May 25, 2004
This week's Austin Chronicle has a blurb (second down) about the imminent closing of Tower Records (June 13th) and Thirty Three Degrees records (May 31st), both on Guadalupe. Right now, 33 degrees has a 20% off everything sale. Tower will start a 20% off sale on Thursday and will slash prices to fire-sale levels on June 10th (apparently). It's kind of a shame especially after the recent closing of all the Jupiter Records locations. I didn't think I could feel bad about buying everything from Cheapo and Waterloo but I kind of do now. Not a good time to be an independent record retailer.
On a similar note, place your bets now about what will be moving into the Tower location once they're gone. Anybody heard anything?
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The 33 degrees website was not altogether accurate: the sale is now up to 50% off. Unless you are looking to violently shoehorn some experimental new music into your collection, it might not be worth your while. On the other hand, if you're looking for cheap vinyl or 1-5 copies of Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish... album at $2 each, maybe you should stop in.
posted by natedogg at 05:51PM CST on May 25