"Tower Records, which has been hurt by corporate overexpansion and Internet downloading, ...." man, i _hate_ it when they toss crap like this into articles (the internet downloading part) in the boston area tower records was hurt by their stupid overpricing. there's a tower in burlington ma. that's physically located about a hundred yards from a newbury comics. newbury's prices consistently undercut tower but at least a couple of bucks...and many times even three or four dollars. i do admit that their jazz section was way better than newburys (which sucks in that department) but still...stuff would be 'on sale' for $15.99 from the 'regular' price of $18.99. screw that! -- Mark Saleski - marks@foliage.com | http://www.foliage.com/~marks "Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together" - Anais Nin