I’m about a month late on this, but I’m terribly sad nonetheless. Sea Level Records in Echo Park is closing. A truly independent record store that supported local bands, Sea Level also featured impeccable musical taste. Now it’ll be gone by the time I get back to LA for the summer, so I can’t run there and help and buy music in its last days.
Imagine if the only place we could shop for music were Border’s ((shudder)). In honor of Sea Level, I’m going to walk up the hill here in Seattle and buy something at an independent record store. Wherever you are, I urge you to do the same.
Sad indeed. We still buy most of our records at Kim’s here in New York (though I’m guilty of buying a few on iTunes if The Husband isn’t interested in sharing), but I can’t imagine I’d get very nostalgic over it closing. If Reckless Records ever went under, however, I’d certainly pitch a fit. So I know the feeling.
Maybe I should start getting records shipped from Reckless…
Hope you’re enjoying Seattle. I only got to spend a few days there, but if you’re headed for Wall of Sound, have a baguette at Baguette Box next door. The best sandwich you’ll ever have.
On your advice, that’s exactly what I did: a baguette (yum!) and a CD at Wall of Sound (When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs of the West, recorded in the 1920s & ’30s)