I sit here debating whether or not I want to drive 10 minutes to check it out each day.
― ... (50 Bourbon St), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Curious (George) - isn't there some amazing market in Memphis as well? If pickins are slim at Tower, there's always mojo criollo, ginger beer, etc.
― jaq (jaq), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
I must be getting too picky. I did not see alot of good stuff left there on Sunday.
― cornyrocker (DC Steve), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 19:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Oh, but fuck Knocturnal...i want my dollar back.
― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej (deej), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Most of those terrible West Coast rap CDs that you'll find in abundance at the liquidation sales were distributed by Tower-owned Bayside, who made a lot of poor decisions when it came to urban music. Most of this stuff had been collecting dust in the warehouse and probably would have forever (or at least until it got dumpstered).
Regardless, if Bayside bought/distributed it, it more than likely made it into Tower stores. Since both those entities will cease to exist soon, you probably won't find artists like this with widespread mainstream availability anymore.
― Baron Von Jigglesworth (Baron Von Jigglesworth), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link
To be fair, Tower was pretty decent about getting Southern stuff (certainly better than most chainstores.) They had a lot of pre-Major Without A Major Deal Swishahouse stuff and various other Screwed Up Click stuff at the SF ones.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lingbert (Lingbert), Thursday, 14 December 2006 03:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― amon (amon), Thursday, 14 December 2006 03:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Slight Return) (Rock Hardy), Friday, 15 December 2006 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 December 2006 05:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 15 December 2006 05:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 December 2006 05:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Friday, 15 December 2006 08:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― A Radio Picture (Factory Sample Not For Sale), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lingbert (Lingbert), Friday, 15 December 2006 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link
isolee - 'western store' and 'wearemonster'luciano - 'sci fi hi fi'erase errata - 'night life'meat purveyors - 'someday soon things will be much worse!'a pair of studio one compsa certain ratio - 'i'd like to see you again'wolf parade - 'apologies to the queen mary'
― bohren un der club of gear (bohren un der club of gear), Friday, 15 December 2006 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Al (Alex In Baltimore), Friday, 15 December 2006 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― PFS (pfs), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― friday on the porch (lfam), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― bohren un der club of gear (bohren un der club of gear), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Zuco 103: Whaa!Zuco 103: Tales of High FeverSuba [various artist]: Tributo
That's it for me.
Rock/pop now 70%. There is still stuff someone would want.
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 16 December 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/141/323431501_4f5e31d9d6.jpg
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 16 December 2006 00:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 16 December 2006 00:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Al, I don't know when the DC store is gonna close. It used to have 2 levels and only one is open now. Oh yeah, I bought that Dengue Fever Cambodian garage pop cd that's in that picture, at the Alexandria store awhile back for 50% off, and last week I saw about 30 copies of it on sale in the DC store for $1.50 each. Rap is down to 75 cents each in DC I think.
― cornyrocker (DC Steve), Saturday, 16 December 2006 01:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Also: This person's Amazon Marketplace storefront seems to consist entirely of items purchased at Tower's liquidation sale
― ng-unit (ng-unit), Saturday, 16 December 2006 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― Lingbert (Lingbert), Saturday, 16 December 2006 02:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, a depressing number of the leases were purchased by FYE and fucking Walgreen's of all places. At least a few of the California stores' leases were picked up by Rasputin, which is definitely an upgrade.
Passing by the original locations and seeing them turned into video-focused FYE stores is going to be hard to stomach.
― Baron Von Jigglesworth (Baron Von Jigglesworth), Saturday, 16 December 2006 03:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 16 December 2006 03:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Michael Mayer TouchLukie D Deliver MeVarious World is GoneSaian Supa Crew Hold-UpAnd Ciara's "Oh" single and Brook Valentine's "Girlfight" single cuz they were both 50 cents and there is a Kardinal remix on the former and I don't really want Brook's album but that track is aces.
$22 total.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael (Oakland Mike), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael (Oakland Mike), Saturday, 16 December 2006 05:35 (seventeen years ago) link
i will miss you, tower cherry hill.
― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Saturday, 16 December 2006 06:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― akm (akmonday), Saturday, 16 December 2006 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link
-- Baron Von Jigglesworth (...), December 16th, 2006
woah ... when i was at the palo alto location the other day the manager was talking a lot of shit about the owner of rasputin, i guess he had dropped by. that conversation makes more sense now! i hope we get a rasputin in palo alto ...
dance got cut to $1 at some point a few days ago and BAM, everything *gone*.
i picked up
black devil disco club - $1black dice "smiling off" - $1miss kittin bugged out mix - $3studio one lovers - $7norman jay presents philadelphia - $7sounds of monsterism island - $9
i guess that's it for that ... pretty much NOTHING left at this point that i don't already own a copy of.
also dropped by the blossom hill tower, sure enough, pretty fucking depressing. grabbed annie's dj kicks for $3 and broadcast's "tender buttons" for $3. might drop by on sunday and see if i can get big youth's "screaming target" for $1. they had a copy of this too ... is it worth it for $15???
― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 16 December 2006 07:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 16 December 2006 08:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Saturday, 16 December 2006 09:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 16 December 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 16 December 2006 17:21 (seventeen years ago) link