I can't say I've ever said this before, but why is this here AND receiving 8 upvotes (so far)?

Maybe because this is an indication of how disruptive the MP3 players alongside with digital downloads are becoming to the traditional music industry.

In 2008, how is that news?

Put it this way, when was the last time any of us purchased a music CD at a traditional music retailer?

For me, the answer is probably 1999, and not coincidentally, I recently found a paper gift certificate for $15 from 1999 for a Virgin Megastore.

I probably haven't bought a CD since maybe 2005.

I like the use of the ironic "not!" Maybe the writer was trying to take us back to a time when Mike Myers was on SNL and record stores were thriving.

I can't believe they bulldozed the historic Luna Park bar in Union Square to make room for a restaurant when they could have instead put it in the old Virgin Mega-store. What a waste.

Oh well. There was a day when poor (or rural) people would have to wait for the publication of a 4-handed piano arrangement of a Brahms' symphony in order to hear it.

Wow, was that more or less slow that 14.4 baud modems?

It's called a sunset industry. Why not switch industry instead of trying to stop the sun from setting?