Saying Farewell to a Business That Turned Into an Identity (J&R Music World closes its doors)

NY Times ^ | APRIL 13, 2014 | RACHEL L. SWARNS

[Zhang Fei]

On his last day as a company man, Marty Singer braced himself for the final drive to the office. It was Friday morning. The clock was ticking. But he couldn’t bear to go.

So he answered another phone call. He tapped out another text. He composed another email. He sat down at his kitchen table and wept.

At 10:30 a.m., he finally picked up his keys. “Be strong,” he told himself.

Then he walked out his front door, into a world without J&R Music.

[Moltke]

I'll always miss the uppity record store clerks with the earrings and "cooler-than-thou" attitudes as they sneered at my purchases

You mean like these guys?

[Tanniker Smith]

I wish I had known about this. I used to work a block away from there, shopped there a lot. But my first external floppy drive for my Commodore 64 there with one of my first "real" pay checks. (Some cartridges, too)

Most recently was probably a couple Christmases back when I bought an electronic picture frame from them for my father for Christmas. he never used it, unfortunately.