How are Road getting on? (4 Viewers)

[Jim Daniels]

towers independent now though no?

Yeah, but in a Franchise way, which is kind of confusing.

http://www.towerrecords.ie/aboutus.asp
Tower Records is a leading specialist in Music, DVD, Books and Games Retailer based in Dublin and is wholly Irish owned by Records and Discs Ltd since July 2003. We are a licenced franchise of MTS Inc. (U.S.)
The company has two stores in Dublin on Wicklow Street and in the Easons Store on O'Connell Street.

I almost always buy new stuff in Tower, now that Road is gone. I just can't put myself through the HMV experience. Freebird and City Discs for 2nd hand but I rarely buy cds unless the packaging is in digi pack or cardboard format. Can't handle the horrific cd jewel cases. I often wonder how Borderline manages to hang on - not sure who shops in there..

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Yeah how does Borderline survive? They do have a stall in the temple bar market as well.
I was in there last year, I don't usually find much of interest in there but I got that guilty feeling and I didn't want walk out without buying something (glad I don't get this in every shop or I'd be broke) anyway I bought some old Neil Young and Doors albums to replace copies. I was talking to the guy with the baseball hat. He's at that game a long time. I told I remembered buying Thrash metal LP's off him when he had a shop in the abbey mall (Sacred Reich, Coroner, DRI are the ones I remember) that must have been 1988 or 89.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I think they survive on tourists buying bootlegs.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

ah bootlegs,remember 10/15 years back there was a load of little stores selling bootlegged tapes and records.innocent times.
hmv really is horrible,i cant remember the last cd i bought in there,its good for dvd's though.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

i go into borderline(well,I go into all the record shops) any time I'm in with money to spare. The odd good second hand thing shows up in borderline .

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I thought borderline was long gone. did they not have a closing down sale last year or the year before?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

they had signs up saying they were closing. Then,had signs up saying they wewre moving. Both obviously never happened.

 

[Man In A Can]

Yeah how does Borderline survive? They do have a stall in the temple bar market as well.
I was in there last year, I don't usually find much of interest in there but I got that guilty feeling and I didn't want walk out without buying something (glad I don't get this in every shop or I'd be broke) anyway I bought some old Neil Young and Doors albums to replace copies. I was talking to the guy with the baseball hat. He's at that game a long time. I told I remembered buying Thrash metal LP's off him when he had a shop in the abbey mall (Sacred Reich, Coroner, DRI are the ones I remember) that must have been 1988 or 89.

Yeah i got metal albums in the abbey mall too. Think it was called DTK records then and yer man used to dj in fibbers when it first opened. I thought Borderline was gone too.

 

[pete]

Razor Cuts

 

[rettucs]

Interesting;

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0223/1224290604031.html

 

[mel gibson]

such a depressing read,Road was great
damn shame it's gone

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

good to see the lads/lassie aren't destitute at least.

 

[mel gibson]

good to see the lads/lassie aren't destitute at least.

yeah never knew Julie was a teacher,I'd love to have teachers that sound!

 

[Unknown Convict]

http://visionsofthephoenixpark.com/

 

[mark]

yeah never knew Julie was a teacher,I'd love to have teachers that sound!

miss, miss, would you burn us a copy of the new built to spill album please?