Can you spare a tear this afternoon for the long, slow death of the American record store?
but as someone whos spent many an hour wandering Virgins endless aisles, Im pretty crushed about this.
Overblown press releases aside, the quality of any sale comes down to dollars and cents.

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Still, the sale was enough to draw in dozens of eager bargain-hunters on a sleepy Thursday.
I know this is far from the most serious loss to result from our current recession.
But am I the only one who will miss it?