Since Amoeba came to Los Angeles, Rhino and Aron's Records have closeddown, leaving us with very few places where independent music zines can be found. Since the management of Amoeba doesn't want to talk with us about carrying zines, we hope we can change their minds by showing them how many music fans would welcome the addition of zines to theirstores.
So please, if you are a music fan and a reader of zines, take a momentto click below and tell Amoeba that you'd like to be able to find bothin their stores. And spread the word!
http://petitiononline.com/amoeba/petition.html
On behalf of my fellow editors, the artists we review, our printers and folks who like to read in the bathtub, I thank you.
best regards,KimEditrixScram
― Kim Cooper (editrix), Sunday, 9 April 2006 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― curmudgeon (DC Steve), Sunday, 9 April 2006 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― bleh, Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, we hope they will introduce a dedicated magazine rack, carrying music magazines both indie and otherwise, especially to the LA store, which doesn't even have, uhm... Utne and Shape.
― Kim Cooper (editrix), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― svend (svend), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:12 (eighteen years ago) link
key phrase here.
so you asked to talk to someone at the store about it and just got dissed? who did you talk to?
― something less threatening (heywood), Monday, 10 April 2006 02:53 (eighteen years ago) link
We then sent a package of our magazines with a letter to Marc Weinstein and phoned him many times over several weeks, at every Amoeba store, but was never able to reach him; he apparently has no voice mail.
We followed up with a phone message for Karen Pearson, which was not returned. Only then did we post the open letter. If there's anyone else we should be talking to, I would appreciate the info.
thanks,Kimamscray@gmail.com
― Kim Cooper (editrix), Monday, 10 April 2006 02:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Los Angeles is a different proposition. Tons of space, and if you're right, no competitors. Those guys aren't going to stock anything that won't make money. So you might want to try sending a letter to Karen at the LA store and asking about having more zines for that particular store. Otherwise, I think you're barking up the wrong tree.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 10 April 2006 05:20 (eighteen years ago) link
The specifics of the zine section are yet to be determined, and it's not clear which stores beyond LA will be effected, but for now I just wanted to spread the good word. It's great to know that sometimes all it takes to get a timely idea adopted is finding the right way to ask. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to sign the petition or forward it, and stay tuned for Zines at Amoeba!
KimEditrixScramhttp://www.scrammagazine.comhttp://www.petitiononline.com/amoeba/petition.html
― Kim Cooper (editrix), Friday, 14 April 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― lf (lfam), Friday, 14 April 2006 00:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 14 April 2006 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Hollywood Amoeba moving locations, adding pot sales: https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/amoeba-music-set-to-relocate-its-los-angeles-store-plans-to-seek-dispensary-permit-exclusive-1202848131/
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Saturday, 16 June 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link