The worst week in the history of British Music Retail. First Prince
announces that he's bypassing shops altogether by distributing his album for free as a covermount with The Mail on Sunday (the Entertainment Retailers Association condemning this (hilariously) as "an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career"). But now this.
An absolute curveball! The legendary Glaswegian purveyor of cheap CDs Fopp, has closed. Yes, that's right "closed". No closing down sale, no budget books: gone, finito. 109 stores whiped out. A
culture is dying. On the one hand you think "go Prince" HMV can totally suck on that for making me save all my pocket money in 1994 so i could stump up the £15.99 you swines charged me for Parklife (on cassette), and then you're like Fopp? Nooo. This place is an institution. You were supposed to be a sign that there was still room for the good guys.
Sorry, i know that's not relevant, but hey, it's friday.
New Comment