![NEW YORK, NY - MAY 10: People browse outside of the record store Rebel Rebel, one of the few remaining in Manhattan, on May 10, 2016 in New York, New York. Other Music, the popular East Village niche record store, has announced that it will be closing in June, spreading fears among the music buying public who have already lost numerous stores in the last decade. New York City was once home to dozens of both chain and independent record stores and now has just a few remaining. In 2015 CD sales were down 82 percent from their peak in 2001. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)]()
From 1996 - 1999, I worked at a New York City record store called Rebel Rebel. I was a student at NYU when I got the job, and then I graduated from school but stayed at the shop. These were the Golden Years, although we didn't realize it at the time.
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