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Jul 1 17:25 UTC 2007

There it is in black-and-white, full page ad on Page 1 of the July
issue of Current magazine:  last day for Schoolkids-in-Exile, July 31.

I was in the store for a bit yesterday; bought a copy of the
Archie Shepp jazz album that was playing, and also a recent Hoven
Droven live album.   It may be in jazz that I will miss Schoolkids
the most; much of my jazz collection consists of things I heard
in the store.   In all other fields I have lots of other good 
sources for information.

Steve the owner said he didn't plan to raise
the discount beyond 20%, because then he was losing money on each CD.
He's planning to run a web store with what's left of the stock
after the physical store closes, for a limited time.

My somewhat snarky opinion is that it's about 5-8 years too late
for Schoolkids to be talking about selling CDs via an internet store.
And, if much of the old stock hasn't sold after six months of being
offered in-store at a 20% discount, what is going to make it more
appealing on the web?

New-release CDs are still arriving -- only a 5% discount on those, 
though.  I imagine all the unsold ones can be returned to the wholesaler
after the store closes.

Well, I hope the store has a good blowout during Art Fair.  I'll
probably try to get there every Saturday this month just for nostalgia.