- Store Name?
Amoeba Music
- Buyers Name?
Rasta Cue-Tip
- What is your role?
Order new product , price used vinyl, promotions
- What style of music do you carry?
Everything from Urban to Rock, Electronica, World Music, Pop, Country, Blue Grass, Jazz and Classical
- How long have you been working there?
7 years
- When was your store established?
1990
- How many stores?
3, Berkeley, San Francisco, Hollywood - CA
- Website?
www.amoebamusic.com and www.rastacuetip.com
- Where do you play?
yes -- SF Club Scene 1015 Folsom, End-up, Storyville, 330 Ritch, Elbow Room + Many More
- What makes your store unique?
Large Variety of used product, inexpensive priceing, pleasant and accomidating ,knowlegable staff, one of the largest independent record stores in the world.
- Any hot local 12" you would like to tell the rest of he world about?
Local Labels like : ABB, Heiro Imperium, Ubangi Beats, Quannum, Pockets Linted, Panhandle, and Thermal.
- Any dj’s that we might know … shop at your store?
The Neptunes, Funk Master Flex, Strech Arm Strong, Bad Boy Bill, Rae and Christian, Invisbl Skratch Piklz (Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Shortkut, Apollo, D-Styles) + many more.
- Do you do artist in stores? Is so who have you had?
Yes – Sonic Youth, Cibo Motto, Sean Lennon, KRS-ONE, Ozomalti, Jurassic 5 + many more
- What’s the wildest thing that has happened at the store while you have worked there?
Full nude shopper casually browsing through the store! I kid you not
- Does store have turntables for costumer use?
Too much vinyl in our store – you would have clash of the customers hip hop heads vs. classical heads.
- What type of music are you into?
Hip Hop, House, 2Step Garage, Jungle, Reggae, Jazz and Soul.
- What records are hot for you right now?
"Oh No" – Dj Hype remix by Mos Def,
"Music" by Eric Sermon and Marvin Gaye,
"Hit Em" Up Style (oops) by Blu Cantrell,
"The Life" by Mystic.
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