Thomas has a great entry on record stores and churches. What can we learn from the fading record stores? From the NYT:
The neighborhood record store was once a clubhouse for teenagers, a place to escape parents, burn allowances and absorb the latest trends in fashion as well as music. But these days it is fast becoming a temple of nostalgia for shoppers old enough to remember “Frampton Comes Alive!’
Around the country, he (Eric Levin) said, shops like Grimey’s in Nashville, Shake It Records in Cincinnati and Other Music in New York are hanging on to young customers by evolving into one-stop hipster emporiums. Besides selling obscure CD’s and even vinyl records, many have diversified into comic books, Japanese robot toys and clothing. Some have opened adjoining nightclubs or, in Mr. Levin’s case, coffee shops.
Thomas says, “The lesson here is to adapt or die… its a sad lesson… I’ve lost Our Price and Impulse in Hamilton… and apart from Woolworths and ASDA there isn’t anywhere to by music in Motherwell. I have to go to one of the 2 Fopps in Glasgow… or HMV… or one of the Virgins (no laughing… but there are at least 2 Virgins in Glasgow).”
I wish I had more time to delve into this and spit out my opinion before I head out to Nigeria but I better not right now.
But read the entry and leave your comments. How is your church adapting? Is your church adapting? Or should we bring back the hymnals, the King James Version (if it was good enough for Jesus and the disciples it’s good enough for me), and the old pipe organ?
What are your thoughts?
I heart Grimey’s. That is all.