Is the Internet the Deat of...

static-harmony · 10.25.2006, 05:04 AM

Record Stores?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in599008.shtml

Tower Records files for Bankruptcy.

fishmonkey · 10.25.2006, 05:09 AM

thats a balls, i love tower records.

sonicl · 10.25.2006, 05:17 AM

The big chains in the UK are beginning to suffer as well, although none to the extent of bankruptcy. The problem that they are facing is that the majority of music that is sold is Top 40 stuff and in that respect the chain record stores are being massively undercut by supermarkets. Given the choice between picking up the new Razorlight album for £9 in Tesco while getting the weekly shop and having to make a special journey into a town centre to get it for £13 in Virgin, which are people going to do?

porkmarras · 10.25.2006, 05:18 AM

Inteeeeernet, be the death of me
inteeernet, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' busy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds

static-harmony · 10.25.2006, 05:21 AM

Yeah when I heard this I was shocked as well, I went and bought me some cd's they were quite cheaper than before.

Tokolosh · 10.25.2006, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by sonicl

The big chains in the UK are beginning to suffer as well, although none to the extent of bankruptcy. The problem that they are facing is that the majority of music that is sold is Top 40 stuff and in that respect the chain record stores are being massively undercut by supermarkets. Given the choice between picking up the new Razorlight album for £9 in Tesco while getting the weekly shop and having to make a special journey into a town centre to get it for £13 in Virgin, which are people going to do?

Mentioning Razorlight... what do you think of it. Shite?

static-harmony · 10.25.2006, 05:44 AM

I think it is shite, but also it is a new way to reproduce and make music. This really marks the birth of online music.

sonicl · 10.25.2006, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

Mentioning Razorlight... what do you think of it. Shite?

Oh, I haven't a clue. The single gets right on my tits though. I just picked them at random as a band that has recently released a new album. I should have picked Robbie Williams, I bet 85% of his sales are through supermarkets.

greenlight · 10.25.2006, 06:14 AM

i liked endind of punk:attitude documentary (well the whole of it). theese days internet is a punk (movement). it's fuck off to the system and corporations.

Glice · 10.25.2006, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by greenlight

i liked endind of punk:attitude documentary (well the whole of it). theese days internet is a punk (movement). it's fuck off to the system and corporations.

What on Earth kind of a sentiment is that? Does that actually make the slightest bit of sense to you? Do you mean it's punk as in it's a load of overrated crap populated by twats with stupid opinions? It's badly dressed rehashing of songs that were crap previously? I don't get it. I don't get any of it.

NEW WORLD PLEASE, THIS ONE'S BROKEN.

porkmarras · 10.25.2006, 06:27 AM

Are you insane?Eh?

fishmonkey · 10.25.2006, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tokolosh

Mentioning Razorlight... what do you think of it. Shite?

SHITE? thats my line.

Tokolosh · 10.25.2006, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by fishmonkey

SHITE? thats my line.

We learn from eachother all the time.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 10.25.2006, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras

Inteeeeernet, be the death of me
inteeernet, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' busy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds

hahaha nice

gmku · 10.25.2006, 04:04 PM

Haven't a clue. Seems like kind of a big question to try and answer, even if I did know what "Deat" means.

static-harmony · 10.25.2006, 04:05 PM

Yeah I realized that when I posted it.

Glice · 10.25.2006, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Haven't a clue. Seems like kind of a big question to try and answer, even if I did know what "Deat" means.

This DEAT?

M. Deat?

Probably this Deat?

gmku · 10.25.2006, 04:12 PM

I think definition # 2 under the last sounds like it might be what we're talking about. I can see how the Internet is the cock of record stores.

Hip Priest · 10.25.2006, 04:36 PM

It's not the death of internet stores, antiquarian book stores, antique shops or anything else. There's still enough of us who appreciate a nice shop with nice people, being able to see and feel the goods and building up a relationship with the owner. That kind of thing's nice.

Some businesses fall and fail, but mostly things just carry on.

gmku · 10.25.2006, 04:37 PM

Count me among them. I hate Internet shopping. I hope you're right about there being enough of us, though.

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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	The big chains in the UK are beginning to suffer as well, although none to the extent of bankruptcy. The problem that they are facing is that the majority of music that is sold is Top 40 stuff and in that respect the chain record stores are being massively undercut by supermarkets. Given the choice between picking up the new Razorlight album for £9 in Tesco while getting the weekly shop and having to make a special journey into a town centre to get it for £13 in Virgin, which are people going to do?
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Inteeeeernet, be the death of me inteeernet, it's my wife and it's my life Because a mainer to my vein Leads to a center in my head And then I'm better off than dead Because when the smack begins to flow I really don't care anymore About all the Jim-Jim's in this town And all the politicians makin' busy sounds And everybody puttin' everybody else down And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds __________________
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static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Yeah when I heard this I was shocked as well, I went and bought me some cd's they were quite cheaper than before. __________________
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10.25.2006, 05:44 AM	#7
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	I think it is shite, but also it is a new way to reproduce and make music. This really marks the birth of online music. __________________
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greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,134	i liked endind of punk:attitude documentary (well the whole of it). theese days internet is a punk (movement). it's fuck off to the system and corporations.
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porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Are you insane?Eh? __________________
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Haven't a clue. Seems like kind of a big question to try and answer, even if I did know what "Deat" means. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Yeah I realized that when I posted it. __________________
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I think definition # 2 under the last sounds like it might be what we're talking about. I can see how the Internet is the cock of record stores. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	It's not the death of internet stores, antiquarian book stores, antique shops or anything else. There's still enough of us who appreciate a nice shop with nice people, being able to see and feel the goods and building up a relationship with the owner. That kind of thing's nice. Some businesses fall and fail, but mostly things just carry on. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Count me among them. I hate Internet shopping. I hope you're right about there being enough of us, though. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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