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I Need That Record! (2008)

I Need That Record! (2008)

Music Documentary

The death (or possible survival) of the independent record store

Release Date: 2008, May 3
Directors: Brendan Toller
Countries: United States of America
Production: Brendan Toller Productions, Outre Films
Cast: Noam Chomsky, Chris Frantz, Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye, Mike Watt, Patterson Hood, Bob Gruen, Pat Carney, Lenny Kaye, Glenn Branca, Legs McNeil, Malcolm Tent

Overview:

Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade," (Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe). A tour-de-force tale of greed, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, downloading, and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews, crestfallen record store owners, startling statistics, and eye-popping animation. Fat cats or our favorite record stores? You decide. Featuring- IAN MACKAYE, NOAM CHOMSKY, MIKE WATT, THURSTON MOORE, LENNY KAYE (Patti Smith), CHRIS FRANTZ (Talking Heads), GLENN BRANCA, PATTERSON HOOD (Drive By Truckers), PAT CARNEY (Black Keys) , LEGS MCNEIL, BOB GRUEN, BP HELIUM, and many indie record stores across the U.S.

Keywords:

punk rock record store community music business vinyl record record collector indie rock alternative music anti bush closing down file sharing