Crib Notes

ALEX KNOEL (from left) works to save his favorite record store with co-owner Paul Tilghmon

Times are tough and the business of selling records is a rollercoaster ride that rises and falls with the floundering economy. But when Alex Knoel learned that his favorite record shop, Reactionary Records, was in danger of going out of business, he decided to do something about it. Reactionary co-owner Paul Tilghmon was already putting together a festival, the first of an annual punk rock blowout. But as soon as Knoel caught wind of it he grabbed the reins. “Reactionary is the only place where I can see my old band’s sticker stuck on the counter by the register,” Knoel says as he taps the Barberries sticker on the glass case that shows off a spread of CDs and collectible odds and ends from the Saints, Minor Threat and Bonnie “Prince” Billy. “It’s a great record store and I’m kind of a workaholic, so I wanted to help out.”

Knoel agreed to book some bands for the festival and use it as a benefit for the store. He sent e-mails to 20-plus bands. “I hoped to hear back from 10 of them, but I started getting one confirmation after another,” he adds. And not all of the confirmations were from Atlanta bands.

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(Photo by Chad Radford)

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