response 52 of 106:

Oct 28 05:42 UTC 2001

Back in resp:music2,154,217  (music2, item 154, resp 217)  I wrote 
about the Virgin Megastore on Michigan Avenue.  The store was still 
pretty appealing when Leslie and I returned there this spring; but 
we were there again on Friday, and the store has crashed.
 
The biggest disappointment was the dismantling of the classical section.
Classical was forced out of its separate room, the one with classical 
albums playing in the background; it was shoved in a back corner and 
cut by maybe 40%.  The old classical music room is now the DVD room.
 
World music seemed gutted as well; I couldn't find any discs that I wanted.
 
There were a couple of British Isles/Celtic items worth looking at, 
and they were priced at an appealing $14.  I settled for the new Kathryn
Tickell CD and passed on the Bachue.  And there was a Tracey Dares CD
I had not seen before.  But that was it; two CDs bought, and just one 
tempation passed up, from a store where previously I had found 
armloads of stuff.
 
The standard price of $18.99 was really putting me off buying anything
which might have been stocked at any other store.
 
We're unlikely to go out of our way to stop there  on our future
Chicago trips.