is it the same as being in the record store? No. But....she can discover lots of great music, and I mean lots. I cannot tell you how much great current music I've found since I discovered mp3 blogs back in 2008. It's immeasurable.



>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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