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Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Let's hear some experiences about Tower Records

I read about it once, sounded like a retarded idea but then I switched apps, turned on spotify and forgot about it

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Vorik
Mar 27, 2014

Don Tacorleone posted:

Let's hear some experiences about Tower Records

I read about it once, sounded like a retarded idea but then I switched apps, turned on spotify and forgot about it

never heard of it

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW

genghis.khan posted:

never heard of it

a old guy i used to work with said he still had beatles records in the plastic with the tower records sticker on it.

skog
Aug 20, 2009
I got molested while trying to buy a Cranberries tape

Not Today Satan
Apr 18, 2007

Wasn't it that one record store where Liv Tyler was friends with Renee Z and they had kooky adventures all while saying "drat the man"? And then that kid who looked like a juggalo stole some Barry Manilow CDs and they all made fun of him while gluing coins to the floor?

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
record stores? what is this madness

KennyLoggins
Dec 3, 2004
Welcome to the Danger Zone

skog posted:

I got molested while trying to buy a Cranberries tape

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Not Today Satan posted:

Wasn't it that one record store where Liv Tyler was friends with Renee Z and they had kooky adventures all while saying "drat the man"? And then that kid who looked like a juggalo stole some Barry Manilow CDs and they all made fun of him while gluing coins to the floor?

anyone know what this loving grandpa is talking about?

Dead Precedents
May 5, 2005

Precedents come and go, but death goes on forever.

skog posted:

I got molested while trying to buy a Cranberries tape

Was it by this guy?

Obligatory Toast
Mar 19, 2007

What am I reading here??
my university had one on campus. every saturday night there would be a dude in front selling hotdogs and chili until the wee hours of the morning to drunk students.

then it closed and now its a 24hr CVS.

WilltheMagicAsian
Dec 11, 2011

I molested a guy buying a cranberries tape

FuriousGeorge
Jan 23, 2006

Ah, the simple joys of a monkey knife-fight.
Grimey Drawer
I can't think of any other store that had both a kid's books section and a porn section.

Obligatory Toast
Mar 19, 2007

What am I reading here??

FuriousGeorge posted:

I can't think of any other store that had both a kid's books section and a porn section.

some border's did.

lol if you
Jun 29, 2004

I am going to remove your penis, in thin slices, like salami, just for starters.
What about Shady Records?

Not Today Satan
Apr 18, 2007

FuriousGeorge posted:

I can't think of any other store that had both a kid's books section and a porn section.

Barnes and Noble.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

FuriousGeorge posted:

I can't think of any other store that had both a kid's books section and a porn section.

Your town didn't have a Kidz & Porn store? weird

Samuel L. ACKSYN
Feb 29, 2008


this kid i used to know when i was little ended up getting arrested for shoplifting cds from tower records



lol its like get the internet dude

Robbie Fowler
May 31, 2011
Tower Records told me to shove this record up my rear end. Do you know what it feels like to be told to have a record shoved up your rear end?

it feels great, better when the record is in there though.

porkchop_express
May 27, 2004
i watched a guy get molested buying a cranberries tape

Jimbone Tallshanks
Dec 16, 2005

You can't pull rank on murder.

skog posted:

I got molested while trying to buy a Cranberries tape

Maybe it was in your head

LEGO Genetics
Oct 8, 2013

She growls as she storms the stadium
A villain mean and rough
And the cops all shake and quiver and quake
as she stabs them with her cuffs
some Tower Records also used to have Tower Video for VHS rentals

those were nice

Mister Mind
Mar 20, 2009

I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm
Don't even get me started on Tower Records. :corsair:

Cyberball 2072
Feb 17, 2014

by Lowtax
After the Hollywood video thread is it remember the 90s night in GBS?

The tower records around Phoenix were pretty good. They always had a better selection of lesser known and hard to find stuff than the average music shop but everything was a bit more expensive as well.

Great music VHS selection.

Edit: they had cool instore signings as well.

WilltheMagicAsian
Dec 11, 2011

Jimbone Tallshanks posted:

Maybe it was in your head

He's been felt up before, now he's being felt up even more

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Jimbone Tallshanks posted:

Maybe it was in your head

I get it

Rambling Robot
Sep 13, 2011
Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL
good riddance!



this was in 2006.

Dely Apple
Apr 22, 2006

Sing me Spanish Techno


San Francisco downtown is weird without the Virgin record superstore on Market

But ey, why not turn the entire town into a forever 21

jarvis cocker
Dec 16, 2007

by Lowtax
dude when tower went out of buisness i scored so much vunyl...and so much CDs



kinda wish those stores would come back and then liquidate again so i could rape them for musical deals......poo poo!

Miltank
Dec 27, 2009

by XyloJW
my dick holds the record for most satisfying tower

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

i think i bought some used cds there

vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Miltank posted:

my dick holds the record for most satisfying tower

Confirmed

The Monkey Man
Jun 10, 2012

HERD U WERE TALKIN SHIT
They're still around in Japan.

YerAuraBoresMeAlice
Dec 26, 2005

Celebrities I saw at the Hollywood Tower Records store (decades ago): Barry White, Pat Boone, Robert Plant. Oh, Baby...

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Miltank posted:

my dick holds the record for most satisfying tower

errybody knows this, mil tank!

Great Joe
Aug 13, 2008

Miltank posted:

my dick holds the record for most satisfying tower

Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Dec 22, 2005

GET LOSE, YOU CAN'T COMPARE WITH MY POWERS
I was playing crazy taxi this past weekend and I'm surprised by how much product placement was shoved in it. It was kind of funny and cheesy in how outdated it was because people said things like "take me to tower records" but drat that is an obnoxious thing for a game to do.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Aug 27, 2014

Good soup!
Nov 2, 2010

i bought Powerman 5000's Tonight the Stars Revolt on cassette from there when I was kid

thanks for nothing tower records

TheWevel
Apr 14, 2002
Send Help; Trapped in Stupid Factory
heh i bet most goons shopped at virgin stores

Rambling Robot
Sep 13, 2011
Duggar Fan Club Superstar #1 LOL

TheWevel posted:

heh i bet most goons shopped at virgin stores

and now they spend their money at the digital steam store.

nothing has changed.

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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
It is a destination in the original arcade version of Crazy Taxi. For some reason the phone version doesn't have licensed locatioms because companies don't want free advertising.

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