You know a musical genre is in trouble when Circuit City devotes 15-20sf to it and the manager at Tower Records blithely says “We don’t carry any.”
Update: So what’s that style? No, not soundtracks, not folk (although that seems to be buried in “pop”), but Classical! I even went to the largest used book/music store in town today, and they don’t have a section for music which has been around for a lot longer than rock n’ roll or hip hop ever has.
Amazing.
Update #2: For you Hawai’i residents, Borders at Waikele has a fairly good selection at prices somewhat less than the standard. In fact, I got a copy of Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s 4th, the 1812, and Marche Slave for $6.99. I also got a copy of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for $7.99.
And what, pray tell, is the genre?
I’m being deliberately mysterious. Take a stab at it. 😉
Yeah, but iTunes is building a really cool collection. Last week I snagged Yo Yo Ma’s Unaccompanied Cello Suites by Bach. $20 for some of the best thinking/meditation music around.
Wow. I remember when record stores – yes, I’m dating myself – has entire separate rooms for classical music. Tower doesn’t carry any at all? I’m shocked.
Kim, there’s even a sign on the wall at Tower (which is an 8,000-10,000sf store) saying “Want Classical? Come to Tower!” yet when I asked, that was the response. Looks like it’s the ‘Net or nuthin’.
It really is pathetique.
I was just thinking I was sure I’d bought classical music at Jelly’s before — but no, it was jazz. Uh-oh.