Everyone in Louisville knows how special of a record store Ear-X-Tacy is. It recently moved locations but still cant seem to stay alive. Rolling Stone rated ear-x-tacy # 4 record store in the country. Don't let it die! Pass the message on! Buy from them!
The Steam Engine has a post about it including a video by the owner.
Man, that's awful. Record stores are the bomb. There aren't many around these parts. Wish I lived near enough to walk in. Don't know much about Ear-X-Tacy other than the name...can you order from them on-line? I'll have to check that out.
Just made my purchase via their online record store.
Sweet, hope it helps!
http://www.buymusichere.net/rel/v2_home.php?storenr=11&deptnr=1
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Quote from: e_wind on Oct 31, 2011, 01:10 PM
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Record stores, video stores, bookstores, photomats, are all on their way out. Only romantic purists will keep them going for a while longer, but they're all eventually toast, IMO.
I miss the days of going to the record store or
waiting for a new album to be released. :'(
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Oct 31, 2011, 02:02 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Oct 31, 2011, 01:10 PM
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Record stores, video stores, bookstores, photomats, are all on their way out. Only romantic purists will keep them going for a while longer, but they're all eventually toast, IMO.
I miss the days of going to the record store or waiting for a new album to be released. :'(
Vinyl sales have been up in the past few years, that's the only thing to be hopeful about. I was lucky enough to see the store a few times, what a great place. Maybe MMJ could do a massive hometown Save EarXtacy impromptu NYE show...or save EarXtacy Festival... Call it SEX FEST (get it?--acronym people!)
Jim should just buy it. Call it " My Morning Album Jacket"
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Oct 31, 2011, 02:02 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Oct 31, 2011, 01:10 PM
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Record stores, video stores, bookstores, photomats, are all on their way out. Only romantic purists will keep them going for a while longer, but they're all eventually toast, IMO.
I miss the days of going to the record store or waiting for a new album to be released. :'(
Right on. I miss the 3 hour sessions of digging through the bins hoping to find some obscure European Pixie recording hoping all the while that the good-looking, all black clad girl behind the counter will ask you about the up-coming Blue Mountain show at the bar down the street. She never asked, but I got some sweet French Pixie cd singles.
Technology is replacing everything and while it's pretty cool to have my world in my pocket - I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Good luck Ear x tacy and everyone else for that matter.
announcement made: https://www.facebook.com/# (https://www.facebook.com/#)!/earxtacyrecords
:(
This is so very very sad. Thank you John Timmons for keeping the music alive for so long.
Time to go watch High Fidelity and celebrate the beauty and vanishing breed of the local independent record store.
Quote from: bowl of soup on Oct 31, 2011, 03:16 PM
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Oct 31, 2011, 02:02 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Oct 31, 2011, 01:10 PM
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Record stores, video stores, bookstores, photomats, are all on their way out. Only romantic purists will keep them going for a while longer, but they're all eventually toast, IMO.
I miss the days of going to the record store or waiting for a new album to be released. :'(
Right on. I miss the 3 hour sessions of digging through the bins hoping to find some obscure European Pixie recording hoping all the while that the good-looking, all black clad girl behind the counter will ask you about the up-coming Blue Mountain show at the bar down the street. She never asked, but I got some sweet French Pixie cd singles.
Technology is replacing everything and while it's pretty cool to have my world in my pocket - I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Good luck Ear x tacy and everyone else for that matter.
It's good and bad. Mostly bad. I had the guts to ask that good looking all black glad girl who worked behind the counter out. The look I got will stay with me forever. It was like I was a nun with a dildo in my hand in her eyes. Priceless
It's strange to think my kids may never know the feeling of walking in to a record store with a $20 budget and walking out with over $60 of music because they couldn't stop flipping through albums
Quote from: mjk73 on Oct 31, 2011, 07:42 PM
Quote from: bowl of soup on Oct 31, 2011, 03:16 PM
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Oct 31, 2011, 02:02 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Oct 31, 2011, 01:10 PM
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Record stores, video stores, bookstores, photomats, are all on their way out. Only romantic purists will keep them going for a while longer, but they're all eventually toast, IMO.
I miss the days of going to the record store or waiting for a new album to be released. :'(
Right on. I miss the 3 hour sessions of digging through the bins hoping to find some obscure European Pixie recording hoping all the while that the good-looking, all black clad girl behind the counter will ask you about the up-coming Blue Mountain show at the bar down the street. She never asked, but I got some sweet French Pixie cd singles.
