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Levitz Furniture was a nationwide chain of American furniture stores that helped create the "furniture warehouse" genre of retail furniture sales. It was in business for nearly 100 years before liquidating in bankruptcy in early 2008.
The company was founded in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in 1910 by Richard Levitz.
In the 1960s Levitz successfully pioneered selling moderately priced brand-name furniture from a warehouse-style store. It suffered in the 1990s as consumers began to prefer showroom sales that featured spaces arranged to look like actual rooms in houses. The chain continued to expand in 2005, when they acquired Seaman's Furniture and Huffman Koos stores after bankruptcy.
The store is known for the slogan and jingle "You'll love it at Levitz."
Levitz was accused of having been poorly run for more than a decade starting in the 1990s. It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice during the period, in 1997 and again in 2005, both times emerging after a corporate restructuring and the participation of new outside backers.
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Plot: Judas meets Jesus and at first doesn't know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventually decides to join the band, as well. He and Jesus become good friends, even though they often see things very differently. Ultimately, Judas is convinced that Jesus needs to use his popularity and wonder-working powers to free the Jews from the Romans, and Jesus sees a larger, spritual perspective. As a friend, Judas convinces Jesus to give his disciples his miraculous powers, and he does with good results. Finally, the Jewish leaders spy on Judas and convince him of the greater good of betraying Jesus, in order to save the Jewish people. Judas gets caught between the corrupt leaders, Caiaphus and Pontius Pilate, and Jesus.
Keywords: arrest, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-true-story, betrayal, biblical, bound-to-x-shaped-cross, character-name-in-title, christian, christianityLevitz was a chain of furniture stores that went out of business in 2008.
The stores were closed.
Jason Lytle LEVITZ Acoustic at KINK radio, Portland, 06/05/09 http://www.kink.fm From Grandaddy - The Broken Down Comforter Collection, V2, 1999.
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Grandaddy performing "Levitz" live at Oslo, London on August 23rd, 2016. All rights reserved to the artist. No copyright infringement intended.
Wrong to say that I am giving up
right to say that I ain't showing up
I've got pictures at my home and doors that
transform me alone, sunny days should leave a
message on my phone
I don't think I'm gonna miss you much
for I've got dials and knobs soft to the touch
all your lectures will become converted into
static hum, sunny days should leave a message
on my phone
Oh to sleep per chance to dream
to live again those joyous scenes
the laughter and the follies that
are locked away inside my head