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The Crumbling Tower
Posted On Thursday April 12, 2007 By Drifter
I was 17 and going to a cartooning school in NJ. Late one Friday night a bunch of the guys decided to make a trip into the city. I had never been and they couldn’t believe it. Anyway, the first place we went was this part of Broadway and I ended up going in Tower Records. It was just rows and rows and rows of CDs and tapes. I just didn’t have anything to compare it to back home. Eventually I moved into the city, but by then mp3s had become a way of life. Napster and iTunes had so radically changed the world of music. It was only a matter of time before the physical record stores started going out of business. Just a few months ago Tower closed. I have mixed feelings about it because this is my first memory of New York. But I generally don’t find myself attached to big corporate retail establishments. And I can’t say I miss paying $17.99 for a 5 year old CD. Either way it’s the end of an era.
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