Being a duck of limited resources and time, I decided to celebrate National Record Store Day at two places I very rarely get around to: Needmore Discs and Vinyl Renaissance, both near Nieman Road in Shawnee (ND is on 75th; VR is on Shawnee Mission Pkwy).
Needmore was brisk but not packed when I got there around 3. I'm acquainted with owners Erik and Colleen Voeks almost more because of their involvment with the local music scene than for running the store. In addition to having his own history
Erik and Colleen Voeks announced on Facebook this morning that their record store in Shawnee, Needmore Discs, will be shutting its doors for good on August 2. Thanks to Robert Moore for passing along the note.
July 3rd is Needmore Discs six year anniversary, and six years is a pretty fair innings. Right? We've had some good times. Sold a bunch of CDs and records. Met some awesome people. Paid the bills. But as George once sang "All things must pass" and "all things" includes Needmore Discs. The
This past July 4 in Kansas City, one of the busiest street corners in Kansas City was 76th and Troost -- the parking lot of 7th Heaven -- where from early afternoon to about 8 o'clock, rappers, bands and herds of neighborhood people held court at the second annual Taste of Troost festival.
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The fest had been about seven or eight weeks in the making. Three whiteboys -- Adam (son of 7th Heaven owner Jan) Fichman, Kevin Sweeney and Rob Scott of Lifted Logic -- along wit
