My wife has written a Requiem for a Record Store in Three Movements, recounting her interactions with Tower Records as a music fan, employee and music librarian. Too bad they have been auctioned off. I've spent a few dollars there. And a few of those record store dates she mentioned was with me.
Tower Records didn't survive bankruptcy. On Friday, their assets were auctioned off. The stores are having liquidation sales.
And here is Thomas van der Wal's remembrance, Tower Records is No More.