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If you're the kind of person who goes to cabaret-type performances by people who sing showtunes, you've probably heard (many times!) "Everybody Wants To Be Sondheim," a song written by — and performed here by — Alan Chapman. In his intro to it, he talks about inspiration coming from a trip to the now-defunct Aron's Records store on Highland Avenue here in Los Angeles. I wrote about Aron's here during its last days of being funct.

It was quite a place and I'd be surprised if there were very many people in Los Angeles in those days who wrote songs but never passed through its doors. Here's what Mr. Chapman was moved to write. Thanks to Joe Brancatelli for telling me about this video…