Jason Cherkis just called from the scene at [tag]DJ Hut[/tag], where a blaze occured this morning.

The floor of the store, he tells us, is a mess of shattered glass, water, insulation, and the bamboo that lined the shop’s ceiling. Much of DJ Hut’s stock of LPs are melted or smoke damaged, including the whole of the classics and new singles sections. The turntables in the shop are also ruined.

“All of our store has been pretty much destroyed,” says co-owner Chris Stiles.

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Husband is despondent. I think it’s why I couldn’t pry him off the couch last night long enough to catch the [tag]Bourne Ultimatum[/tag].

I have to go see the movie soon, I just re-watched [tag]The Bourne Identity[/tag] to refresh my memory and scrub the other roles the characters have played out of my brain. The synopsis rolling around in my head was along the lines of: Robert Hanssen chases RunLolaRun and Matt Damon, who looks just like my brother, around in a small car for 90 minutes. Wackiness ensues. It turns out that wasn’t entirely accurate.

But back to DJ Hut.

The City Paper reported late yesterday that the rare vinyl seems to have been spared the brunt of the fire, smoke and water damage, so there’s a little hope.