[Jenn]

Final sale starts today. Very sad.

[ScottW]

"Jenn" wrote in message
...
Final sale starts today. Very sad.

The Walmart of record stores dies...
I shall not mourn.

ScottW

[MiNe 109]

In article 1JRVg.2364$fl.315@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message

...
Final sale starts today. Very sad.

The Walmart of record stores dies...
I shall not mourn.

It used to be great. I'll miss that.

Stephen

[Jenn]

In article 1JRVg.2364$fl.315@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message

...
Final sale starts today. Very sad.

The Walmart of record stores dies...
I shall not mourn.

ScottW

I suspect that at least in CA, those who care the most about the closing
will be classical buyers:
A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D shopping, because
of the value of browsing. It seems to be a common story that classical
folks find so many treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.
B. The Tower Classical Annexes in SF and LA had FAR more stock than
does, for example, the Virgin stores.

[[email protected]]

ScottW wrote:
: The Walmart of record stores dies...
: I shall not mourn.

With the emergence of Borders, Barnes&Noble, Amazon, etc.,.. Tower Records
went from seeming like Walmart to seeming downright mom-&-pops. At least
they managed to employ some people who knew about music, and kept a broad
stock of interesting titles, not just the big ticket items.

Is the bookstore going under too? In Sacramento, it's arguably the best
in town and actually has people working there who are into books.

Maybe their mistake was not including a coffee shop?

I'll mourn a little.
Scott

[Jenn]

In article ,
wrote:

ScottW wrote:
: The Walmart of record stores dies...
: I shall not mourn.

With the emergence of Borders, Barnes&Noble, Amazon, etc.,.. Tower Records
went from seeming like Walmart to seeming downright mom-&-pops. At least
they managed to employ some people who knew about music, and kept a broad
stock of interesting titles, not just the big ticket items.

Is the bookstore going under too? In Sacramento, it's arguably the best
in town and actually has people working there who are into books.

Maybe their mistake was not including a coffee shop?

I'll mourn a little.
Scott

Yes, the bookstores and video stores are going as well.

[ScottW]

"Jenn" wrote in message
...
In article 1JRVg.2364$fl.315@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message

...
Final sale starts today. Very sad.

The Walmart of record stores dies...
I shall not mourn.

ScottW

I suspect that at least in CA, those who care the most about the closing
will be classical buyers:
A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D shopping, because
of the value of browsing. It seems to be a common story that classical
folks find so many treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.
B. The Tower Classical Annexes in SF and LA had FAR more stock than
does, for example, the Virgin stores.

Obviously their classical selections weren't enough to keep the business
model going. I know you like browsing but I don't understand why
you wouldn't appreciate the search abilities of on-line catalogs and
MP3 samples? What can you get out of looking at the cases
that you can't get on-line and faster and in far wider selections?

Also, I just wonder how many local independent pop shops who weren't
interested in what the record companies wanted promoted or moved
were put under by the corp. chains....and what it did to pop music
culture over the last couple of decades.

AFAIAC, the pop music scene has become less a display of talent
and more a display of marketing prowess enabled by the likes of
MTV and Chain record stores.

ScottW

[[email protected]]

This is really really sad.
I grew up with Tower Records. I bought vinyl records there.
What about music land? Are they gone too?

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

wrote:
This is really really sad.
I grew up with Tower Records. I bought vinyl records there.
What about music land? Are they gone too?

Musicland swallowed up Sam Goody and operated under that name recently.
They're under Chapter 11 now:

http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/13/mus...musicland.html

[Arny Krueger]

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer that couldn't be
bettered elsewhere.

[George M. Middius]

Yeccccch!

Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only

It's baaaack!





--

"Christians have to ... work to make the world as loving, just, and supportive as is possible."
A. Krooger, Aug. 2006

[MiNe 109]

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
message


Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer that couldn't be
bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to enjoy visiting.

Stephen

[Arny Krueger]

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to
enjoy visiting.

Meaning exactly what, in this case?

[MiNe 109]

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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.
com

Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to
enjoy visiting.

Meaning exactly what, in this case?

That the closing of Tower could be sad for people who often visited the
place in its glory days of deep catalog, imports and frequent sales. The
classical rooms and annex stores were virtual oases in the days before
online and mail-order.

