tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127671115713357023.post7495060198327179306..comments2023-05-23T07:54:17.323-07:00Comments on Pop Dr(((O)))nes: A&B Sound (Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love HMV)Mark E. Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124907235616925437noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127671115713357023.post-69239182604337650002008-08-14T21:34:00.000-07:002008-08-14T21:34:00.000-07:00A&B was my first job in the big, mean city, an...A&B was my first job in the big, mean city, and I made a lot of friends that I still talk to on a regular basis. I have no idea where I would be right now if it were not for that place. It just saddens me that what was once a library of music is no longer. HMV just doesn't have the same appeal and personality that our A&B did.<BR/><BR/>As for being mis-managed into the ground, that almost seems to have been the intent. Is Seanix using A&B as some sort of tax write-off? That is a theory that some are tossing around when considering how they intentionally ran that company into the dirt. I don't know enough about corporate taxes to say for sure, but it does seem strange that they would out and out fire anyone and everyone who knew how to run the place. Something doesn't fit. Anyone else with any other theories?Mark E. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124907235616925437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127671115713357023.post-65754827497391335542008-08-14T16:09:00.000-07:002008-08-14T16:09:00.000-07:00I totally agree with Bjorn on the store lasting as...I totally agree with Bjorn on the store lasting as long as it did. But hey - this was the place where we all met! hurray for friendship!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127671115713357023.post-62283281758802213702008-08-14T01:27:00.000-07:002008-08-14T01:27:00.000-07:00I'm surprised it lasted this long. That place was ...I'm surprised it lasted this long. That place was mis-managed into the ground.Bjorn Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137692351238569535noreply@blogger.com