philosophy of selling off CDs

I haven't been to Amoeba Hollywood in years. I need to rectify that. 

For fans of AH, a bit of bad news: in a few years, it won't be there. Meaning on the Sunset Strip. The owners sold the land (don't ask why/how, it's beyond me), and the current owners of the property want to build on the plot. The owners of AH say that they'll just "move to a new location in Hollywood/LA."

Which is ridiculous. AH and its unique façade have attained an iconic regard in SoCal. It's in a prime location. Unless they were to relocate to, say, the former-and-still-unused Tower Sunset store, I don't see how AH will withstand a move and sustain its viability and reputation. Really unfortunate. They should have thought about is so more before accepting the big check that landed in front of them.

:)

Almost makes me want to get on a plane and go.

The last interesting place I was at was Electric Fetus in Minneapolis.

http://www.electricfetus.com/

;)

I revisited a CD that I thought I was going to sell - "Fusion" with Christian Vander, Jannik Top, etc. In other words, Magma folks doing fusion. When I first got it I think I listened to it once, and wasn't too impressed. But listening yesterday, I really dug it! It's staying. 

The Ash Ra Tempel stuff - I think it's gonna go. 

I'm going to let go of Soft Machine - Alive and Well - the live album after Mike Ratledge left - I love John Marshall/Karl Jenkins-era Soft Machine but this one just doesn't make the cut. 

I don't really have a problem selling stuff to Amoeba - I could maybe try and get a little more via eBay but it's not really worth it to me. One time I sold off a bunch of stuff and got something like $500 in store credit! That let me buy stuff that I was searching for for a while without having to give up any cash. I'm also much pickier about what I get - when I was in grad school I lived in Berkeley and worked across the street from Amoeba and anytime I went in there I could find something to buy - I don't do that anymore!