Library of Economics and Liberty masthead logo
 
Search EconLog
Recent Entries
Recent Entries by author
Bryan Caplan
David Henderson
Arnold Kling
Browse Archives
by date
by author
by category
Subscribe
About EconLog
Frequently Asked Questions
EconLog FAQ
Econlib Resources
About Econlib
Contact Econlib
Quote of the Day
Birthdays & Commemorations
Frequently Asked Questions
Get Econlib Newsletter
Subscribe to EconLog
XML (Full articles)
RDF (Excerpts)
Feedburner (One-click subscriptions)
More
FAQ (Instructions and more options)
Return to top
Articles EconLog EconTalk Books Encyclopedia Guides Search
Bryan Caplan  
PERMANENT LINK | OCTOBER 9, 2006

Tower Records Going Out of Business... For Real

Bryan Caplan
PRINT
Phelps and the Nobel... I Distrust Robert Putnam...

I'm not sure that I've ever been really sad to see a store go out of business. Until today, when I saw the signs up at Tower Records. What is there to do except listen to Morrissey (or maybe Götterdämmerung)?

Well, it doesn't hurt so much when I remember the good old days...

Finding refuge from parents and school alike in the sound-proofed Classical section in Northridge...

Buying Haitink's complete Die Walküre for high school graduation, and listening to it for the first time, alone in my room at 1 AM...

Buying Jochum's complete set of Brucker's symphonies at Tyson's Corner to celebrate getting hired at GMU.

Good times.

CATEGORIES: Microeconomics


COMMENTS (2 to date)
anon writes:

Wal-Mart drove them out of business. Three cheers for capitalism!

Posted October 11, 2006 2:00 AM
Scott Scheule writes:

A wonderful store--I've never found a better classical section in any store. I suppose part of the pain of believing in freedom is accepting that some people will make choices you don't approve of--or not appreciating the things that are worth appreciating.

Still, there probably remain plenty of online sites with great classical inventories.

Somehow, the pairing of Ayn Rand fondness and grandiose musical Romanticism seems natural.

Myself, I prefer Debussy and Marquez.

Posted October 12, 2006 1:40 PM
Comments for this entry have been closed
Return to top
Copyright © 2003-2010
Liberty Fund, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Blogging software: Powered by Movable Type 4.2.1.
Pictures courtesy of the authors.
All opinions expressed on EconLog reflect those of the author or individual commenters, and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) website or its owner, Liberty Fund, Inc.

Liberty Fund logo, amagi symbol
The cuneiform inscription in the Liberty Fund logo is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
spacer gif