Kansas City '7th Heaven' Shutting Down

And so . . . 

Bongs and futons weren't enough to keep this music outlet in business. 

The real backstory . . .

Their best customers are now middle-aged and older, most people use Interents streaming for music, weed legalization in Missouri means that buying all manner of paraphernalia is more easily accomplished at a dispensary.  

And so the end of an era is upon us.

Here's the dead-tree report worth considering this evening . . .

Owner and founder Jan Fichman said Monday that he plans to shut down the music store and head shop “sometime in November, probably,” though he hasn’t yet set a closing date. “It depends on how quickly we move through the inventory,” Fichman said.

“We have something like 36,000 used records in the store. All our smoking accessories and used music are marked down to half price, and new vinyl is 20% off. If you came in and wrote a check for a couple hundred thousand dollars today, we’d close it by Thursday.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

After 50 years, iconic Kansas City counterculture shop is closing; sales are underway

"I believe we've sold more recorded music than anybody in the history of Kansas City," the store's owner said. "I totaled it up a few years ago and it's somewhere around $30 or $40 million."