had times. Yeah they have embraced the online culture but I think it's also opening up a void. Young people still have the desire to kick it but their options are just fewer and far between now. I've been thinking there is a great business opportunity out there for bringing the arcade record store into the 21st century. Imagine a coffee lounge where you had mp3 download stations and xbox live zones. A place they could go hang out and do the things they normally would be doing alone at home. I really do think that shit would take off. If I still has the funds I had 10 years ago I might have made a run at this.
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