Another sign the music industry is screwed up. . . .

Yesterday Kyle Munson reported in the Des Moines Register that the staple Des Moines independent record store, Peeples Music, will be closing its doors on June 3rd. This may not mean much to you if you are not from Des Moines, but it should. It should remind you to go buy some records at Homer's if you live in Omaha or Waterloo if you live in Austin TX, or Electric Fetus if ou live in Minneapolis. For us (The Nadas) it is even sadder. Peeples was one of the first few record stores to ever carry any of our cds and has continued to carry and sell them. In fact they have sold more Nadas cds than any other retailer in our career. Stores like Peeples, the mom and pops, are the back bone of an independent band and record label such as ours. It is a changing world in the music business and we all have to find a way to adapt, but it is sad to see the tradition fade. Please pass this message around to your friends and remind them not to take places like this for granted.

Here is the Register's article.

Here is Kyle's blog. . . . leave a comment