Chris Willman Music WriterMeet the new Amoeba… same as the old Amoeba? In many ways, yes, despite reopening in a geographically more iconic location, just a block east of the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, after year on pause.
The new Hollywood outpost of Amoeba Music officially opens today, April 1, with lineups expected outside the store, at least initially, thanks to capacity restrictions and pent-up retail-therapy hunger from the store’s avid customer base.Would Variety ever devote saturation coverage to a retail store under practically any other circumstance?
No. But to a retail store that is easily in the top 10 of the entertainment industry’s most revered Holy Places? Yes to that.
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