The Tower Records bankruptcy marks the end of a generation. “If Tower is looking for a convenient scapegoat, it could well point its corporate finger at Seattle’s Beacon Hill, where Amazon.com resides. Record retailers such as Tower liked to boast that they offered far more breadth and depth in music selection than the mall stores or the music departments of the discounters. But even the music retailers couldn’t match the universe of offerings from Amazon, which didn’t have the carrying cost of bricks-and-mortar stores.”