Last week, I became a backer for a documentary project by actor Colin Hanks. It’s called “All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records“. I first heard about it through a Tweet by Bella Q of The Citizen Rosebud, and immediately became interested. I recently wrote about my love for the independent record store here, and I mentioned that one of my favorites was Tower Records. The one I frequented was right next to what was then called The San Diego Sports Arena, which is pictured below (it is currently called the Valley View Casino Center). Whenever I would go to a concert at the Sports Arena, I would make sure to stop in at Tower. I’ve even attended a couple of signings at Tower Records: Robin Hitchcock and Maroon 5. My sister met Brian Setzer and Hot Rod Lincoln at Tower as well.
We went with my niece when she was merely a year old to shop one last time at Tower Records back in 2006. Even then we knew the impact of the store closing and made it an event simply because of our history with the store.
Funding for the project closed on July 15, 2011. The pledge I chose was the “VIP Package”:
PACKAGE INCENTIVE VIP Package: The Full Monty…sticker, poster, T-Shirt, DVD and vinyl record. Both DVD and record signed by Tower Records founder Russ Solomon and Director Colin Hanks and a special “Thank You” in the film credits. DVD and record shipping date TBD after film release.
I am unsure of the timeline of the project, but I will be sure to post updates as I receive them. You can follow the project through the link I provided above, or on the following links for Facebook and Twitter.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tower-Records-Documentary/150978738296041
http://twitter.com/#!/TowerRecordsDoc
- My eyes are closed! I guess I just couldn’t bear to look at Tower Records before departing its premises…
(Top photo, courtesy of kickstarter.com)