DG/London/Philips for $5.99 could make my day.

Stephen

[George M. Middius]

Arnii Krooborg, eternally insensate ex-human, whined:

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to
enjoy visiting.

Meaning exactly what, in this case?

That you are a terrible simulacrum of a human being.





--

"Christians have to ... work to make the world as loving, just, and supportive as is possible."
A. Krooger, Aug. 2006

[paul packer]

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:06:16 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer that couldn't be
bettered elsewhere.


What sort of music do you listen to, Arnie? I missed your reply to
that question last time.

[dave weil]

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:06:16 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer that couldn't be
bettered elsewhere.

Well, I find it a little sad because Tower in Nashville had some great
in-store performances. I especially enjoyed the pre-show Finn Bros.
in-store (which was enjoyed by a couple of hundred people - something
that "couldn't be bettered elsewhere" in Nashville). Plus, they had a
great selection of music-related reading material and a pretty good
vinyl selection. For a "superstore", they had a lot more soul than
your typical big box abominations like Best Buy and its ilk. Until the
end, they have had a staff of knowledgable clerks and managers and I'm
going to miss that. Their clerks looked and talked like real people,
not like polo-shirted autonomons who had no idea who Morcheeba is.

Having said that, I'm very grateful for our best indie store,
Grimey's, where the staff knows more and cares more about music that
just about any place in the universe. And their weekly newsletter is a
relevation and a virtual font of knowledge and opinion. Stephen can
relate to this store, which is a smaller and untidier version of
Austin's famous Waterloo Records. I'm constantly amazed by the amount
of information that the weekly newletter offers.

[dave weil]

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:15:02 GMT, MiNe 109
wrote:

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer that couldn't be
bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to enjoy visiting.

It's a little sad (and telling) that you have to explain this to
Arnold, who apparently DOESN'T have such feelings.

[Jenn]

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"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer that couldn't be
bettered elsewhere.

The reason that I mourn the passing of Tower is that it means that the
ability to browse is lessened.

You probably never visited the Tower classical stores in Hollywood and
San Francisco. There you would have had the ability to browse through,
for example, large sections of choral music. I read all of the standard
recording review magazines each month, as well as specialist
professional journals such as (for the present example) the Choral
Journal published by the American Choral Directors Association. In
spite of this, when browsing the section at Tower, I would find
interesting things that I hadn't heard of. I have discovered many works
and composers in this way. This is just one example. Multiply this by
several genres, composers, etc.

How does one do this online?

[Jenn]

In article Tt9Wg.2433$fl.1470@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message

...
In article 1JRVg.2364$fl.315@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message
.
com
...
Final sale starts today. Very sad.

The Walmart of record stores dies...
I shall not mourn.

ScottW

I suspect that at least in CA, those who care the most about the closing
will be classical buyers:
A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D shopping, because
of the value of browsing. It seems to be a common story that classical
folks find so many treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.
B. The Tower Classical Annexes in SF and LA had FAR more stock than
does, for example, the Virgin stores.

Obviously their classical selections weren't enough to keep the business
model going.

Obviously.

I know you like browsing but I don't understand why
you wouldn't appreciate the search abilities of on-line catalogs and
MP3 samples? What can you get out of looking at the cases
that you can't get on-line and faster and in far wider selections?

Allow me to quote myself, in response to a post by Arny:
You probably never visited the Tower classical stores in Hollywood and
San Francisco. There you would have had the ability to browse through,
for example, large sections of choral music. I read all of the standard
recording review magazines each month, as well as specialist
professional journals such as (for the present example) the Choral
Journal published by the American Choral Directors Association. In
spite of this, when browsing the section at Tower, I would find
interesting things that I hadn't heard of. I have discovered many works
and composers in this way. This is just one example. Multiply this by
several genres, composers, etc.

How does one do this online?

Also, I just wonder how many local independent pop shops who weren't
interested in what the record companies wanted promoted or moved
were put under by the corp. chains....and what it did to pop music
culture over the last couple of decades.

AFAIAC, the pop music scene has become less a display of talent
and more a display of marketing prowess enabled by the likes of
MTV and Chain record stores.

ScottW

I would agree.

