Tower Records is Closing!! [Archive] - RonFez.net Messageboard

CaptainBlowhole

10-08-2006, 06:27 AM

<img height="272" src="http://www.nrk.no/img/544936.jpeg" width="468" border="0" /> Shit, I went by last night and saw this big GOING OUT OF BUSINESS sign on the window and everything is on sale and "all sales final" signs and "everything must go"Its a shame, I get my porn and movies there and cool toys.  Its the end of an era!  I know Best Buy is probably to blame, because their prices are lower, but Best Buy doesnt have porn!  Now I have to go to some skeevy dive to get my fix!  WTF??

mikeyboy

10-08-2006, 06:29 AM

Is it the whole chain or just the one near you? 

Gvac

10-08-2006, 06:37 AM

<a href="http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/88384,CST-NWS-tower08.article" target="_self">The whole damn chain is gone. </a> I guess iTunes and the like have spelled the end for music and video retailers.

OGC

10-08-2006, 06:49 AM

CaptainBlowhole wrote: ....but Best Buy doesnt have porn!  Now I have to go to some skeevy dive to get my fix!  WTF??I hear there is a very nice porn store in Stevie Baldwin's neighborhood. It can't be that skeevy, but then again you might get preached to.

This message was edited by richg0404 on 10-8-06 @ 10:51 AM

spoon

10-08-2006, 07:18 AM

That sucks.

Bulldogcakes

10-08-2006, 07:18 AM

DAMN! Going to Tower used to (I know "used") be a ritual for me. I could always find obscure artists that my local record store didn't carry, plus the Villiage store was open till midnight. The staff was great, knew their shit. My local record store never heard of the artist I was looking for, Tower had 4 copies. But with Amazon, they blow away Tower's selection and I dont even have to leave the house. You can listen to samples of the songs, plus you can get used stuff cheap if you're still not sure you'll like it.

mikeyboy

10-08-2006, 07:49 AM

Gvac wrote: <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/88384,CST-NWS-tower08.article" target="_self">The whole damn chain is gone. </a> I guess iTunes and the like have spelled the end for music and video retailers. That, Amazon and other online retailers, P2P sharing applications and torrents.

tele7

10-08-2006, 08:48 AM

It was also sad to see Sam Greedy go out of business.  I've been going there since I was a kid.  At least there's still Vintage Vinyl in Fords NJ........For now.<img height="316" src="http://www.prex.com/images/photos05/max/10.jpg" width="437" border="0" />

SinA

10-08-2006, 09:52 AM

Best record store:Bert's CD's and Records in Newark Delaware.I don't think they have porn though.

keithy_19

10-08-2006, 10:10 AM

SinA wrote:  Best record store:Bert's CD's and Records in Newark Delaware.I don't think they have porn though.Obviously you've never been to Vintage Vinyl in Fords New Jersey off of Route 1.

angelinad128

10-08-2006, 10:50 AM

That sucks Big Time!  Tower was the BEST.

cupcakelove

10-08-2006, 11:46 AM

This is awful.  Now what music store am I going to avoid like the plauge?

sr71blackbird

10-08-2006, 03:29 PM

I saw this today too!  Black guys standing with signs that the store is closing!  When all these stores close, what will we do, only be able to buy stuff in Walmart or eBay or Amazon?  Its a shame really.  Maybe they should have been more online or whatever, but many late Friday nights, after everything else was closed, could you go to Tower and buy a movie or smut mag or magazine, books, etc.  This blows!

WhistlePig

10-08-2006, 03:37 PM

I loved their hours. Many times a couple days before xmas I'd go to Tower
at midnight to get last minute cool stuff. And it wouldn't be crowded that
late.

TheMojoPin

10-08-2006, 04:55 PM

Good.  Fuck Tower.

BrownTown

10-08-2006, 05:35 PM

keithy_19 wrote: Vintage Vinyl in Fords New Jersey off of Route 1.   I could've sworn Vintage Vinyl closed years ago. Did someone re-open the same place, or am I totally losing my mind?PS - Screw Tower. You should all be going to Bleecker Bob's anyway.

furie

10-08-2006, 05:36 PM

i don't care. i go to Mr.Cheapo CD & Record Exchange in Smithtown and Loonytunes in Babylon. I like the independant guys better

reeshy

10-08-2006, 05:37 PM

Where the fuck am I gonna shoplift....I mean..."buy" my CDs from now on????

tele7

10-08-2006, 05:45 PM

BrownTown wrote:  keithy_19 wrote: Vintage Vinyl in Fords New Jersey off of Route 1.   I could've sworn Vintage Vinyl closed years ago. Did someone re-open the same place, or am I totally losing my mind?PS - Screw Tower. You should all be going to Bleecker Bob's anyway. still in business.  <a href="http://www.vvinyl.com/">http://www.vvinyl.com/</a>Check out the New York Dolls in store show.<img height="270" src="http://www.vvinyl.com/instorearchive/New_York_Dolls/12.jpg" width="360" border="0" />

This message was edited by telecaster7 on 10-8-06 @ 9:53 PM

FUNKMAN

10-08-2006, 06:09 PM

is Jimmy's Music World still around?

