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by Yia Yia
Boudisque in Amsterdam is closing... A successful store, selling music for over 35 years
and known for its diverse range of music, is throwing in the towel. That, to tell you the
truth, was basically what set this whole thing off.
The very first thing most people think of, when looking for something to blame here, is
probably the commodified WWW, and above all the MP3. Not so strange, but after some
serious thinking, undeserved.
What seems to go without saying, is the fact that it is youth, causing this evolution if
not keeping it in tact. By downloading music to their i-pods and simply passing by the
stores that actually sell music in tangible form, they seem to waltz right over the nos-
talgia experienced by their parents. This is the message the media tend to send to us
and I must say, if it wasn
by Yia Yia
Boudisque in Amsterdam is closing... A successful store, selling music for over 35 years
and known for its diverse range of music, is throwing in the towel. That, to tell you the
truth, was basically what set this whole thing off.
The very first thing most people think of, when looking for something to blame here, is
probably the commodified WWW, and above all the MP3. Not so strange, but after some
serious thinking, undeserved.
What seems to go without saying, is the fact that it is youth, causing this evolution if
not keeping it in tact. By downloading music to their i-pods and simply passing by the
stores that actually sell music in tangible form, they seem to waltz right over the nos-
talgia experienced by their parents. This is the message the media tend to send to us
and I must say, if it wasn
