This bit of news has got my Facebook feed all aflutter, so I figured I should share it here. Also, being that that I spend an inordinate amount of time here on Flaming Pablum discussing record stores that are vanished or closing, it’s actually nice to be discussing a New York City record shop that is opening.
That’s right, the long-awaited Rough Trade shop in Brooklyn (which I fleetingly alluded to here) has finally got an opening date slated. Like the veritable Chinese Democracy of record shops (I wish I could take full credit for that analogy, but I forgot where I first read it), the fabled British record store will open its first U.S. flagship store (I believe) in the hipster Mecca of Williamsburg.
Am I beside myself? Well, not exactly. Selfishly, I’d much rather see the place open here in Manhattan, but I guess they’ve got to go where the demand is (and where they can afford the rent).
Further selfishly, the opening of Brooklyn’s Rough Trade shop also means that I’ll no longer feel even remotely special for owning a cherished Rough Trade t-shirt that I procured in London at an actual Rough Trade shop off Portobelo Road in Notting Hill. Ah well.
But will I shop there? I’ll certainly go and check it out!
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