Djangos are in bankruptcy?When did this happen? >From: David Pearlman >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >To: audities@smoe.org >Subject: Moby Disc gone...End of an era for used record stores (LA area) >Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:15:56 -0500 > >This may mean something to some of you who live in the LA area. Moby Disc >was for years one of the best used record stores in the San Fernandy >Valley. >It was better in days or yore (especially when there was only one store, on >Victory Blvd), but still worth a look. A few years they got bought out by >the Django's chain, who had delusions of becoming a national used music >player. >They still exist, but are now in bankruptcy. > >Anyway... > >Just got back from a visit to the folks out in LA...Last Friday night, I >drove >over to the local Moby Disc (across from Topanga Plaza in Canoga Park) >and... >it was replaced by a phone store...Hmmm...Went back home and called the >Sherman >Oaks store. Nope, number disconnected. Seems the entire chain went belly up >sometime >in November. (Last time I was there was back in September I think). Sigh. > >Seems there are no good used record stores left in "The Valley". My other >favorite >in the Valley, Record Trader, mysteriously closed a couple of years ago. >(They >always seemed quite busy, so I never figured that one out)... > >Are there any good used stores left in the Valley I don't know about? > >To make myself feel better, I drove over the hill into the city to visit >Record Surplus and >Rhino. (I don't much like Amoeba...Too big, too much crap to sift through. >I LOVE used >record stores and have spent too many years of my life in 'em, but I find >Amoeba overwhelming. >I kinda liked the Berkeley store when it first opened (was there the first >day there were >open!), but now...not so much.) > >dap _________________________________________________________________ Have fun customizing MSN Messenger — learn how here! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_customize