[Arny Krueger]

"Jenn" wrote in
message

In article Tt9Wg.2433$fl.1470@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
message

...
In article 1JRVg.2364$fl.315@dukeread08,
"ScottW" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
message
.
com ...
Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Inevitable, a victim of their own outdated, inefficient, poor-service
business model.

The Walmart of record stores dies...
I shall not mourn.

Agreed.

I suspect that at least in CA, those who care the most
about the closing will be classical buyers:

A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D
shopping, because of the value of browsing. It seems
to be a common story that classical folks find so many
treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.

I've always found online browsing to be far more fruitful than browsing
through record bins.

B. The Tower Classical Annexes in SF and LA had FAR
more stock than does, for example, the Virgin stores.

No physical store has the inventory that is available and browsable on the
web.

Obviously their classical selections weren't enough to
keep the business model going.

Most consumers found their business model to be other than what they wanted.

Obviously.

I know you like browsing but I don't understand why
you wouldn't appreciate the search abilities of on-line
catalogs and MP3 samples? What can you get out of
looking at the cases
that you can't get on-line and faster and in far wider
selections?

Touch and feel of the record jackets. It wasn't about the music.

Allow me to quote myself, in response to a post by Arny:
You probably never visited the Tower classical stores in
Hollywood and San Francisco.

Ah, its the traditional RAO snob "you can't appreciate it because you aren't
as cosmopolitan as I am" approach.

There you would have had
the ability to browse through, for example, large
sections of choral music.

What's wrong with browsing through music on the web?

I read all of the standard
recording review magazines each month, as well as
specialist professional journals such as (for the present
example) the Choral Journal published by the American
Choral Directors Association.

More snobbery.

In spite of this, when
browsing the section at Tower, I would find interesting
things that I hadn't heard of.

Inability to browse the web noted.

I have discovered many
works and composers in this way.

Name a work and/or composer that is not mentioned on the web.

This is just one
example. Multiply this by several genres, composers,
etc.

Inability to effectively browse the web noted.

How does one do this online?

Start out by learning how to spell google.

Also, I just wonder how many local independent pop shops
who weren't interested in what the record companies
wanted promoted or moved
were put under by the corp. chains....and what it did to
pop music culture over the last couple of decades.

Whatever corporate powers can do, the web has the power to undo.

AFAIAC, the pop music scene has become less a display of
talent
and more a display of marketing prowess enabled by the
likes of
MTV and Chain record stores.

Last time I looked Tower Records was a chain. That makes every Tower store a
chain store.

I would agree.

And thus contradict yourself. Good job!

[Arny Krueger]

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article
, "Arny
Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
message
.
com

Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to
enjoy visiting.

Meaning exactly what, in this case?

That the closing of Tower could be sad for people who
often visited the place in its glory days of deep
catalog, imports and frequent sales.

But they aren't normal humans.

The classical rooms
and annex stores were virtual oases in the days before
online and mail-order.

That was then, this is now.

DG/London/Philips for $5.99 could make my day.

Irrelevant.

[Arny Krueger]

"paul packer" wrote in message

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:06:16 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.


What sort of music do you listen to, Arnie? I missed your
reply to that question last time.

I'm tired of repeating myself to you Paul. Answering you again would make me
more co-dependent with you than I already am,

[Arny Krueger]

"Jenn" wrote in
message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

The reason that I mourn the passing of Tower is that it
means that the ability to browse is lessened.

Inability to effectively operate a web browser noted. Most normal people
found that to be a superior alternative.

You probably never visited the Tower classical stores in
Hollywood and San Francisco.

No, but I did visit several Tower stores in Manhanttan, including Lincoln
Center and Villiage.

There you would have had
the ability to browse through, for example, large
sections of choral music.

So what? A person can no doubt browse through far more choral music on the
web.

I read all of the standard
recording review magazines each month, as well as
specialist professional journals such as (for the present
example) the Choral Journal published by the American
Choral Directors Association. In spite of this, when
browsing the section at Tower, I would find interesting
things that I hadn't heard of.

You can't do that on the web?

I have discovered many
works and composers in this way. This is just one
example. Multiply this by several genres, composers,
etc.

Name a work, genre, and/or composer that can't be found on the web.

How does one do this online?

Start out with a good search engine, and go from there.

[paul packer]

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:21:25 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"paul packer" wrote in message

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:06:16 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
message


Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.


