Amoeba Music in Hollywood

I stopped by Amoeba yesterday because at i had a gift certificate. Despite all the music downloading and discount stores carrying a wide selection of music, this place seems to have a lot of business- people are actually buying music and dvd's there. since i like a lot of mainstream music, i can find albums i like at discount stores like target and best buy for less. however, i really don't shop for music too often. perhaps people go there since it has such a large selection and older/harder to find albums. Amoeba also has a large selection of used cd's and dvd's which are guaranteed to play perfectly. i've had some problems with used cd's, so i stopped buying them. You can return the used item for a store credit within 7 days if not perfect. I'm surprised that Virgin Megastore on sunset and cresent heights is going out of business but i did stop going there since i was in high school, when it first opened. purchased the following (all new):

nadia-the movie $10
joni mitchell hits $17
modern lovers $13
Shangri las - Leader of the pack $15
jesus and mary chain 21 singles $17
mary j blige what's the 411 $9
aretha franklin hits $9
tori amos under the pink $11

be careful of the newer photo enforced light at the corner of cahuenga and sunset. i know someone who got a ticket from that corner recently and the penalty was $159, not including $10 fee and traffic school.

Radiohead's New Album "In Rainbows" - Available Wednesday, 10/10

Radiohead's New Album "In Rainbows" - Available Wednesday, 10/10

Album will be only sold thru http://www.radiohead.com/. Available for free download or you can pay whatever price you want. You'll understand the term "it's up to you" once you're in the website. check it out! I just got my confirmation. I didn't pay anything.

Update today, 10/9 - Just got the email below regarding the new radiohead album to be released tomorrow:
THANK YOU FOR ORDERING IN RAINBOWS. THIS IS AN UPDATE.YOUR UNIQUE ACTIVATION CODE(S) WILL BE SENT OUT TOMORROW MORNING (UK TIME). THIS WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE DOWNLOAD AREA.HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB ZIP FILE CONTAINING 10 X 160KBPS DRM FREE MP3s.MOST COMPUTERS NOW HAVE ZIP SOFTWARE AS PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM; IF YOUR COMPUTER DOES NOT, YOU NEED TO GET WINZIP OR ZIPIT INSTALLED PRIOR.

Update today, 10/10 - Received the email with activation code link this morning. Had problems this morning - the website link stated that my "activation code" had already been used. Emailed them and they sent me another link that worked fine. Download to winzip file took 2 minutes. Haven't yet been able to listen to album yet.

Update today, 10/15 - Listened to the new album several times. I only liked song #9. I recently read that not many (2400 people) paid anything for the new album on the first day sales. Most people paid between $10-$20 which I thought was surprising. I guess you have to support the band.

Update from tmz on 11/6 - More than six out of 10 people who downloaded the new Radiohead album, "In Rainbows," did so for free. The average price paid from people who decided to pay was about $6. Nearly 1.2 million people downloaded the album - a total of $2.736 mil.