With CD sales sliding, "I tried my hardest to come up with a new model, and we were making a lot of headway with it before the holidays," said Virgin Entertainment Group North America CEO Simon Wright...
Circuit City / Virgin (pic via Racked)"And then there were three.
The Virgin Megastore music chain will close its Union Square location in New York City at the end of May and its Market Street store in San Francisco at the end of April, sources say...
the new Kim's on 1st Ave (via Vanishing New York)
Etherea on Avenue A (via Stupefaction)"Pretty soon, Other Music is going to be the only record store left in Manhattan...
DOWNLOAD:AC Newman - Submarines Of Stockholm (edited version, mp3)
"Like his friend Dan Bejar, of Destroyer infamy, Carl Newman is a tremendously gifted songwriter who has the New Pornographers to thank for reining in his tendency to let cleverness run amok...
"We knew the iconic Virgin Megastore was on its way out, but now we've got a date for the goodbye party. The store closes this coming April; not long after, a Forever 21 will open in its space...
Tickets are back on sale for Tuesday's previously-sold out Glasvegasshow at Bowery Ballroom. Angela McCluskey is opening. You can also see Glasvegas for free tonight/Monday (1/5) at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square at 9PM...
The Damnedare playing the Gramercy Theater in NYC on New Years Eve. The cost is $60 a ticket. Now The Damned are also playing (and signing autographs at) the Virgin Megastore in Union Square one day earlier (December 30th) at noon...