What sort of music do you listen to, Arnie? I missed your
reply to that question last time.

I'm tired of repeating myself to you Paul. Answering you again would make me
more co-dependent with you than I already am,

Hmm...this reply suggests you may have taken the advice of many here
and consulted a psychologist. Good for you, Arnie.

[MiNe 109]

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article
, "Arny
Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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y.
com

Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to
enjoy visiting.

Meaning exactly what, in this case?

That the closing of Tower could be sad for people who
often visited the place in its glory days of deep
catalog, imports and frequent sales.

But they aren't normal humans.

They're a subset of normal humans exhibiting a normal trait.

The classical rooms
and annex stores were virtual oases in the days before
online and mail-order.

That was then, this is now.

DG/London/Philips for $5.99 could make my day.

Irrelevant.

It's on-topic. Anyone else learn about classical music label
affiliations from Tower sales?

Stephen

[MiNe 109]

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

Inability to effectively operate a web browser noted. Most normal people
found that to be a superior alternative.

The advantages are similar to those of a card catalog.

Stephen

[George M. Middius]

paul packer said:

Hmm...this reply suggests you may have taken the advice of many here
and consulted a psychologist. Good for you, Arnie.

If he did, the experiment was a complete failure. Next up for Arnii should
be Boot Camp for Psychotics.




--

"Christians have to ... work to make the world as loving, just, and supportive as is possible."
A. Krooger, Aug. 2006

[Arny Krueger]

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

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, "Arny
Krueger" wrote:

"MiNe 109" wrote in
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In article
, "Arny
Krueger" wrote:

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y.
com

Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to
offer that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

Normal humans have feelings about places they used to
enjoy visiting.

Meaning exactly what, in this case?

That the closing of Tower could be sad for people who
often visited the place in its glory days of deep
catalog, imports and frequent sales.

But they aren't normal humans.

They're a subset of normal humans exhibiting a normal
trait.

What, being obsessive?

The classical rooms
and annex stores were virtual oases in the days before
online and mail-order.

That was then, this is now.

DG/London/Philips for $5.99 could make my day.

Irrelevant.

It's on-topic.

Says you.

Anyone else learn about classical music
label affiliations from Tower sales?

Pathetic.

[Arny Krueger]

"paul packer" wrote in message

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:21:25 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"paul packer" wrote in message

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:06:16 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
message


Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.


What sort of music do you listen to, Arnie? I missed
your reply to that question last time.

I'm tired of repeating myself to you Paul. Answering you
again would make me more co-dependent with you than I
already am,

Hmm...this reply suggests you may have taken the advice
of many here and consulted a psychologist. Good for you,
Arnie.

LOL!

[Arny Krueger]

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

Inability to effectively operate a web browser noted.
Most normal people found that to be a superior
alternative.

The advantages are similar to those of a card catalog.


Can you tell the difference?

[dave weil]

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 08:59:08 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"MiNe 109" wrote in message

In article ,
"Arny Krueger" wrote:

Inability to effectively operate a web browser noted.
Most normal people found that to be a superior
alternative.

The advantages are similar to those of a card catalog.


Can you tell the difference?

There IS no difference.

[[email protected]]

A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D
shopping, because of the value of browsing. It seems
to be a common story that classical folks find so many
treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.

I've always found online browsing to be far more fruitful than browsing
through record bins.


I agree that the physical record store is no longer needed or wanted. I
used to buy at my local record store but then they stopped special
ordering and they hardly ever had what I wanted. Two cheers for
cduniverse and Netflix.

[George M. Middius]

RibbitBorg dares to contradict his master, the splendiferously fecal
Krooborg.

What's wrong with browsing through music on the web?

The same thing that is wrong with the presentation of most data on the computer
[snip]

More snobbery.

Perhaps, but she was also perhaps trying to make the point that she
does a lot to try and keep abreast of what's newly available in the
Choral genre. Add in the following point:

Inability to browse the web noted.

No, the point is that she is pretty well-acquainted (or should be)
with the genre, and still finds things that she hadn't heard.
[snip]

Whatever corporate powers can do, the web has the power to undo.

Not always.

Ribbit, you are unabashedly inviting a Bad Krooger Experience. Enjoy!™
Go figure!™ That's LOL!™



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A. Krooger, Aug. 2006

[Arny Krueger]

wrote in message

A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D
shopping, because of the value of browsing. It seems
to be a common story that classical folks find so many
treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.

