>I presently love hanging out at Freakbeat Records in Sherman Oaks, CA, 
>mainly because the store owner, Bob Say, and his colleague Tom, are very 
>cool people who are happy to shoot the breeze about music...and they're 
>happy to play anything you're curious about.  They extol the virtues of 
>old-school record shops, which is great in my book.

During last summer's visit to LA, Dave brought me to Freakbeat, and
I have to completely agree.  These guys are great!