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| From | "Judy B" <HeyJude@socal.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: More L.A. record store news - Amoeba Bets on the Past, Future |
| Date | Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:46:46 -0800 |
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Oh, that's sad about Aron's Records. It was a great store. I hope to hit
Amoeba again, soon. It's a wonderful place, too. I look forward to the
on-line site for downloads. I hope they include their oldies comps since
that is mostly what I buy now. Thanks for the articles, Bryan.
By the way, are the Wackers that someone was mentioning earlier in the week
the same Wackers from the '60s who did Love Or Money (a personal fave) and
The Girl Who Wanted Fame? I have seen three CD's by them at
DeepDiscountCD.com, but I wondered if it was the same group. They are
great and I need a CD by the '60s group. Thanks in advance for any help on
this.
JUDY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:21 PM
Subject: More L.A. record store news - Amoeba Bets on the Past, Future
> Los Angeles Times - November 17, 2005
>
> Michael Hiltzik:Golden State
>
> Record Chain Bets on the Past, Future
>
> No industry has been as thoroughly eviscerated by new technologies and
> changing cultural norms as the music business.
>
> The record companies are consolidating, laying people off, wondering
whither
> their audience has fled.
>
> Record chains like Tower Records and Wherehouse Music have spent long
> stretches under bankruptcy protection. Makers of portable devices and
> purveyors of online music are all searching for the right formula to serve
a
> mass market.
>
> Through all this upheaval, Amoeba Music survives. The independent record
> chain was founded in 1990 in a Berkeley storefront and subsequently
expanded
> to three stores - one on San Francisco's Haight Street and another,
launched
> in November 2001 near Sunset and Vine, that instantly became a Hollywood
> landmark.
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