Concertwire.com

Did anybody else see this and care? I love record stores, and am more likely to visit them in other cities than here. But this kind of news worries me.
Independent music lovers, say goodbye to one of your most beloved music stores. Schoolkids Records on Franklin Street has closed.

The Chapel Hill store that has been around since the ‘70s—with sister stores in other independent-music-loving places like Athens, Ga., and Morgantown, W.Va.—shut its doors Saturday.

No more hearing the worn, wooden floor creak under footsteps. No more squeezing past other customers down the narrow aisles looking for CDs and vinyl records. No more watching music videos there, or listening to samples at the listening stations.

“Trends have changed to where many, many, many college students are more likely to download than to buy the actual hard goods,” said Mike Phillips, who owned this location along with the Raleigh store.

“We just saw a hard decline in foot traffic on Franklin Street for buying CDs. It’s just got to the point where it’s not worth doing for us anymore.”

that's a bummer man, I was pissed when they closed the Disc Exchange west but, I was told they're trying to find another location out west so keep your fingers crossed!