Re: [ARSCLIST] A Holiday vision

[Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>]

I bet I'm the only other person here who knows who Matador is.


                                            Roger

phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: My favorite new business model is the one that Matador uses.  They issue 
vinyl, which I buy, usually recorded and mastered all analog, and they 
give you a coupon to download the complete album for free in a decent 
MP3 form.  I buy the records from little fringe establishments like the 
one you mention (since we lost Tower).
Phillip

Marcos Sueiro Bal wrote:
> On these days of much despair about the state of the recorded music 
> business, or indeed music itself, and pining about everyone's 
> (especially youth's) inability to appreciate the arts, I thought I 
> would share a sight I had last week-end in the heart of New York City, 
> the Times Square subway stop.
>
> There was a *newly opened* independent record store, selling iPod 
> accessories, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, and (gasp!) vinyl discs, seemingly 
> doing brisk business.
>
> Next to it there was a string quintet formed by folks in their 
> twenties. They were surrounded by a very attentive crowd of 100+, 
> stopping in the middle of their busy shopping errands to listen to 
> their rendition of Mozart, played with verve and impeccable intonation.
>
> Happy holidays to everyone!
>
> Marcos Sueiro Bal
> Audio and Moving-Image Archivist
> Columbia University Libraries
>


       
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