Technology is replacing everything and while it's pretty cool to have my world in my pocket - I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Good luck Ear x tacy and everyone else for that matter.
It's good and bad. Mostly bad. I had the guts to ask that good looking all black glad girl who worked behind the counter out. The look I got will stay with me forever. It was like I was a nun with a dildo in my hand in her eyes. Priceless
I always prefered the mystery of not knowing, perhaps the truth of not knowing. You do know that the jacket is in Orlando in December, no? Kids like Orlando, big kids like jacket.
jim's statement on the homepage this morning is poignant and a sad reminder of all we are loosing. there are few commercial places i enjoy walking into more than my local record store. been this way since i was a teenager and hope i can do this until i can't do much of anything.
losing ear-x-tacy, or any local record store, or small independent book store is a truly sad event. like losing another animal on the endangered species list. as the saying goes, sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
Quote from: headhunter on Nov 01, 2011, 08:54 AM
jim's statement on the homepage this morning is poignant and a sad reminder of all we are loosing. there are few commercial places i enjoy walking into more than my local record store. been this way since i was a teenager and hope i can do this until i can't do much of anything.
losing ear-x-tacy, or any local record store, or small independent book store is a truly sad event. like losing another animal on the endangered species list. as the saying goes, sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
Jim's statement is a bit hypocritical considering MMJ has offered several songs as web download only. I understand he tried to help save the store, but on the other hand they were undermining it. It's just the way it is.
Every generation talks about the good ol days; it just happens. We used to wait...we don't have to wait anymore. :-\
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Nov 01, 2011, 09:49 AM
Quote from: headhunter on Nov 01, 2011, 08:54 AM
jim's statement on the homepage this morning is poignant and a sad reminder of all we are loosing. there are few commercial places i enjoy walking into more than my local record store. been this way since i was a teenager and hope i can do this until i can't do much of anything.
losing ear-x-tacy, or any local record store, or small independent book store is a truly sad event. like losing another animal on the endangered species list. as the saying goes, sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
Jim's statement is a bit hypocritical considering MMJ has offered several songs as web download only. I understand he tried to help save the store, but on the other hand they were undermining it. It's just the way it is.
Every generation talks about the good ol days; it just happens. We used to wait...we don't have to wait anymore. :-\
Huh? How was it hypocritical? Free downloads of songs that are not otherwise for sale (ie, live recordings from the shows at T5) are not undermining anyone's business. They do more to stroke interest in a band.
MMJ played free shows and benefits for Ear and did in store signings. Also, they did Celebración de la Ciudad Natal (Spanish: Hometown Celebration) initially released exclusively for Record Store Day and sold only in independent retail stores. The audio was taken from concerts held at Ear-X-Tacy and at Waterfront Park.
MMJ didn't undermine Ear or any other independent record stores. They were always supporters.
Quote from: bowl of soup on Oct 31, 2011, 11:53 PM
Quote from: mjk73 on Oct 31, 2011, 07:42 PM
Quote from: bowl of soup on Oct 31, 2011, 03:16 PM
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Oct 31, 2011, 02:02 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Oct 31, 2011, 01:10 PM
Ear x Tacy has been closed for 3 days, and hasn't yet explained why. There is an official statement today. If they remain open at all, I encourage folks to buy music from there rather than amazon and maybe so holiday shopping there as well. It will be a really sad day for Louisvilles music scene if this place closes.
Record stores, video stores, bookstores, photomats, are all on their way out. Only romantic purists will keep them going for a while longer, but they're all eventually toast, IMO.
I miss the days of going to the record store or waiting for a new album to be released. :'(
Right on. I miss the 3 hour sessions of digging through the bins hoping to find some obscure European Pixie recording hoping all the while that the good-looking, all black clad girl behind the counter will ask you about the up-coming Blue Mountain show at the bar down the street. She never asked, but I got some sweet French Pixie cd singles.
Technology is replacing everything and while it's pretty cool to have my world in my pocket - I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Good luck Ear x tacy and everyone else for that matter.
It's good and bad. Mostly bad. I had the guts to ask that good looking all black glad girl who worked behind the counter out. The look I got will stay with me forever. It was like I was a nun with a dildo in my hand in her eyes. Priceless
I always prefered the mystery of not knowing, perhaps the truth of not knowing. You do know that the jacket is in Orlando in December, no? Kids like Orlando, big kids like jacket.
