I Need That Record! (2008)

I Need That Record! (2008)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 2008-05-03 United States of America 77 Min. PG-13
6.464 14 votes
Documentary, Music

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.

Cast

Glenn Branca is Himself
Himself
Pat Carney is Self
Self
Noam Chomsky is Himself
Himself
Chris Frantz is Himself
Himself
Bob Gruen is Self
Self
Lenny Kaye is Himself
Himself
Ian MacKaye is Himself
Himself
Thurston Moore is Himself
Himself
Mike Watt is Self
Self