So long, Kids

I just read the sad news that Schoolkids Records in Chapel Hill is closing. I know being saddened by this will automatically out me as a sad old man who once was cool but now looks with scorn at the younger hipsters who just don't "get it." But it is kind of sad. Schoolkids was the quintessential college town music shop, where you could browse a weird and wonderful selection of music while simultaneously pining for the cute rocker chick that worked there. Visiting Schoolkids made me feel better during the somewhat difficult year I spent in Chapel Hill. I have no problem with college students (those poor slobs) sharing music with each other, but it feels like something will be lost when there are no more record shops. Especially in college towns, which seem to be transforming into more trendy, less family oriented versions of suburbia with each year that goes by. Ah well.