I so wish that could happen. it's been a whole 2 years since the last trip to see a man about a mouse. Plans are in the works for Jan 2013 but that's more just for me and so I can do the Goofy Challange (both the half and full marathons) because I apparently do not have enough challanges in my life.
Quote from: headhunter on Nov 01, 2011, 10:44 AM
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Nov 01, 2011, 09:49 AM
Quote from: headhunter on Nov 01, 2011, 08:54 AM
jim's statement on the homepage this morning is poignant and a sad reminder of all we are loosing. there are few commercial places i enjoy walking into more than my local record store. been this way since i was a teenager and hope i can do this until i can't do much of anything.
losing ear-x-tacy, or any local record store, or small independent book store is a truly sad event. like losing another animal on the endangered species list. as the saying goes, sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
Jim's statement is a bit hypocritical considering MMJ has offered several songs as web download only. I understand he tried to help save the store, but on the other hand they were undermining it. It's just the way it is.
Every generation talks about the good ol days; it just happens. We used to wait...we don't have to wait anymore. :-\
Huh? How was it hypocritical? Free downloads of songs that are not otherwise for sale (ie, live recordings from the shows at T5) are not undermining anyone's business. They do more to stroke interest in a band.
MMJ played free shows and benefits for Ear and did in store signings. Also, they did Celebración de la Ciudad Natal (Spanish: Hometown Celebration) initially released exclusively for Record Store Day and sold only in independent retail stores. The audio was taken from concerts held at Ear-X-Tacy and at Waterfront Park.
MMJ didn't undermine Ear or any other independent record stores. They were always supporters.
Not to mention Circuital single sold only in two record stores on Earth. And Ear X Travaganza. And YY solo shows selling tickets exclusively at EXT. the only thing MMJ has done that isn't available at EXT in some shape is iTunes Live at the Palms.
Hell they made a DVD that came with the delux box set that had a major focus on EXT and featured Timmons.
This sucks for Louisville. No more Record Store Day, exclusive tickets to MMJ/YY shows, or new vinyl period in Louisville. Only a select few stores have small vinyl selections around here now.
Yeah I wondered what the several songs for DL only were?
Quote from: Penny Lane on Nov 01, 2011, 11:23 AM
Yeah I wondered what the several songs for DL only were?
Octoplasm is the only song that I can think of that I paid money for that was only available as a download.
I don't blame digital distribution, I blame an industry that no longer makes a product worthy of physical production. Music is made like cheap Chinese disposable lead tainted trinkets not worth the shelf space they take up. The record stores hurt from a lack of new products on the shelves. Second-hand and nostalgia only goes so far; without enough new product to pas the profits it ends up being non-sustainable. In other words, it's the same as record labels: when they lose the shitty big name fluff artist, they lose the padded margins to support the commercially unsuccessful actual talent.
Quote from: Penny Lane on Nov 01, 2011, 11:23 AM
Yeah I wondered what the several songs for DL only were?
there was Octoplasm for joining Roll Call (which is 1 reason I never joined; a fan club excluding "non-members"? no thanks) and then the downloads from American Express. Again, not saying this is why music stores are closing, however, these opportunites only encourage people to download music rather than go to the store. There are Catch-22's a plenty, however, the way of the record store, book store, etc... is on it's way out and even the most well intentioned people (MMJ) are part of making this happen. It is part of the business side of things.
I also happen to be one of the purists who shops at Grimey's in Nashville (if I can find it there), plus I wait until the release date before I purchase new music. And I get laughed at for being like this; so be it. I really think there is something about waiting and not over-saturating yourself that is getting lost in our culture (but that's another thread).
I understand the business side of things, but you mentioned one song?
I just think it's pretty low to make that statement when MMJ have made a concerted effort to promote and support Ear-X-Tacy and Record Store Day, etc Jim's not a hypocrite but he does lead a band that has to make an income. He said 'let this be a wake up call to us'.. and 'i fear one day we will wake up bleary-eyed'..he's not excluding himself. Like you said, some of it is just the business side that they can't escape to be able to make any $.
Quote from: Penny Lane on Nov 01, 2011, 04:10 PM
I understand the business side of things, but you mentioned one song?
I just think it's pretty low to make that statement when MMJ have made a concerted effort to promote and support Ear-X-Tacy and Record Store Day, etc Jim's not a hypocrite but he does lead a band that has to make an income. He said 'let this be a wake up call to us'.. and 'i fear one day we will wake up bleary-eyed'..he's not excluding himself. Like you said, some of it is just the business side that they can't escape to be able to make any $.
