Jeremiah has
the lousy news this morning that Rockit Scientist Records has lost its lease and is closing Feb. 29 on St. Mark's Place... (You can read the details
here. Encouraging sign: The owner hopes to relocate.)
Reading this, it occurred to me that there is now just one CD/music shop left on St. Mark's Place — Sounds, which is above the Grassroots at No. 20.
I can't remember every store that has closed on St. Mark's Place in recent years ... Joe's CDs, 13 CDs, Venus Records, Mondo Kim's, Smash ... uh... (A little help,
Alex?!)
Didn't
seem like too long ago where you could have spent an afternoon on St. Mark's Place rooting through the bins of the record stores here ... then reading the liner notes/CD sleeves of your purchases at the Grassroots or wherever over a beer ... Ah,
how old-fashioned.
Anyway, Norman's is still there just around the corner on Cooper Square...
As much as I hate to see record stores close, we are fortunate to have several good choices left in the neighborhood, such as...
Kim's ...
Good Records NYC ...
Turntable Lab ...
A-1 Records ...
Other Music ...
Academy Records ...
Gimme Gimme ...
Big City Records ...
Rainbow Music...