When we think of healthy living, it obviously reminds us of… ourselves! So maybe we don’t eat as much kale salad as we should, but we sure aspire to. It is for this reason that we are so pleased to have our records and turntables on the shelves of a handful of Whole Body at Whole Foods Markets across California and in Brooklyn! Our goal has always been to spread love for vinyl records far and wide, and we are so pleased that Whole Foods shares the same passion. After all, ears, brains, and souls need TLC too, and the best way we know to keep them happy and healthy is by putting a needle to the groove.
Check out our wares in El Segundo, Fairfax, Oxnard, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Tempe, Tustin, Venice and West Hollywood, as well as Brooklyn’s new Gowanus market/bar/restaurant/hangout/record store/bike repair/coffee shop — yes, really. We hope that the program will expand to additional cities in the future, so next time you’re getting your quinoa & wheatgrass fix, be sure to mention to the clerk that you’d love to see some vinyl in the aisles.
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Third Man Records in select Whole Foods Markets
This is very weird.
Hamp: I’m too hyper to be a coolly ironic hipster. If you must call me anything, I guess call me a hypster. You’re right, though, “hipster” isn’t necessarily accurate in the Whole Foods case. I don’t know about Brooklyn and Cali, most of the shoppers in my local Whole Foods are well into middle-age, a bit too old to qualify for what seems to be a classification stuck squarely on the shoulders of the Millennials. Eh, regardless, this is all just one more part of Jack, Ben, and Ben’s scheme of world domination. Give them time and we’ll all be using TMR gold tokens to record a 6" record while filling our tank at the gas station. Ultimately, I dun’ care (at least not too much) as long as there’s still good music coming out in between the novelties being schlepped. If the music ever starts to dry up, then I’ll get worried.
I’ve been calling people hipsters since way before it caught on with the general public…
kali – i think ‘yuppie’ has an actual definition, like ‘jock’. ‘hipster’ is a different story. beards? hipster. riding a bicycle to work? hipster. enjoys vinyl? hipster. prefers sans serif fonts? hipster. works on a mac? hipster. eats organic blueberries? hipster.
it doesn’t mean anything anymore. make it stop, kali. make it stop, you hipster.
@TMR – it would be great if you could get your products into the Whole Foods in Manhattan – at Houston Street, Columbus Circle or Columbus Avenue. Lots of traffic in those stores and a great way to introduce people who don’t know about Third Man to all the great things you do. Just an idea. :)
Hamp: How long did “yuppie” last? I don’t think “hipster” has quite achieved the same longevity, so it might be too soon for a new word.
the word ‘hipster’ has been raped and stretched beyond definition. please please…find a new word.
@Roja – Chocolate records for Valentines Day is a great idea! Jack could sell chocolate records instead of Snickers. It would be hard but I think I would give it at least one listen before I took a bite. :D
@Cathryn ..great idea to have edible record for RSD, but it’ll be hard for me if they launch a chocolate one, I would have to give it a bite even before paying for it
ugh. really? i don’t even know who you are anymore. honestly, I’m at a loss. when do the bobbleheads come out?