[NewMusic] Tower Records epilogue

[Alan Anzalone]

I got tied of trying to find STN in bookstores so got a subscription.  
I think it cheaper that way, as well. 8 issues for $25. They always  
arrive in good condition and on time.

Alan Anzalone
aanz at mindspring.com



On Dec 24, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Phillip Greenlief wrote:

> Border's Books selection isn't bad - they have a decent DVD selection
> and their CD selection is pretty good - as far as books, I just don't
> shop there - no offense - I  buy from Independent stores...period.  
> I've
> probably mentioned this before, but if you don't know about
> www.abebooks.com - you really should - it is a search engine for  
> all the
> Independent Booksellers in "the western world" (seriously -  
> searches can
> lead you to Germany, London, Dublin, etc.). You type in what book you
> are looking for and it searches for the title in all these independent
> book stores. It will show you, organized by cost usually, where you  
> can
> find the book in a variety of bookshops with the price and a decent
> description of the condition (new and used books). I like it that it
> gives you the ease of online shopping, but that your money is going to
> an independent bookseller, not Amazcum or one of those other nasty
> vendors.
>
> I am often surprised at what I find at Border's Books - mostly it's a
> good jazz or classical selection, not so much improvised music or "new
> music", but I found some semi-rare Jimmy Giuffre stuff there, and some
> early Braxton as well. The magazine selection is better at the
> Emeryville store than the Pleasanton store, from the sound of it. I  
> have
> seen Wire and STN there (but not always STN).
>
> I heard from someone at Amoeba that one of the main west coast
> distributors for Signal to Noise went out of business - that magazine
> has been hard to find lately - they always have it at that nice little
> bookstore up on College Avenue near the Rockridge BART station -  
> what's
> it called: Pendragon? - Pegassus? - one is on College, one is on
> Shattuck, and I always get the names mixed up. The one on College
> usually has STN and Wire as well.
>
> Cheers,
> PG
>
>
> Phillip Greenlief
> c/o Evander Music
> PO Box 22158 Oakland, CA
> 94623-9991
> www.evandermusic.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu
> [mailto:newmusic-bounces at music.mills.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Zitt
> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 3:29 AM
> To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Tower Records epilogue
>
> Moe! Staiano wrote:
>> I got my first couple CDs from CAN at the Pleasanton Borders. They're
> not too bad and they can have a decent selection. I just wish they  
> would
> carry the Wire and Signal to Noise in their magazine section. I always
> found it annoying asking one of the clerks if they carry the Wire and
> was always fitted with the usual annoying reply: "No, but we have
> 'Wired'". Errrhh!
>>
> I don't know what the Pleasanton store carries, but we do have  
> Signal to
>
> Noise and the Wire at Union Square (which someone or other said had  
> the
> best magazine selection in the city last year, though that was before
> Cody's opened).
>> Joseph Zitt <jzitt at metatronpress.com> wrote: FWIW: As some here know,
> I work at the Borders at Union Square. We're not Tower (hence we're
> still in business), and we're not Amoeba
>> (because, among other things, we don't handle used CDs), but we  
>> have a
> better selection than yer average Best Buy or FYE. And we try hard to
> hunt things down and order them. So, in the absence of Tower, it  
> may be
> worth wandering uphill from the Luggage Store sometime and seeing what
> we've got and what we can do.
>>
>> (And no, I wasn't paid to post this...)
>
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