![It’s so seldom that I ever check out anything on Craigslist past the no-fee by-owner apartments for rent and the occasional casual encounter—this is Aaron, BTW, in case you couldn’t have guessed— but this came across the transom today. According to the Village Voice our neighbors up the block SoundFix are on the auction block:
“I’m just testing the waters,” [owner James Bradley] told us via email. “I’m working two jobs these days and it’s a bit much. That’s all.” His post on Craigslist seems to indicate that he’s hoping someone assumes the store and keeps it alive, as is.
We asked what changed between last summer, when the store moved, and now. “What changed is that I’m working more and more at my second job,” Bradley told us (he’s also a copy editor at People). “I work seven days a week and it’s taking its toll on me. Ideally I would stay with Sound Fix as either a limited partner or some kind of employee, but solely running the place has been a great hardship as of late.” In 2010’s dismal record selling climate (or, for that matter, dismal magazine world), can you blame him? But don’t despair entirely. One way or another, Bradley assures us, “Sound Fix will endure.”
We certainly hope that our colleagues, whom we often send customers over to, be able to keep the store up and running.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l927e8ujNj1qdoljno1_500.png)
It’s so seldom that I ever check out anything on Craigslist past the no-fee by-owner apartments for rent and the occasional casual encounter—this is Aaron, BTW, in case you couldn’t have guessed— but this came across the transom today. According to the Village Voice our neighbors up the block SoundFix are on the auction block:
“I’m just testing the waters,” [owner James Bradley] told us via email. “I’m working two jobs these days and it’s a bit much. That’s all.” His post on Craigslist seems to indicate that he’s hoping someone assumes the store and keeps it alive, as is.
We asked what changed between last summer, when the store moved, and now. “What changed is that I’m working more and more at my second job,” Bradley told us (he’s also a copy editor at People). “I work seven days a week and it’s taking its toll on me. Ideally I would stay with Sound Fix as either a limited partner or some kind of employee, but solely running the place has been a great hardship as of late.” In 2010’s dismal record selling climate (or, for that matter, dismal magazine world), can you blame him? But don’t despair entirely. One way or another, Bradley assures us, “Sound Fix will endure.”
We certainly hope that our colleagues, whom we often send customers over to, be able to keep the store up and running.
