I'd heard the rumor shortly before Christmas, but I was so caught up in not shopping for gifts that I didn't have time to fully snuff it out. So, this may be old news to some, but the Union Square branch of the Virgin Megastore chain is indeed going away.
I generally prefer to buy my discs (yes, I still buy discs -- I much prefer the genuine, tactile artifact to intangible digital files plucked from the ether) at independent mom n' pop shops (the few that are left), but I've certainly bought'em at Virgin on many an occasion. The bloom was off the rose for me when they dismantled the import section to make way for a larger Hip Hop section (yeah -- `cos GOD FORBID we shortchange Hip Hop, it being so neglected in the marketplace and all -- give me a break), but I'll still be sorry to see it go, if for no other reason than it further sounds the death knell of "the record store."
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