As a sign of the times, with the ubiquitous mp3 players and subscriptions to Netflix, old school music stores are falling by the wayside. Tower Records recently announced that it was closing (at least its Chicago locations). This is sad. I remember being in high school and hitting the Tower to feel cool and get more interesting music. And now I have to go into the city to get my HotTix.
However, being the bargain vulture I am, I decided go to the Clark Street location to see what I could find. And I was completely blown away by the selection of CDs (organized by more genres than Rock and Classical - I mean, they distinguished between Ambient and Dance!) and DVDs. I was also blown away by the prices. And not the "gobble up these bargains" prices. The "no wonder Tower is going out of business" prices. Even with the 20% "everything must go" discount, I am STILL paying less for these DVDs online or at Target. Why would I pay $35 for Kinsey? Good movie. Not $35 just to peel the Tower sticker off.
And they didn't have Wonderfalls anyways. Good thing I bought it online! And if you are patient enough, the shipping is free too from deepdiscountdvds.com.
No iTunes. Catching some Daily Show.
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