I'm kinda saddened by the closing of Tower Records. This will probably shock and amaze everyone that knows me, but back when I was young and not at work 24 hours a day, I could spend hours and hours browsing the racks and listening stations at Tower Records. Growing up in suburbia, having a music store open until midnight on Sunday was a godsend, and Tower was the only place you could find imports and indie records. Of course, the internet has changed everything, and instead of looking at a new band's CD and wondering what they sound like, we can go online and find out immediately (that's a good thing - this would have saved me thousands of dollars years ago*).

I wonder what the corner of 4th and Broadway is going to feel like without Tower there. When I was a teenager first learning my way around the village, this was one of my major landmarks I used to orient myself. Please let it not be another Jamba Juice!

* OK, I'm exaggerating