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Record Store Day @ Amoeba Sat 4/19

Give Thy iPod A Breather:

On Saturday, April 19th hundreds of independently owned music stores across the country will celebrate “Record Store Day.” On this day, all of these stores will simultaneously link and act as one with the purpose of celebrating the culture and the unique place that they occupy both in their local communities and nationally.

Amoeba Records Hollywood, arguably the best record store in the nation, will have giveaways, sales, DJ sets by Peanut Butter Wolf & The Donnas and general mayhem from 12-6pm. Also: Ron takes off his shirt in the jazz vocal stacks @ 4pm. You have been warned.

» Amoeba Hollywood Record Store Day Video feat. rare Weird “Al” Yankovic cameo
» List of participating record stores nationwide

While it is not without some regret we mark the closing of yet another shuttered record shop–albeit in this case, just one outlet of a behemoth chain–this thread is not for maudlin memories, but for Losanjealenos to post updates on the current percent of markdowns and the state of the remaining product as the Sunset Megastore approaches it’s February closure.

We may or may not admit it, but the %-off n influences what we may or may not take home on a sliding scale: i.e., The higher the markdown = the lower our standards = increased willingness to take home some dubious product to plug some gaps in our collections. Of course complicating this is the variable that the longer you hold out on pulling the trigger on a buy, waiting for a higher markdown, the more likely your product is going to be snapped up by others.

The below handy table can help guide your purchases, with an aim to help you snap up what you’re after before the shelves are bare.

Construction notices are up in the vacant storefront at the NE corner of Pico/WW Blvds, telegraphing an impending retail launch. The space—if I recall correctly, originally a Good Guys A/V joint and then, briefly, just before its current dusty state, a hasty incarnation of Comp USA— is being primed for the opening of a new Guitar Center location. It will be interesting to watch how this store takes root in the area and what, if any, effect it will have on nearby music shops.
»continue reading Guitar Center Coming to the Westside

Los Angeles is a melting pot, so it’s no surprise that there are foreign-owned small businesses whose storefront signs are sometimes lost in translation.

There’re also the businesses that disregard conventional rules of advertising and make up their own.

Then there are businesses with storefronts that are so out there, you can’t even speculate on what the fuck they were thinking.

My best guess? It’s an all-age dance club where the bouncer won’t let you in unless you’re dressed as a deranged serial killer. That’s a real shitty guess. So I have no clue.
»continue reading Signs You’re In Los Angeles

Verily brethren, Rev. Losanjealous was well pleased to learn this company walked in the way of the Lord. As they shew on their shopping bags.

In today’s sermon we will consider the following passages from LJV (Losanjealous Version)

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting Plastic Headbands and Ruched Knit Tops.” (John 3:16)

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they buy retail.”(Matthew 6:28)

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Diners Club.”(John 14.6-7)

Forever and ever 21, Amen.