cowpies and roadkill are excluded from this offer
book isn't finished

Austin's 33 Degrees, a record store specializing in experimental, industrial, and otherwise underground music, is closing at the end of the month. I'm not as disapointed about this development as the closure of the Drag's Sound Exchange, but this leaves Waterloo the only independent record store in Austin that caters to my taste. Well, and Waterloo doesn't really cater to my taste - its just comprehensive. There, I have to climb over yuppies digging for Diana Krall's latest to grab CDs that cost two dollars more than they did in Philadelphia. Ive pasted the full text of the 33 Degrees announcement below.

From: 33 Degrees
Date: May 4, 2004 4:32:08 PM CDT
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
Subject: Special Announcement / Sale
We would like to thank all of our customers, record labels, musicians and friends who have helped make 33 Degrees a success and an exciting place to work over these past nine years.

We have decided it is now time to move on and effective May 31st we will be closing our doors.

We've had a great time: making friends, turning you on to the music we love, and learning from y'all, too. But, now we're looking forward to achieving many other things in our lives. A chapter ends, but the book isn't finished.

Effective immediately all new items are on SALE at 20% off. This excludes items already sale priced and markdowns, but, heck, that means everything you've been lusting after is ON SALE!!! Please come by and score some great sounds at great prices during our last month.

Thanks! Bob and Dan

Thirty Three Degrees
4017 Guadalupe - Austin - TX 78751

Posted by McChris at May 5, 2004 09:54 AM
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It's a shame, but frankly, having seen the paucity of their stock and the high prices they had to charge, I'm amazed they stayed open this long.

Three cheers for labors of love! Their short time on this earth makes them all the more precious.

Posted by: Prentiss Riddle at May 5, 2004 06:56 PM
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