End of an Era: Rhino Records Closes

It's increasingly tough to survive as an independent music store, but there are few better-known than Rhino. Of course, the record label that spun off the store survives. But it gets harder and harder for the indies to compete with the likes of iTunes and Best Buy...

They're throwing a wake of sorts for the Rhino Records store Saturday and Sunday. Founded in 1973, the venerable record shop officially closed its doors after the turn of the year, hard on the heels of the folding of cross-town competitor Aron's Records. But, in a final gasp of Rhino tradition, old customers will gather at the Westwood Boulevard location to paw through boxes of CDs, LPs, DVDs and videocassettes at the store's final parking lot sale.