
I Need That Record!
The death (or possible survival) of the independent record store
2008 en 77 minutes
Rating: 6.5
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast

Glenn Branca
Himself

Pat Carney
Self

Noam Chomsky
Himself

Chris Frantz
Himself

Bob Gruen
Self

Patterson Hood
Self

Lenny Kaye
Himself

Ian MacKaye
Himself

Legs McNeil
Self

Thurston Moore
Himself

Malcolm Tent
Self

Mike Watt
Self