The Rise and Fall of Tower Records

Celebrity son and Colin Hanks is working on a documentary that tells the story of one of the most hallowed institutions of my youth: the now defunct music and media chain Tower Records. This nicely sums up my experience browsing the aisles in Tower branches in nearly every single city I visited that had one:

"Tower Records had a monumental impact on millions of people, worldwide. It was 'the place' to escape for a few hours; a sanctuary, a haven. Tower Records was a place to meet your friends, your co-workers or a place to meet new friends who shared a common love of music, literature and all things cultural."

It was really sad for me when the company closed down just five short years ago, and shocking to think that a chain with such reach and that played such an integral role in so many people's lives could just disappear.

Hanks' movie is a Kickstarter campaign, and I pledged a small amount, but they reached their goal fairly quickly. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. Read more here.

By the way, I nearly didn't post about this because the number of fascinating Kickstarter campaigns has skyrocketed in the past few months, and if I blogged about every one of them I found interesting, it would quickly get out of control. We're going to need some kind of Kickstarter filter soon…

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