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If you haven't already taken part, get out there for Record Store Day. Aren't limited edition vinyls with gorgeous artwork so much more personal than downloading an mp3? There are plenty of New York stores participating with special events (here's Other Music's schedule) and other one-day-only offerings (participating stores listed here). The NY Times takes a look at why it's important to support these stores before they go the way of Tower Records, saying that "In Manhattan and Brooklyn at least 80 stores have shut down in the last five years." Yikes! If that doesn't put the fear in you, read Steve Albini's take on today, and why a record store is sort of like a farmers market.

On the evening of April 3rd it was announced that Sound Fix, the record shop/cafe fixture on the corner of Bedford Avenue and N 11th Street in Williamsburg, was shut down. Since first mention the Dept. of Health has been blamed with locking the doors, but noise complaints are generally at the root of every establishment's demise.