1 post tagged “wild about music”

I am totally bummed about my favorite music hang out going out of business. It was located in the same building where my last indie bookstore (The Midnight Special) existed before it closed its doors in 2004. I swear that building must be jinxed.

We drove to Santa Monica and from a block away my heart sank and my stomach felt like a rock had landed. I saw the For Lease sign and told Boo "Oh no, it's gone!"

Even as Boo tried to reassure me I was upon it and yep, the building was closed. Shelves bare. All the beautiful artwork gone. Musical instruments nowhere in sight. Dark and empty.

To console myself we trekked to the Borders bookstore where I bought a Don Henley CD which was an unadvertised sale. Sure it was great not having to pay full price, but all the while I kept thinking about Wild About Music and why such a fantastic store couldn't survive in, of all places, Santa Monica, CA.

Santa Monica is synonymous with hip.

It oozes of cool.

Overflows with money.

How could Wild About Music not survive in such an environment?

This sucks. I am so disappointed.