tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7522486705156051630..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: EV Grieve Etc.: Demolition concerns over the former Chase branch on 2nd AvenueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19932540101361308552016-03-25T20:00:08.066-04:002016-03-25T20:00:08.066-04:00Tower Records was a very good place to pick up gay...Tower Records was a very good place to pick up gay men. It was very cruisy, especially around closing time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83483366449456407952016-03-25T15:16:42.080-04:002016-03-25T15:16:42.080-04:00That Tower Records documentary is revisionist hist...That Tower Records documentary is revisionist history at its finest.<br /><br />1. Tower didn't carry records by unsigned local/area bands, they were strictly major and big indie label releases only.<br /><br />2. Tower's prices for cassettes and compact discs were outrageous. J&R Music World, Sam Goody, HMV, Virgin Megastore, and FYE had lower prices.<br /><br />3. It's 1991 and if you didn't care about Nirvana or thought they sucked, you hit Venus, Reconstruction, Stooz, Bleecker Bob's, Second Coming, Hideout, and Midnight Records plus Rebel Rebel, Rocks In Your Head, Downtown Music Gallery, CBGB Record Canteen, later Generation Records, Other Music, Adult Crash, Etherea, and other places, record stores 80% or more of Tower customers didn't have a clue or care about.<br /><br />For the record I have no hatred towards Tower as I bought a decent amount of records there myself, it's just let's not make it out to be like it was an indy record store which carried 7"s on consignment by the band on tour from Wisconsin you liked at CBGB. Tower was a chain record store which had bag checks, metal detectors, anti-theft devices on stuff, rude security (sometimes), understaffed registers (sometimes), zero flyers for shows save ones put on by Ron Delsener, Jon Scher, and Metropolitan Entertainment (the Live Nation NYC/Bowery Presents/AEG Live of the '80s and '90s), and again zero support of unsigned local/area bands. Again if you wanted Nirvana's "Nevermind" you went there. If you wanted a record by a band not on a major or big indie label you hit the aforementioned stores. And if you really cared about underground music, you supported those stores instead (Dischord Records still sold records via mailorder back then.) <br /><br />I will say it was a nice beacon of life on a dreary stretch. Cozy Soup 'N' Burger is the only beacon of life left on it now.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82833157785178817142016-03-25T13:13:16.618-04:002016-03-25T13:13:16.618-04:00Agree with you all about the Colton feature obitua...Agree with you all about the Colton feature obituary. I liked how he called his parents after happily discovering Commodities... <br /><br />RIP Colton.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70067905192142457572016-03-25T12:45:03.470-04:002016-03-25T12:45:03.470-04:00Anonymous 11.42, Ditto.Anonymous 11.42, Ditto.xootrmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9869426682734397812016-03-25T12:32:45.811-04:002016-03-25T12:32:45.811-04:00Someone tell that suit to show some cuff. Geez.Someone tell that suit to show some cuff. Geez.Fashion Officer Makeoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39846237027419612012016-03-25T12:31:53.132-04:002016-03-25T12:31:53.132-04:00So sad about Colton. What a promising and young m...So sad about Colton. What a promising and young man. My heart breaks for his family and friends. He seemed like such a good person. My condolences to his loved ones. It is stories such as this that force you to be grateful for everything and everyone we have. Let's take a moment and tell someone you love them today. Life is too short. R.I.P in Colton. You will be missed. XOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6176327154871857532016-03-25T12:25:08.838-04:002016-03-25T12:25:08.838-04:00I just watched the Tower Records doc "All Thi...I just watched the Tower Records doc "All Things Must Pass" cited by Alex at Flaming Pablum, and was pleasantly surprised at the coverage of that location and its significance in the history of Tower's growth. The images also made me wince from unexpected painful jabs of nostalgia.<br /><br />We may forget these days how somnolent that stretch of Broadway was at the time, and the role Tower played in waking it up again. The "Mancave" by contrast was an inert lump which occupied space and brought nothing to its surroundings. (I tell a lie: it must have driven the neighbors crazy with the searingly bright signage they used at night.) I resented it every time I walked past, and I feel satisfaction at its demise. May it be replaced with something active and bustling again.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2519043186445004882016-03-25T11:42:34.592-04:002016-03-25T11:42:34.592-04:00Touching remembrance of the young man Colton by hi...Touching remembrance of the young man Colton by his parents. Also gives an insightful glimpse into the everyday life of a millennial in the East Village today. It sounds like he really truly loved this neighborhood. It's fun to give millennials crap about how they are taking over around here but this kid really comes off like one of the good ones. RIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com