I was worried this would happen, and it did!!
Feb. 20, employees at Sam the Record Man, went to work and left soon after with a severance package after many years of service. Sam's was around since I was a child, I remember going to the mall and running to Sam's to search the racks of records, tapes, and posters. I was pleasantly pleased to see Halifax had a Sam's when I moved here 18 years ago. This morning, Feb.21/ 07 as I was making my first cup of coffee, I heard on the radio that Sam The Record Man is done! My heart sank and many past memories flooded my brain about going to Sam's. Many scary memories entered. We live in a world of everything disposable, cheap and cheap quality, public service has nose dived, everything spinning at a pace that we cannot keep up, middle class is dissolving, huge corporations are taking over the world and suffocating the little buisnesses, and soon we all will be buying everything in one store. ( which a lot of people do now). Is poor quality items, conveniency ruining our judgement of high quality items, just to save a buck or two?
Well, all that free downloading of music , I like to call non-support of musicians, really gives the tallented artists something to think about. This tells and shows them what you actually think about their talent. Next time you go to a concert, do not be surprised when the ticket prices double! And certainly do not complain. Because when you download a song for $1 just to save $20 for the CD, you will pay that and a lot more on concert tickets, DVD of the concerts and other paraphernalia of your "favourite" band or singer.