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Licorice Pizza was a Los Angeles record store chain that inspired the title of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2021 film of the same name. [1] The term is a colloquial expression for vinyl records , comparing them to the color of licorice and the shape of a pizza.
Rockaway Records is a US independent music and memorabilia store located in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The store's specialties are rare vinyl records, autographs, posters, memorabilia, and other music collectibles. [1] It was founded in 1979 in Los Angeles by brothers Gary and Wayne Johnson.
Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, taking their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing", and active in their first incarnation until 1971.
Blackstone's Department Store was not listed in the National Register of Historic Places's Broadway Theater and Commercial District when it was first created in 1979, [8] but it was included when the district was expanded in 2002. [2] Additionally, the building was listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #765 in 2003. [1]
Amoeba found a new location for its Los Angeles store on Hollywood Boulevard at Argyle Avenue. It is located inside of a newly constructed apartment complex, the El Centro. The store's vast collections of music CDs, LPs, DVDs, and books were temporarily in storage during construction at the new site during 2020 and 2021. [11]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A record 17 California condor chicks hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo during this year's breeding season for the endangered birds, officials announced Wednesday.
[6] [7] In 1984, the company began renting movies, or "video software" in 77 of its 126 stores, with a roll out into further stores expected. [8] Later that year, a copy of Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link was sold by a Wherehouse Entertainment at Sunset & Western in Los Angeles to Newt Deiter, who would go on to win the $100,000 ...
Wallichs Music City was located on the northwest corner of Sunset & Vine and operated from 1940 to 1978. Owner Glenn E. Wallichs, along with Tin Pan Alley songsmith Johnny Mercer and ex-Paramount movie producer Buddy De Sylva, had founded Capitol Records, [8] starting in a small office on Vine Street in 1942 [9] and then moving to larger offices above the store in 1946.