As confirmed by The Sacramento Bee (via Variety), Tower Records founder Russ Solomon died on Sunday night from an apparent heart attack, supposedly while drinking whiskey and making jokey comments about the Academy Awards with his family—a moment that, as The Sacramento Bee notes, seems like “the perfect coda” for a…
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There are lots of beloved American businesses out there, but few of them receive feature-film testimonials to their greatness. Fewer still feature a cavalcade of rock stars singing the praises of the company, using the kinds of superlatives normally reserved for the musicians’ own sense of importance. Such is the…
If you’re a music fan in America between the ages of, say, 25 to super-old, chances are you spent some quality time in a Tower Records. The music retail giant was a rare bright spot among the corporate chains that normally sucked the fun of shopping for music (whither the joy, Sam Goody?), and browsing the endless…