Magnifisyncopathological: Tower Records Leaving the Drag

March 30, 2004

Tower Records Leaving the Drag

For 13 years, Tower Records has been a source of music for students at The University of Texas.

But the times are changing. More people are turning to the Internet for their music purchases.

"If you can order it online, why leave the house, go to a store and waste your time?" student Adam Cocek said.

"I don't want to waste $15 to buy 19 songs when I only want one," student Ben Hayes said.

Raw expressions of free market cornerstones. Why waste money and time, indeed, when you can acquire the goods and services you want other ways? Though these students aren't likely to be economists, they should ponder the larger implications of their statements.

"Frankly, I don't think I need to pay for music because the artists are making millions of dollars anyway," said student Rohan Shah.

An unfortunate misconception because the vast majority of musicians are not millionares. Of course, he could be talking about the megastars. Regardless, Mr. Shah should also ponder what he's saying here. To him, some people make enough money and they don't deserve any more whether they earn it or not. Does he have a objective standard that he uses to judge who makes enough, who doesn't, and who's needlessly wealthy? If so, how did he arrive at that measurement and why is that measurement important?

If he doesn't, then perhaps he'd like to hear an angry homeless person's opinion of his social status as a consumer of higher education in one of America's nicer cities with the money and time to burn to enjoy music...

If you can't beat them, join them -- that's the mindset at Waterloo Records.

The store added iPod listening stations and offers song downloading on its Web site.

Copyright ©2004TWEAN News Channel of Austin, L.P. d.b.a. News 8 Austin

Neat! I wasn't aware of this. You can buy physical copies here or use their Liquid Audio store and buy single tracks priced in the $1 range.

Posted by Drizzten at March 30, 2004 12:45 PM

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Wal-Mart has also jumped in to the internet music downloads. They only cost .88 cents each.

Posted by: Clem on March 30, 2004 10:31 PM

Yep. Their page is http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/ and a cursory examination makes it look pretty good. My biggest problem is the Windows Media Player requirement. I prefer my files in the .MP3 format. But things change and .WMA may one day capture my interest.

Posted by: Drizz on March 31, 2004 08:42 AM

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