New World Record RIP

I join many music (CD and yes, damn it, record) buyers in mourning the upcoming closing of New World Record, for many years dominating Elmwood Avenue's music community along with Home of the Hits, which closed last year.
I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to write and reminiscing, and later today or tomorrow I will have a more comprehensive posting on the store operated by Govindan Kartha and his wife, Elizabeth Eisenhauer, and what it means beyond one store.