tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post7294849997022016416..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Lehrer Listerners CareBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-61418385896507145312009-01-01T09:23:00.000-08:002009-01-01T09:23:00.000-08:00Excellent ! I was surprised at the amount of peopl...Excellent ! I was surprised at the amount of people who actually give a damn about our vanishing history. Sometimes I think it's just me. And you. We gotta get this blog more publicity Brooks!Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-28758053993253517902008-12-31T08:46:00.000-08:002008-12-31T08:46:00.000-08:00The business I still most miss that was closed due...The business I still most miss that was closed due to landlord greed was Footlight Records, formerly on 12th St just below Union Square. They went to an online-only store which just now closed for good this month. But that store was a mecca for every person I know who liked soundtracks and show albums. They would stock things I never expected to see in a store, and half the fun was seeing what was in their used CD bins. I know many out-of-towners who built a visit to Footlight into their NY stays. And back when it was open, I know I bought a lot more show and film music CDs just via the phenomenon of impulse buying: you hold something in your hand, it looks interesting, there's no shipping costs and instant gratification. The last time I looked, there's still no tenant in the former Footlight storefront, so those landlords be-damned! There is now no place left in New York City to buy specialty and small-label film and show CDs, unless you want to count Colony, whose midtown location is linked to sky-high prices and must just be thought of as a tourist trap, albeit a fairly well-stocked one.<BR/><BR/>Just down the road from the late Footlight Records, 12th Street Books was similarly forced out of its charming basement walkdown location ths year, but I finally trekked out to their new store at 179 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn a few weeks ago and was reassured to see the same two guys in charge and a very pleasant and high-quality used book store that hopefully will keep thriving in Brooklyn. I believe they call themselves The Atlantic Bookshop now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com