PapaBear

10-08-2006, 08:54 PM

The only places I buy music in a store are a local place called Earfood and Plan 9 in Charlottesville. They both carry used vinyl and CD's, as well as new stuff. I don't think I've been to a national chain in ten years.

suggums

10-08-2006, 08:55 PM

im with mojo. overpriced bastards, i wont miss em

foodcourtdruide

10-09-2006, 05:00 AM

Where will we buy ridiculously overpriced CD's and CD accessories? Oh wait.. FYE still exists!

Gaia

10-09-2006, 09:14 AM

Will they let you buy the posters and such...like the promo things???

Marc with a c

10-09-2006, 09:17 AM

tower records was awesome.  i havent been in a couple years, but the prices were pretty good.  i recall that the first week or two a cd came out they were $12. i spent so much money in that place throughout high school and college it bothers me.also there was a fake rocker chick that worked there that i found attractive.

ChimneyFish

10-09-2006, 09:38 AM

FUNKMAN wrote: is Jimmy's Music World still around? Nothing but Black Sabbath and Ozzy albums????

suggums

10-09-2006, 09:44 AM

actually wait now where the hell can i get my green tea incense sticks

Badinia

10-09-2006, 09:52 AM

We stopped by our local Tower, feeling very fly for having learned about the closure on the interweb- currently they are running 10% discounts on all CD's, which means they're still cheaper on Amazon- However, 20% off all books and 30% off magazines- I stocked up on Tattooed Biker Whores and a NAMBLA bi-monthly special for Fez.

grlNIN

10-09-2006, 09:52 AM

Maybe you can find some at the Burning Man festival. Dirty Hippie!

FUNKMAN

10-09-2006, 09:54 AM

ChimneyFish wrote: FUNKMAN wrote: is Jimmy's Music World still around? Nothing but Black Sabbath and Ozzy albums????well no Funk, jimmy's music world is dead to me...

lleeder

10-09-2006, 04:21 PM

I used to love goin in there and reading magazines and listening to Cds and not buying anything. Maybe I helped put them out of business.

sr71blackbird

10-09-2006, 04:57 PM

I bought some Wash Away Your Sins Soap in Tower today, 30% off!  Stuff smells good!  Washes good too.  am I obsolved of sin?<img height="163" src="http://www.sesto-senso.com/sinssingle.jpg" width="250" border="0" />

sr71blackbird

10-09-2006, 05:01 PM

Also, I bought some gum..<img height="277" src="http://www.sesto-senso.com/blue-q-ass-kisser-gum.jpg" width="450" border="0" /> and one for Mojo<img height="178" src="http://www.sesto-senso.com/blue-q-gay-gum.jpg" width="295" border="0" />  <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wink.gif" border="0" />

TheMojoPin

10-09-2006, 05:02 PM

Those men are being gay...WITH SCIENCE!!!

furie

10-09-2006, 06:10 PM

Marc with a c wrote: i havent been in a couple years,

so it's YOUR fault!

AKA

10-10-2006, 04:59 AM

Like WP, I was a big fan of their hours and the obscure stuff I could find - especially in those pre-internet shopping days of the early 1990s when I worked at the AFI in the Kennedy Center. It was a good place to just wander around in - but, as Mojo said, they are overpriced bastards.Personally, my heart was broken when Kemp Mill lost its edge in the local market (thanks, I'm sure, to Tower and Best Buy) - loved Kemp Mill and (of course) Penguin Feather - and totally unrelated, I still miss the old 9:30 Club, Korvettes, Petey Green, The Red Barn, Bob McAllister, Garfinkles, Captain 20, The Wax Museum, Amy Carter, The Langley Punks, Erols Video, Glen Brenner, The Capital Center and The Evening Star.<img height="438" src="http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/101space/101images/101img4bl.jpg" width="273" border="0" />

jeffdwright2001

10-10-2006, 11:08 AM

The Tower can run, but this guy will never stop searching:<img height="254" src="http://images.bestwebbuys.com/muze/books/62/0743254562.jpg" width="169" border="0" />

