i hope you still purchase your music, cause the death of the local record shop would create a pang in my soul. my earliest purchases of music can be traced back to this record shop in the Haight District of San Francisco. before I turned 18 and then 21, it was one of the few places i could catch acts perform. those in los angeles, can also check out the Amoeba in Hollywood.
on a somewhat related note, check out the Haight St. kids:

unintentionally(?) funny quote of the day: “even though we dont sleep outside and we dont have dogs and we dont smell bad, whatever, we’re out here in like similar ways cuz we’re on the street and theyre on the street, we’re asking for money, theyre asking for money. we have songs.”
posted on April 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am