On Record
The biggest record store in Los Angeles has got to be Amoeba, just up the street from where I live. That's because all the other big record stores--Tower, Virgin, etc.--have shut down.
I walked in recently and there was as sign at the entrance that I'd never seen before:
AMOEBA IS A SAFE PLACE
WE WELCOME YOU
ALL religions
ALL countries of origin
ALL sexual orientations
ALL genders
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE
We stand with you
You are safe here
The funny thing is, until I read this, I'd never had any reason to doubt I--or anyone else--was welcome at Amoeba.
Now I'm worried.
posted by LAGuy @ 10:53 AM
2 Comments:
My High School "World Cultures" history book from circa 1977 (so probably produced in the early 70s) featured a picture with a similar sign (sort of- they weren't selling records and the font was all in one color) outside a church in South Africa as evidence of popular disapproval of apartheid.
Maybe the owner of the store had the same book in school
If I were conspiracy minded, I would assume this was a code for something.
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