If you’ve ever wondered whether independent record stores are going to survive, you know that there are a lot of variables involved in that question.
There are also many different ways to look at those variables, which is why you should check out I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store when it goes on sale at independent record stores near you this Friday, for Record Store Day.
A mix of satire, analysis, sadness and hope, I Need That Record has been screened at half a dozen film festivals since its 2008 premiere. In it, the film’s director, Brendan Toller, asks everybody from Glenn Branca to Thurston Moore to Legs McNeil to Noam Chomsky for a prognosis, and their answers are the perfect complement to Record Store Day’s message. [click to continue…]
