Subject: Frank Alvarez

• Your Weekend Won't Suck

  April 7, 2006

• Lucky 7s

  DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist are 45-a-holics and this Kansas City store might have their hookup.

  January 31, 2008

• Dispatch from Shawnee: Record Store Day

  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

  April 20, 2009

• Frank Alvarez of Vinyl Renaissance on Needmore's closing

  Because the announcement of Needmore Discs' imminent closure has sent ripples, murmurs and even shockwaves through the scene, I thought it would be a good idea to check in with that other Shawnee record store, Vinyl Renaissance, just a few blocks north on Nieman Road, at 10922 Shawnee Mission Parkway. Jason HarperVinyl Renaissance soldiers on in Shawnee Fortunately, retail manager Frank Alvarez (whom you may remember from the late midtown record haven Recycled Sounds) says that his shop is doin

  July 2, 2009