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From:
Jon Drukman
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Date:
Tue, 14 Nov 1995 18:49:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Sadness at Tower
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At 1:54 AM 11/15/95, intone@warwick.net wrote:
quoted 5 lines Why waste your time in Tower looking for IDM discs? The last time I> Why waste your time in Tower looking for IDM discs? The last time I >found anything worthwhile in a Tower Records in terms of IDM was C.J. >Bolland's >"4th Sign". Plenty of copies of the new Smashing Pumpkins and Alice In Chains >albums. Air Liquide and Control X are nowhere to be found.
in general, one should never generalize. the non-major-label-pop-music parts of Tower are run individually at each store, so the quality of the selection depends on the buyer for that particular store. the Tower on market street in san francisco has a kick-ass techno/ambient/whatever section, featuring Air Liquide at least. probably Control X as well though i've never looked for it. prices are very competitive, and the best part for me is that it's a 5 minute walk from my house so whenever i get the urge to spend way too much money. on the other hand, the Tower in mountain view around the corner from my office completely sucks. very occasionally something good slips through but it happens with decreasing frequency, to the point where i hardly ever bother going there unless i'm really bored. -- Name: Jon Email: jsd@cyborganic.com Web: http://www.cyborganic.com/People/jsd