Best Of L.A.: Vinyl, Cassettes, Music Tees, The Smell, Build-Yr-Own Instruments and More

The LA Weekly‘s annual “Best Of” issue is on stands now — in theory at least, they usually disappear pretty quickly. But whether you’re in-town or out, near the paper product or not, you can read all about our favorite things (300 of them) here. I contributed a handful of writeups on local people and places that I hold dear, all music-skewed of course, and you can go direct to each below.

More after the jump.

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Beloved L.A. Vinyl Vendor Music Man Murray To Close

It’s true, but not for the reasons you’d think. Read about it here (via LA Weekly). It’s both sad news and glad news for collectors of rare records — Music Man Murray‘s got to move some units.

Murray Gershenz: all wrapped up in wax-a.

Murray Gershenz: all wrapped up in wax-a.