>Adding to my depression...yesterday I found out that our local Tower >Records is going to close. Russell, the guy who managed the classical >section, has over 20 years experience as a classical manager and knows >so much about classical music recordings, is about to lose his job. I would not relate the closing of a Tower store to any societal change in music tastes. Being a former Tower employee, I can state with authority that Tower has no one to blame but themselves for their financial misfortunes. They were an arrogant, poorly run company that made some majorly poor business decisions, and now it's coming back to haunt them. No tears here for Tower. Someone else will come along, like archivmusic.com, for example, to give the classical music lovers exactly what they need and want: selection, price and service. Kevin Sutton