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)
What a cool project! When it eventually comes out I will definitely look for your name in the credits. Also, Colin Hanks? He seems like such a nice, normal dude.
Thanks Kimi! I’m SO excited about this project. I was at Tower records all the time all through college. And Colin Hanks definitely does seem like a cool guy. He’s at the San Diego Comic Con this weekend. I wish I went so I could tell him what a great project this is!
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There was a Tower just a couple of blocks from my freshman dorm at Arizona State. Oh, the hours I spent just strolling the aisles there. (And, truth be told, eying the cuties behind the counter — I was to shy to flirt.) I can’t wait to see this doc.
Me, too! There was one near my college campus, too. I was in Tower records every week it seemed.
Weren’t there always cuties behind the counter? 🙂
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Sigh…Tower used to be a BIG deal to me. Sad….
It definitely was a big deal to me, too Wendy. That’s why we had to go when the store I had frequented my whole life closed down!
xoxo