On Jan 17, 2005, at 9:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Garrett McGrath) wrote:
well let's see.... since i haven't bought a record in an actual store
in God knows how long, this info might be outdated. however, for music
I would recommend Amoeba on Sunset @ Cahuenga, This Is Music on
Melrose, and Vinyl Fetish on Vermont in the Los Feliz area. I think
there's a Vinyl Fetish on Melrose as well but i aint never been thar.
Music equipment: definitely Black Market Music on La Cienega, West
Hollywood. It's a used gear place but almost always home to some
unusual find; great place to browse. West LA Music, on Santa Monica
Blvd in (you guessed it) West LA. Excellent place for new stuff, good
people. Know the price of whatever you're shopping for before you go
in and they'll match it. And if you're feeling very motivated, Big
City Music (bigcitymusic.com) in Studio City has a lot of analog and
unusual stuff.
Seeing as I'm a lot more Irish than Greg is Scottish, there's lots of
places to celebrate alcoholism but I'm sure you won't have any trouble
finding bars. Clubs nearly all suck. And that also depends on where
you're staying. LA is not what you'd call small.
-garrett
Jason Brunton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/17/2005, 08:12:04 PM:
Hey Gregg- yah we are coming over for NAMM- me and Wilba (who is the
owner of Rubadub)- excellent work on the party info- thanks a lot- I'm
sure we'll make enough trouble of our own at these places anyway!
Maybe we could meet up for a beer (or whiskey as you are 1/8th
Scottish!)??
(I'm a full 1/4 Irish too, Garrett ... grandmother was born there :) )
That's the key thing (and why I'm posting to the list, and not just
to Jason privately, in case anyone else is coming here to NAMM) -
"depends on where you're staying" and "LA is not what you'd call
small".
Specifically - NAMM is held down in Anaheim, home of Mickey Mouse
and the Rally Monkey ("Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" baseball team).
Presumably most out of towners will stay near the conference location
which basically means that you are a 30-45 minute drive from downtown
LA and Hollywood (respectively), and that's a *minimum* - no traffic.
(Which only exists late at night, like when you're returning to your
hotel.)
That's why I asked when you were getting into town, Jason - because
if you're just nipping in for a few days and are staying down in
Anaheim, unless you're comfortable renting a car and putting up
with massive traffic snarls, getting up "into town" to go record
hunting or gear snooping or gig going is a veritable nightmare.
Hopefully you guys will give yourselves a few days before and
after to get over jet lag and get your arses out of Anaheim to
be closer to said record/gear/club locations after NAMM's over ...
Hit me back privately for contact info for the 3 of us ...
- Greg