I've always found online browsing to be far more
fruitful than browsing through record bins.

I agree that the physical record store is no longer
needed or wanted. I used to buy at my local record store
but then they stopped special ordering and they hardly
ever had what I wanted. Two cheers for cduniverse and
Netflix.

You forgot the surley sales staff who either didn't care or weren't as
all-knowing as they wanted to represent.

These are among the point that the others have missed.

The record store as we knew it disappeared because normal people found
something that they found more suitable for their purposes, which are
enjoying music not obsessing over bins.

[Arny Krueger]

"Stuart Krivis" wrote in message

On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 07:28:24 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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In article
, "Arny
Krueger" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.

The reason that I mourn the passing of Tower is that it
means that the ability to browse is lessened.

Inability to effectively operate a web browser noted.
Most normal people found that to be a superior
alternative.

More convenient anyway. They can now sit in their
underwear and shop for records. :-)


There you would have had
the ability to browse through, for example, large
sections of choral music.

So what? A person can no doubt browse through far more
choral music on the web.

But is browsing on the web as effective as browsing in a
store? Is it the same experience?


I have discovered many
works and composers in this way. This is just one
example. Multiply this by several genres, composers,
etc.

Name a work, genre, and/or composer that can't be found
on the web.

That isn't the point.


How does one do this online?

Start out with a good search engine, and go from there.


It can be hard to find something with a search engine
when you don't know the item exists in the first place.

It's just a matter of playing "sounds like".

[Arny Krueger]

"Stuart Krivis" wrote in message

On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 19:06:16 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in
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Final sale starts today. Very sad.

Only for people who thought Tower had anything to offer
that couldn't be bettered elsewhere.


What if this is a case where "better" is a subjective
term? :-)

For the sentimentalists, this could easily be true.

Jenn is obviously sentimental about a certain form of media and its physical
trappings.

I'm not. If I'm interested in music I want to get to the fun part where one
listens to music that one enjoys. Fiddling with media is not the same to me
as listening to music.

[dave weil]

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:01:30 -0500, wrote:


A. I believe that classical buyers care more about 3D
shopping, because of the value of browsing. It seems
to be a common story that classical folks find so many
treasures by browsing through sections of 3D stores.
This is not nearly as fruitful online.

I've always found online browsing to be far more fruitful than browsing
through record bins.


I agree that the physical record store is no longer needed or wanted.

You forgot the two most important words - "for me".

I used to buy at my local record store but then they stopped special
ordering and they hardly ever had what I wanted.

Well, it's a shame that you had a poor record store.

Two cheers for cduniverse and Netflix.

Those are fine for as far as it goes. But there's something to be said
for listening stations, helpful clerks, touch and feel, and sighted
browsing of actual product. Well, there's the interaction of people
with people as well. I know one hugely popular band (well, not so much
in the States) which was begun by its principals meeting in a certain
section of the Nashville Tower store. Now they can't go to Japan
without being mobbed.

[Eeyore]

Arny Krueger wrote:

The record store as we knew it disappeared because normal people found
something that they found more suitable for their purposes, which are
enjoying music not obsessing over bins.

I ceased using record shops when it became no longer possible to audition
an album. Online music does this very effectively though but isn't nearly
as well implemented as it should be.

Graham

[dave weil]

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:24:11 +0100, Eeyore
wrote:



Arny Krueger wrote:

The record store as we knew it disappeared because normal people found
something that they found more suitable for their purposes, which are
enjoying music not obsessing over bins.

I ceased using record shops when it became no longer possible to audition
an album. Online music does this very effectively though but isn't nearly
as well implemented as it should be.

Graham

Once again, it's a shame that you don't have access to a GOOD record
store. Of course, it's one of those self-fulfilling prophecy sort of
things when services start getting cut. Eventually, it will probably
only be the independents that can supply that sort of personal
service. Tower did it about as well as any of the giants though.

And this is speaking as someone who has hundreds of albums and a few
thousand songs (and access to hundreds of thousands of albums) through
a paid subscription to Napster; but it still feels like there's
something lacking when I can't pick up a "product" and read the liner
notes or look at an album cover.