11-01-2007, 08:07 PM
As reported by Down In Flames on the Boogie Board. She received the following email from the Laser's Edge mailing list.
Quote:
Those of you who were in attendance already know this, but for those of you who we missed at last night's Josh Ritter post-show Halloween extravaganza at the store...well, it was one of the best events in the 16.5 year history of Laser's Edge. No, no, the best. Hands down. And we missed you. Josh was a prince, as always, barefoot and in a toga, and played a marvelous set for us that lasted well after midnight. I stopped counting at a hundred people, but even with the tight crowd and the very late hour - or perhaps because of it - the in-store was intimate and emotional. As Josh is clearly an inspiration to so many of you, he has also been a generous and true friend to me and to this store over the years.
So, today I straggle in as my leftover buzz is numbed by a receding hangover and another more pressing matter at hand. Today is the day that I let you all know that Laser's Edge is closing its doors.
This shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone who moves about in the real world. We're all reminded daily via NPR segments, TV features, newspaper and magazine editorials, weblogs and conversations that the music business has changed. It used to be merely "changing." Now, for this store, it has indeed "changed."
It has, in fact, been changed for a number of years. What has kept Laser's Edge open and running for the last few years, despite pretty clear financial indicators, is a solid group of loyal patrons. Some of you have been shopping here since 1991, some of you have just recently discovered the store, but all of you bring an energy with you when you visit Laser's Edge that has kept the place going. In essence, you have kept its heart beating.
It has been my pleasure to know you, and my privelege to provide you with a place to find diversion and entertainment. Thank you.
The lease on the building here in Homewood is up in three months, and I do not expect to be open past the Christmas holidays, save possibly for a few special events within the store space during January. I will, of course, inform you of those as they are confirmed.
Meantime, the store will be open Monday through Saturday as usual, but will open one hour later, at 11:00 am. Closing will continue to be 7:00 pm daily.
The store is still fully stocked. I would love for all of the carefully chosen items in the store's inventory to find a home. Maybe this is the year that an iTunes gift card is displaced under the Christmas Tree by a classic Rudy van Gelder Blue Note jazz CD, a Ryan Adams vinyl record, a live Sam Bush performance DVD, or a recording by Josh Ritter. It's all here, and much, much more.
I will entertain any offers you may have on store fixtures or memorabilia, but the store will not be dismantled until it has ceased its function as a store. There are quite a lot of unique signed items and art pieces in the "collection" here that will most likely be auctioned off at a later date.
This is a ridiculously difficult type of letter to write, and I have deleted much more from its text than is being delivered to you. But I do want to thank you again, and I hope to see many of you in the coming weeks.
Humbly,
Fred
So, today I straggle in as my leftover buzz is numbed by a receding hangover and another more pressing matter at hand. Today is the day that I let you all know that Laser's Edge is closing its doors.
This shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone who moves about in the real world. We're all reminded daily via NPR segments, TV features, newspaper and magazine editorials, weblogs and conversations that the music business has changed. It used to be merely "changing." Now, for this store, it has indeed "changed."
It has, in fact, been changed for a number of years. What has kept Laser's Edge open and running for the last few years, despite pretty clear financial indicators, is a solid group of loyal patrons. Some of you have been shopping here since 1991, some of you have just recently discovered the store, but all of you bring an energy with you when you visit Laser's Edge that has kept the place going. In essence, you have kept its heart beating.
It has been my pleasure to know you, and my privelege to provide you with a place to find diversion and entertainment. Thank you.
The lease on the building here in Homewood is up in three months, and I do not expect to be open past the Christmas holidays, save possibly for a few special events within the store space during January. I will, of course, inform you of those as they are confirmed.
Meantime, the store will be open Monday through Saturday as usual, but will open one hour later, at 11:00 am. Closing will continue to be 7:00 pm daily.
The store is still fully stocked. I would love for all of the carefully chosen items in the store's inventory to find a home. Maybe this is the year that an iTunes gift card is displaced under the Christmas Tree by a classic Rudy van Gelder Blue Note jazz CD, a Ryan Adams vinyl record, a live Sam Bush performance DVD, or a recording by Josh Ritter. It's all here, and much, much more.
I will entertain any offers you may have on store fixtures or memorabilia, but the store will not be dismantled until it has ceased its function as a store. There are quite a lot of unique signed items and art pieces in the "collection" here that will most likely be auctioned off at a later date.
This is a ridiculously difficult type of letter to write, and I have deleted much more from its text than is being delivered to you. But I do want to thank you again, and I hope to see many of you in the coming weeks.
Humbly,
Fred
