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| From | Not Lame <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Aron's |
| Date | Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:00:54 -0700 |
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> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:20:10 -0800
> From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Subject: So long, Arons
> Message-ID: <02fc01c5ebff$bf837b20$f029fea9@533034B8A6DF4D9>
>
> I just heard that Aron's Records in Los Angeles will be
> closing soon. Many of you Left Coasters or L.A. folks
> are probably familiar with this store - before Amoeba it
> was pretty much the main destination in LA for all things
> obscure / out there. They will be having a going out of
> business sale starting tomorrow, and will close up for
> good once they've liquidated their inventory - no telling
> how long that will take.
>
> Bryan
THIS is so sad. It's a eulogy that music fans, small label owners for the
past four/five years get used to repeating and I've said my piece on this
front before on this forum and won't repeat beyond 'such is the times we're
in'.
But a bit of personal remembrance below.....
When I lived in LA, '87-'93, it was a life-line. THE record store for
discovery and happenstance in SoCal. The staff, while knowledgeable, were
always haughty, unimpressed and unapproachable (not unlike Denver's Wax
Trax, a constant in their history here in Colorado). The liked it that way
and never sought out helping music buyers and fans, the countless scores
upon scores of times I was in there. Easily overlooked, though. The
selection was so awesome, so deep so you could un-concerned about small
issues like 'the staff are a-holes'. It just fit the territory, landscape.
I had left by the time Amoeba came to town..but quickly, it was apparent to
folks in LA that they were not set up to the handle 'real' competition
amongst the passionate music buying fan and find something they could do
better. A shame. Their importance, for quite some time, was very, very
real.
I always visited it anytime in LA. I shan't, though, miss finding parking
in that incredibly small parking lot of theirs.
Best wishes to all in the Aron's family........
Peace,
Bruce
@ Not Lame
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