Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:40:27 -0500 (EST)
\nFrom: mark thomas <***@sorabji.com>
\nTo: *** <***@gmail.com>
\nSubject: Re: [Contact] hi, ***<\/p>\n
Oh, yeah, I think I remember TO. He was the drummer? The problem I had with re-connecting with
\nthe Tower folks is that I never knew most of their last names. And as for things like Facebook
\nor LinkedIn well, needless to say most folks do not highlight their time as a record store clerk
\nin their resum\u00e9.<\/p>\n
My Tower nostalgia was piqued a couple of months ago. I was at a Costco in Queens. Costco does
\nnot provide bags, so you have to bring your own. I brought an old Tower Records bag, the
\n“Manhattan Suitcase” type, and as I took it out of the closet I thought “Man, this thing must be
\na collectors item by now.” And I was wondering if I’d get any comments.<\/p>\n
Sure enough, one of the Costco employees saw me take the bag out and we got into quick
\nconversation. Turns out he worked at Tower Lincoln Center for 6 years. I was there at the same
\ntime as he, but I had no memory of the guy, as hard as I tried to remember him.<\/p>\n
We threw some names back and forth but the most interesting tale he told was that when the store
\nmoved up Broadway to the Ansonia building the place got robbed by a couple of disgruntled
\nemployees, and by this fellow’s account a girl who got shot in the head almost died. That, he
\nsaid, was his cue to move on. He moved on to Costco. My cue to move on was when one of the
\nmanagers accused me of stealing from the cash register. I moved on to corporate for a bunch of
\nyears, and did pretty well, but now I do my own thing in many different ways. It’s all good.<\/p>\n
I used to check in at the old Tower once in a while but it always seemed like no one who knew me
\nthere wanted to hear from me. RS was downright rude, but J. (we dated for a
\nlittle bit) at least talked to me. JB moved to Buffalo, PH (sp?) was at
\nVirgin Megastore last I heard, and FA is starring in a documentary about a
\nFilipino serenade tradition. Besides those guys I can hardly remember anyone else’s names…<\/p>\n
Congrats on the new wife and the child. That changes everything, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n
The music looks like fun, especially Big Green Monster and Tom Tom. Looks like good stuff for
\nkids! I’m composing, too, though not as much as I should. I haven’t played concerts in a long
\ntime but I might get back on track with that if the timing seems right. Needless to say the
\nInternet has changed everything, even the way I think about performing.<\/p>\n
Anyway, great to touch base again. I am glad you are doing well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:40:27 -0500 (EST) From: mark thomas To: *** Subject: Re: [Contact] hi, *** Oh, yeah, I think I remember TO. He was the drummer? The problem I had with re-connecting with the Tower folks is that I never knew most of their last names. And as for things like Facebook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-181-2","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paumAn-7lH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28255,"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28253\/revisions\/28255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}