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ear X-tacy was a Louisville, Kentucky "alternative record store," owned and operated by John Timmons. The store announced its closing on October 31, 2011, after 26 years in business. ==History== ear X-tacy first opened in 1985 in a 500 ft² (46 m²) building stocked with John Timmons' personal records "and a cash advance on his mastercard".〔(ear X-tacy History and Owner Profile )〕 The store name came from the band XTC, of which owner John Timmons is a fan. As the store grew, it changed location three times over a period of sixteen years; it then remained in the same location, on Bardstown Road just south of Eastern Parkway in The Highlands, until late July 2010. It then moved to the Douglass Loop, a former streetcar turnaround point on Bardstown Road about southeast of its previous location but still in The Highlands. ear X-tacy carried almost every music genre imaginable in CD, cassette, and vinyl formats and also carried a large stock of DVDs, including many hard-to-find items. In 1995, the ear X-tacy label was formed. The building that the store occupied before its final move had two stories and 10,000 ft² (930 m²) of floor space. The first floor was dedicated to CDs, DVDs, T-shirts, toys, etc. It also included a stage for live performances and a large selection of small and large stickers mocking current U.S. events or promoting Louisville. The second floor was dedicated to new & used vinyl records. The final store was on one floor, with comparable floor space. Like the previous location, it included a stage. The store's signature logo stickers spawned a local fad wherein people cut up and reassemble the distinctive letters to form other words or phrases, such as "racy aXe" or "area X". The insert of the Gin Blossoms' ''New Miserable Experience'' album features a photo of one of the band members with an ear X-tacy sticker in his mouth. A documentary on ear X-Tacy was released in 2012 under the title "Brick and Mortar and Love". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ear X-tacy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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