There were a couple of others through AE. 1 is too many, IMO. *Plus, I forgot about the whole Itunes Palms exclusive.
I acknowledged them trying to save the store >
I understand he tried to help save the store.And I appreciate their efforts.
And in a couple of years there won't be any record stores.
And I get laughed at
here when I challenge people not to download illegally. Scoffed at, etc...
And we're
all hypocrites.
And it's 31 degrees and snowing hard in Douglas County Wyoming.
I get Tracy's point - Candles and Panties was the first album I ever bought digitally.
EDIT: or was it live at the palms? One was an itunes exclusive, no?
Quote from: el_chode on Nov 01, 2011, 05:34 PM
I get Tracy's point - Candles and Panties was the first album I ever bought digitally.
EDIT: or was it live at the palms? One was an itunes exclusive, no?
They are the same album. And yes, itunes exclusive.
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Nov 01, 2011, 04:45 PM
Quote from: Penny Lane on Nov 01, 2011, 04:10 PM
I understand the business side of things, but you mentioned one song?
I just think it's pretty low to make that statement when MMJ have made a concerted effort to promote and support Ear-X-Tacy and Record Store Day, etc Jim's not a hypocrite but he does lead a band that has to make an income. He said 'let this be a wake up call to us'.. and 'i fear one day we will wake up bleary-eyed'..he's not excluding himself. Like you said, some of it is just the business side that they can't escape to be able to make any $.
There were a couple of others through AE. 1 is too many, IMO. *Plus, I forgot about the whole Itunes Palms exclusive.
I acknowledged them trying to save the store > I understand he tried to help save the store.
And I appreciate their efforts.
And in a couple of years there won't be any record stores.
And I get laughed at here when I challenge people not to download illegally. Scoffed at, etc...
And we're all hypocrites.
And it's 31 degrees and snowing hard in Douglas County Wyoming.
Okay now you're being a drama queen ;)
No one here laughs and scoffs at you.
I did remember the live at the palms, but it's so infrequently they offer stricly DL stuff, I just think it was a weak point. In 10 years, how many songs? A hem...
It's been snowing hard in Boulder, too. Soulshine's been sending me pics.
Off topic, but Live at the Palms might be the most beautiful live work they have
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/22/142456999/economy-mutes-a-longtime-louisville-record-shop?sc=tw (http://www.npr.org/2011/11/22/142456999/economy-mutes-a-longtime-louisville-record-shop?sc=tw)
:'(
Ear X Tacy is having a liquidation sale this weekend. If anyone wants any memorbelia (shirt, shot glass, sticker, pint glass, mug, etc) I can pick one up for you. It's really, unbelieveably sad for our city. I'm guilty too. Buying records only came after I downloaded and made sure I like it.
:'(
I would take a T-shirt (large), if you're offering. Something that says Ear-x-tacy. I bought one there last February while I was in town, but it didn't have the store name on it. Otherwise I'll check out their website? Not sure if anything is still being offered on there?
Last time I checked the site is done for. I think items like these will be hot this weekend. But I'm gonna try for it
Quote from: e_wind on Nov 22, 2011, 12:11 PM
Ear X Tacy is having a liquidation sale this weekend. If anyone wants any memorbelia (shirt, shot glass, sticker, pint glass, mug, etc) I can pick one up for you. It's really, unbelieveably sad for our city. I'm guilty too. Buying records only came after I downloaded and made sure I like it.
:'(
eric--if you can swing it, i'd love a sticker or something small...i have a few things from other the years but am not sure where they are..if there are even going out of biz flyers, they'd be something i'd like to frame for posterity...anything if possible! thanks!
I just got here. 30 minutes Til open and there's a couple hundred people here in line. I'm gonna guess I'm not getting my hands are ear x Tacy labled goods
I picked up about 20 bumper stickers. Black and white or rainbow background of anyone going to MSG wants one.
I also bought a big cardboard sign, probably 5'by5' that says "ear x Tacy used!" a giant eddie vedder cardboard sign, and a giant PJ20 Cardboard sign.
I picked up a Wilco 7", RZA LP, Elvis Live LP, Niel Diamond Live LP, and 10 various things from the 5$ and under boxes.
All that was 55$. Very happy.
Sad to see it go, and I'll probably stop in tomorrow for one last trip there