Filmmaker Brendan Toller examines the cause for the decline of independent record stores in, "I Need That Record! The Death (Or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store," (2008), an intriguing documentary that pinpoints how big conglomerates like Wal-Mart are impacting the independent record business. With 3,000 record stores closing within the past decade, Toller uses brutal honesty and humor as well as interviews with a variety of celebrities such as Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Noam Chomsky, to explain the sharp decline, and what changes would have to be made to reverse it.
Filmmaker Brendan Toller examines the cause for the decline of independent record stores in, "I Need That Record! The Death (Or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store," (2008), an intriguing documentary that pinpoints how big conglomerates like Wal-Mart are impacting the independent record business. With 3,000 record stores closing within the past decade, Toller uses brutal honesty and humor as well as interviews with a variety of celebrities such as Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Noam Chomsky, to explain the sharp decline, and what changes would have to be made to reverse it.
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