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I Need That Record!
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I Need That Record!

May 3, 2008
1h 17m
★ 6.5

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

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.

Genres

Documentary
Music

Production Companies

Brendan Toller Productions
Outre Films

I Need That Record! Trailers

Cast

Glenn Branca

Himself

Glenn Branca

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Self

Pat Carney

Noam Chomsky

Himself

Noam Chomsky

Chris Frantz

Himself

Chris Frantz

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Self

Bob Gruen

Patterson Hood

Self

Patterson Hood

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Himself

Lenny Kaye

Ian MacKaye

Himself

Ian MacKaye

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Self

Legs McNeil

Thurston Moore

Himself

Thurston Moore

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Self

Malcolm Tent

Mike Watt

Self

Mike Watt

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