Halloween was a mellow affair at Amoeba Berkeley, but several of the East Bay Amoebites were in the holiday spirit! Get a load of these get-ups!

Bean is spot on as "The Doctor!"


Mondia's "Snookie as Elvira" costume...perfect!


Kaiser, a convincing priest.


Ranon as "Boltman." (It's a Chargers' thing, right?)

Beginning on Saturday July 9 and Sunday July 10, Amoeba Berkeley will hold weekend CLEARANCE sidewalk sales in front of the store from 12-7pm. Come on down for some great deals on LPs, CDs, and DVDs. Sales will run every weekend through the summer. All genres will be represented and lots of steals to be had!

   

Photos by Kaitlin Layher
Words by Spenser Russell-Snyder

In this week 20 years ago, the first Amoeba Music opened on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, CA! I'm sure none of you need a history lesson, but just in case you do, head over to our "History" page and educate yourself on all that is Amoeba Music! On Sunday, November 14th, Amoeba Berkeley had a birthday blowout celebration featuring in-store performances, DJs, prizes, cookies, and a 20% off used item sale! Here are some pictures from throughout the day:

Kicking off the day at noon was Amoeba Berkeley floorperson Kyle, who spun old time rock 'n' roll, garage, blues, and soul records.

The Berkeley store's Grace had people spinning the prize wheel all day! Also at the prize table, we held an hourly raffle, with all proceeds going to The Berkeley Free Clinic. Prizes from the raffles included "Lunchbox" amp from ZT Amplifiers, a year's worth of Peets Coffee, a $100 Amoeba gift certificate, plus other rad items!

We couldn't think of a better way to continue celebrating our 20th Anniversary this month than with an interview with Marc Weinstein, one of our founding owners, about Amoeba's inception, opening our first shop in Berkeley, what makes Amoeba special, some of his favorite memories thusfar, and more! Scattered throughout are some little-seen images of the Berkeley store before it opened as well as in its very early days!

Read on and check back for more additions over the next few weeks! To read our first Anniversary post, with testimonials from some of our favorite customers, click here! To get info about the Anniversary Events scheduled at the Berkeley store on Nov 13 & 14 with DJs, live performances from Foxtails Brigade, and Lyrics Born and prize giveaways, click here! You can also get involved by entering our contest -- share your own Amoeba story for a chance to win a shopping spree and more! Read about it here.

ADVENTURE! O Zone at OMCA (Oakland Museum of California)

Second Friday-Fest Until Midnight! Sep 10, 2010 | 5:00 pm

Amoeba Music teams up with The Oakland Museum of California and Pixar for a night of films, discussions, dancing, free art classes and more! Stop by the Amoeba table and chat with Amoeba staff, plus win prizes, and gear up with Amoeba Music schwag! It all takes place in the beautiful OMCA in the heart of downtown Oakland.