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All That Jazz doing fine despite doom in music industry
For the past 10 years, music magazines have been flooded with articles about the death of the record store. Joe Kboudi — who opened Wednesday with twice the floor space at a new location for All That Jazz — apparently has not read those articles. Or at least, he doesn't believe they apply to his store. (30/06) More
Keyword(s) : Record, Record-shop, Store, Jazz
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