> Media Play is closing all of it's stores Nationwide. This was announced > yesterday. > > I live in Columbus, Oh. This is a metropolitan area of about 2 million > people. It now leaves us with no major music retailer of any sort. The > Virgin Megastore closed about 2 years ago. I buy a lot of stuff on-line, > but still enjoyed the retail experience to browse through discs, look at > books, or pick up a copy of Mojo or Q. > > This leaves us with the limited stock of a Best Buy or Target or God > forbid, Wal Friggin Mart. > > A sad day for music fans in these parts. > > I guess deepdiscountcd.com is going to get more of my money. I'll take some of it. ;-P well, at least w/ the indie power pop side of things. I wouldn't buy major label stuff from Not Lame, either! ;-P A bit more seriously, w/ Media Play/Musicland closing stores left 'n right, renogiating leases w/ the stores remaining, it brings warm sweet memories of the only time I over worked for a corporation, when I managed Sam Goody/Musicland stores in LA for two years(the hair metal years in LA, late 80's...talk about hell). And how explaining to the district manager and regional manager that we needed to set up the store store with what our customers were looking for and be able to buy what they were coming to us for and being met w/ derisive threats always revolving around the use of the phrase: "Follow The Planogram". Rot On. Bruce @ Not Lame, the first damn retailer for power pop!