Tower Records -- the continuing collapse

i will miss you, tower cherry hill.

-- 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 - $1
black dice "smiling off" - $1
miss kittin bugged out mix - $3
studio one lovers - $7
norman jay presents philadelphia - $7
sounds 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???

Suba: Sao Paulo Confessions
Cibelle: s/t
Cibelle: Shine of the Dried Electric Leaves

(Shit I'm checking samples of something I was thinking of buying and it was definitely worth the $2.70, to the point where I'm tempted to go buy right now and get it. It's almost a miracle that it's left, but it's somewhat obscure. Philly Tower closing FAP in 20 minutes anyone? No, that's okay.)

(Tower closing sale addiction.)

I didn't think to look for pr0n videos. :(

larry levan -- journey into paradise
chelonis r. jones -- dislocated genius
planningtorock-- have it all
optimo -- how to kill the dj pt. II
talk talk -- natural history

a bit over $20.

Los Nemus del Pacifico: Montuneando con Los Nemus

(And someone was asking me about an album that was left that I own.)

In order: got it earlier, don't know much about, dang I should have scored that!, hmm I missed out, got other greatest hits comp with better mastering/B-sides.

London Is The Place For Me 3
Sean Paul Stage One
Henske & Yester Farewell Aldebaran
Kray Twins "What We Do" single w/ Low Deep's "Straight Flush (Remix)" as the B-side.

Dance is still pretty strong at the Market store actually. There are a zillion copies of this which really depresses me actually.

I sorta feel like a schmuck for not getting the Maximum Joy 'Unlimited 1979-1983' cd I had in my hand right until I got up to the checkout.

highlights include:

new Liars
new Grizzly Bear
Arthur Russell, world of
Destroyer's Rubies
Herbert - Scale
Sung Tongs
Freeform 5 - Misch Mash v. 2
Optimo Presents Psyche Out

Alex, buy that for me and I'll either paypal you or will pay you directly when I'm in SF next weekend.

-- GAWD PVNCH (elle.zabo...), December 16th, 2006.

are you sending confederates to get it.

anybody bogarts my OHM set and i'll punch yer nose through the internets.

Done. I bought a second copy just in case anyone else is interested in one the half dozen greatest labels evah. They were $6 including tax which is 1/3 of what I paid new :(

Deej, I do. And now I want to go buy Rappin 4-tay's "Don't Fight The Feeling" haha.

If you're going to apply Deej's pickup technique, might I recommend you use the latest Jolie Holland album? Every Tower I've been to seems to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 copies of it, which is depressing, frankly. It's one of my favorite albums of the year and is probably more lady-friendly than some mid-'90s Bay Area rap.

The two of these I left when I snagged my $12 one were still there, and this time I didn't even bother putting another disk in front of them. Extremely picked over now, but I found a Parliament best of, a jazz disk that looked interesting (Kidd Jordan with Hamid Drake and William Parker, I think Jordan's been mentioned on an ILM jazz thread), and the Daevid Allen/Gong disk with the horrible cover. There's still a couple I'm waiting for %80 off before I splurge.

larry young - into somethin'
the knife - silent shout
kylie minogue - impossible pricess (2 disc import)
luomo - the present lover
esg - a south bronx story
wolf eyes - human animal
comets on fire - avatar
carla bozulich - evangelista
gwen mccrae (a 2 albums on one CD import)
american amp and alternator - s/t
nao wave: brazil post punk 1982-1988
the free design - kites are fun & one by one

I wonder how many of us picked up Nao Wave. I know I did.

Love as Laughter Laughter's Fifth

Built to Spill You In Reverse

The Delgados The Complete BBC Peel Sessions

Make up Sound Verite

Be Your Own Pet s/t

Brainiac Hissing Prigs in Static Couture

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester Farewell Aldebaran

Total cost: $35.70 (this is at 70% off)

There was still a copy of Superlongevity 4, and quite a bit of M.A.N.D.Y./Get Physical stuff there.

I saw a lot of reggaeton compilations that should never have been bought in such quantities. (Cuban reggaeton, yeah, there's a big demand for that in Philadelphia.)

They're at 80% and there wasn't much left but I still made some good finds, as did donut.

Shortwave Set - The Debt Collection
Joy Zipper - American Whip
Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
Wildhearts - Must Be Destroyed
Duran Duran (never heard the first album in its entirety, heh)
Some other gag gifts like Cinderella.

They still have a bunch of Associates albums too.

I noticed a couple of copies of Sulk at the U District one. Someone needs to get those.

=(

but i did find a this heat box set there!!!

=)

also grabbed

gary numan - pleasure principle reissue
popul vuh - nosferatu ost
os mutantes - mutantes
big youth - screaming target
v/a - i:robots italo classics
slam - nightdrive dj mix
an absolutely ancient jungle compilation mixed by grooverider

for five bucks each

=(

Ha. I have one cheap courtesy of donut.

but i did find a this heat box set there!!!

=)

GRR.

Felt - Ignite the Seven Cannons
Nathan Fake - Drowning in a Sea Love
DJ Rogers (3xCD import)- It's Good to Be Alive/On the Road Again/Love, Music, & Life
Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice - The Flood
Ellen Allien - Thrills
Chelonis Jones - Dislocated Genius
Donald Fagen - Morph the Cat
Candi Staton - His Hands

$48.00, which is something considering the bs import prices on most of them.

All hip-hop is $1.00. I'll probably go back for the outlawz cd.I was gonna buy a rap cd from "Law and Orda" for the hell of it, but come on now, a dollar's a dollar. Couldn't find the Tom Moulton mix they had plenty of last week, oh well. Coachwhips got nothing on "HellRaza", there must be 100 copies of his album scattered throughout the store. LAST DAY IS WEDNESDAY, and everything will be 90% off that day according to cashier dude.

The Portland store was a complete madhouse yesterday, with a whole lot of people filling up shopping baskets at a furious rate. I'm really curious what it's gonna look like on Tuesday.

fess up, thief!!