This message was edited by jeffdwright2001 on 10-10-06 @ 3:09 PM

booster11373

10-10-2006, 11:16 AM

That sucks I worked for Tower in the Nanuet store when it first opened. I have a lot of good memories about working there

mendyweiss

10-10-2006, 11:22 AM

AKA wrote: Like WP, I was a big fan of their hours and the obscure stuff I could find - especially in those pre-internet shopping days of the early 1990s when I worked at the AFI in the Kennedy Center. It was a good place to just wander around in - but, as Mojo said, they are overpriced bastards.Personally, my heart was broken when Kemp Mill lost its edge in the local market (thanks, I'm sure, to Tower and Best Buy) - loved Kemp Mill and (of course) Penguin Feather - and totally unrelated, I still miss the old 9:30 Club, Korvettes, Petey Green, The Red Barn, Bob McAllister, Garfinkles, Captain 20, The Wax Museum, Amy Carter, The Langley Punks, Erols Video, Glen Brenner, The Capital Center and The Evening Star.<img height="438" src="http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/101space/101images/101img4bl.jpg" width="273" border="0" />You forgot to mention the Pyche deli and Root Boy slim!!

JustJon

10-10-2006, 12:14 PM

booster11373 wrote: That sucks I worked for Tower in the Nanuet store when it first opened. I have a lot of good memories about working there  I used to spend alot of money at that store back then.

torker

10-10-2006, 12:51 PM

booster11373 wrote: That sucks I worked for Tower in the Nanuet store when it first opened. I have a lot of good memories about working there Do you know Chuck?There is something to be said about the experience of going to a 'record store'. You can't replicate that on the web. So down load your little songs and mock me for paying retail, but I will miss it. It was a sad day when they closed the Tower in Yonkers. I feel your pain.

furie

10-11-2006, 08:09 PM

well, now i understand why tower's going under. i went there today. i figured i'd pick up some deals.

Nope, none to be had. 10% off on cd's. big deal, that's something done on a one day hiliday sale. you'd never think they were out of buisness this week.

Reephdweller

10-11-2006, 09:17 PM

Seriously there is no deals on their dvds or music...10% off the original price is still more than amazon or Best Buy. I agree they have more obscure stuff, bur if you're looking for a relatively mainstream album you can do better elsewhere.

suggums

10-11-2006, 09:34 PM

i dont have any tower stories to share, so ill share one from a manager, who worked there for 16 years and was telling me about it last night: when he came into the DC store as a new manager, they had lost over 10,000 cds to theft in one inventory cycle, out of around 100,000 cds.  most of the time there was nothing they could do about it. he also met his now-wife down at a store in new orleans, pretty cool

JustJon

10-12-2006, 09:52 AM

Reefdweller wrote: Seriously there is no deals on their dvds or music...10% off the original price is still more than amazon or Best Buy. I agree they have more obscure stuff, bur if you're looking for a relatively mainstream album you can do better elsewhere.  You want to wait till the last couple weeks, see what's still in stock and hope to find good deal on obscure stuff.

SonicAssault

10-12-2006, 01:28 PM

full agreeance that they brought it on themselves.  Prices are way too high.  A 10 yr old CD should not cost the same as a new cd.  The staff always seems condescending.  I'm sorry you are running a register at a chain retail music store that has installed a false sense of cool because they have the local music press papers in the lobby.  The only good things about them is the huge magazine selection(odd ball hot rod and tattoo mags, etc), some of the obscure stuff, and every once in great while they would run a huge sale where you could pick up some good disc on the cheap.  Either way people really should patronize whatever local CD stores are left.

PaulF

10-12-2006, 08:51 PM

I was in college in Boston when Tower opened up the street from Newbury Comics. It was like McDonalds building a restaurant in the parking lot of your local burger joint. Newbury was still the place to go though. Also used to go to Rocket Records out in Saugus, and a little second floor store in Kenmore Square that I have forgotten the name of.And Tapeville was the place to go in Rockland County.The problem is that Walmart (and Sams Club) have become one of the largest music retailers, but they refuse to carry anything with an advisory label, so you end up with the crap edit version. At least Tower was cool about what they carried.

tele7

10-12-2006, 09:02 PM

PaulF wrote: I was in college in Boston when Tower opened up the street from Newbury Comics. It was like McDonalds building a restaurant in the parking lot of your local burger joint. Newbury was still the place to go though. Also used to go to Rocket Records out in Saugus, and a little second floor store in Kenmore Square that I have forgotten the name of.And Tapeville was the place to go in Rockland County.The problem is that Walmart (and Sams Club) have become one of the largest music retailers, but they refuse to carry anything with an advisory label, so you end up with the crap edit version. At least Tower was cool about what they carried.<img src="http://static.grupthink.com/answer/e/ef69542af65db0c6a6d5cd1e24f964b6" border="0" />