I thought that WHOOSH sound was the sound of a toilet full of industrial “freedom” waste from Charlotte, West VA, being flushed. My bad, it was only our opinions.

That WHOOSH sound was the point some of us were expressing sailing past.

yeah. that.

holy shit that’s a damn long comment below…don’t read it if you don’t like long drawn out comments…toodaloo

It is so funny that people are complaining about TMR expanding. Actually TMR started out as an old building where Jack White could store all of his equipment in one place. Then JW contacted the two Bens and asked them to move to Nashville so they could set something up in the old building. I have to say that the three fellows and their comrades have done quite an amazing job at turning nothing into a lot of something people really enjoy. It seems silly for some people to be so selfish and wish that others not be aware of or be able to enjoy the TMR experience. I have been able to observe the progress. In the past when you went to the Blue Room the restrooms were port-a-johns behind the building. Then TMR bought the building next door, totally transformed it and connected the two buildings with an amazing hallway in between. It is a much nicer sight than walking on the old beat-up blacktop and gravel alleyway and seeing the weeds that used to grow up along the sides of the buildings in that alley back to the entrance to the Blue Room. In the back of the second building new restrooms were added and it’s a 1000% improvement for show attendees than having to use port-a-johns. Plus, the second building is where all the stock is stored so without that remodeled facility TMR wouldn’t have a place to store all the goodies they send out. I guess some of the people complaining about TMR’s expansion wouldn’t be so critical if they would have been around to see how TMR has been improving over the years. I hope the best for TMR and would like to see them move their market into the Sam’s Clubs and Costco stores so more and more people can learn about TMR and also enjoy the resurgence of vinyl records. TMR has their vinyl records pressed at the United Record Pressing company only a short distance from TMR in Nashville. URP has been in existence since the late 1940’s. I’ve looked up URP online and got myself schooled about the history of the company. The company has put out some of the greatest artists’ and bands’ music on vinyl records over the decades. In conclusion: I continue to be amazed at the creativity and products TMR is coming up with and sharing with the rest of the world. It seems selfish for some people to want to have TMR all to themselves. Who cares about their complaints, I sure don’t and I am glad I live very close to TMR and can continue to visit and be excited for all the things TMR is doing, from creating the Rolling Record Store (the truck was remodeled into the RRS in my original hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio) to putting their products in hotels and grocery stores. TMR in Nashville is coming up on it’s 5th birthday in March. It is pretty incredible what TMR has gotten done in the past 5 years. I only see greater things to come and the more vinyl fans they have the more great people I will be able to meet at the shows in the Blue Room (already met lots, so far). By the way TMR, it has been a while since you’ve held a show in the Blue Room = my most favorite venue in Nashville to enjoy a “live” music show. My eyes got burnt out attending a movie there (over 2 hours long) so I don’t want to get my eyes burnt out attending a movie again. It is a good way for folks to enjoy the Blue Room if they can’t get to a “live” music show and the tickets for the movies don’t sell out as quickly as the “live” music shows do (hint, hint for those of you that want to see/visit the Blue Room and haven’t had a chance to).

Branding as an insignia of quality assurance is far different than self assigned commidification Ivana…. sovereignity is an entirely different proposition of sustaining self and resources beyond dependency on what others manage and produce… hopefully kids grow into adults who answer only to themselves for their allegiences and choice of brands as badges of honor or schools of thought……..Why all the fuss people??? Do you want TMR to remain exclusive and operate under the auspice of endless lists which need updating when individual commitments to commerce wain and shift?…… I also know of some great local individual proprietors in the world of vinyl who also have the name of Ben (at Better Days) and yet asking TMR to negotiate the hundreds of thousands of customized policies, shipping discrepencies associated with those policies, and the ever increasing demand for massive loads of personal prerequisites that befall international and climate based treachery I think we should cut TMR just a tad bit of slack when trying a progressive means of sharing the load and cost of distribution in the forward thinking industries at large… just my take on the range and scope of where this is all headed…. For the record I was wondering if any of you feel that the quality and content will be diminished by this alliance?

My Dear Watson…. Your reasoning is excellent given its relationship to the obvious ….. Once you eliminate the impossible, there remains however improbable, must be true!

Full Steam!!!

Think of all those kids who went and got TMR tattoos all over their body! Now when other people see the brand on their bodies they’ll think, “Oh, I saw that for sale at Whole Foods the other day.” This is why you don’t get tattoos of brands insignia people. I know, I know, I was tempted too… the III, the colors, it all makes sense!

I had no idea One Direction was signed to Third Man. Hopefully they’ll do a single with Beck or Gibby Haynes.

Everyone needs to survive in today’s market if they are getting their products out to a larger audience I think its a good thing if you don’t vote with your money and buy where you feel good about shopping
What do you want vinyl dead or alive?