Idolator

- The author of The Long Tail is stunned at how quickly Tower's demise came, particularly since a promotional video for his book contained the image at left. [The Long Tail]
- An ex-employee of the Greenwich Village store in NYC opines on the chain's descent into financial chaos. [The Mighty Quinn Media Machine]
- Is the industry itself to blame? [Blogcritics]
- Or is Tower the canary in the music industry's coal mine? [Blogcritics]
- Comparing the communal brick-and-mortar experience to the solitary Internet-browsing experience. [Furballs]
- How to replicate the flipping-through-CDs experience in the online music-shopping world. [Qonfessions of a Qwazy Quacker]
- A contemporary classical aficionado recalls, and ranks, every branch of the chain he'd ever shopped at. [aworks :: "new" american classical music]
- Reflections on living with Tower for 23 years. [Todd Alcott]
- Music fan who was introduced to John Zorn by Tower admits that his Internet-buying habits may have contributed to the chain's demise. [People With Ideas]
- One fan of Amoeba Music says "Good riddance." [premeditated.org]