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JULY 13, 2009

What's in My Bag? Ben Stiller spending money, time at L.A.'s heavenly Amoeba Music

What's your favorite record store? I have a bunch of them: Princeton Record Exchange in N.J., Sound Garden in Baltimore, Bananas Music in St. Pete. But strap me to a lie detector, and I'd have to 'fess up that Amoeba Music on the Sunset Strip is my ultimate choice for flat-out nirvana. I've spent hours in there, and still haven't seen half the place. They've started a new video series called "What's in My Bag?" grilling customers, famous and otherwise, on what they've just purchased. It's pretty cool. Here's the full list. The Dave Grohl one is pretty good, too. I like the Ben Stiller 'cause he seems genuinely flummoxed, still getting over the daze of browsing that hellzapoppin' shrine to pop culture.

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Pop music critic Sean Daly of the Tampa Bay Times brings you the latest music news and concert reviews. He writes about rock music, country music, rap music and whatever sounds are out there. Cool job, isn't it? And his CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.

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