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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Amoeba Records is always worth a visit.
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I know that my music geek credentials might get revoked for saying this, but I don't like Amoeba Records. In the abstract, I'm in favor of large independent record stores, but when I lived in San Francisco, I rarely bought anything from Amoeba.
If I'm going to shell out money for an album, I'd better like more than one song on it. Amoeba in SF didn't have any listening stations when I lived in San Francisco. Tower and Virgin Megastore did. I don't collect vinyl, so I don't need the import-only, colored vinyl 12" from
Paul's Boutique. If I lived in SF now, I'd probably go to the Rasputin's. Better prices, same pale girls with blue/green/purple hair at the counter.
Living on the Westside, it's a pain to get to the Amoeba in Hollywood, you have to pay for parking, they don't take the KCRW member card for a discount on CD's. so I either order off of Amazon or go to Tower or Virgin. Music is too expensive, and I haven't gotten my CD settlement check yet.
