lightnin’ salvage, the movie
before i even got started renovating the old lightnin’ salvage warehouse, i was wishing i had a film crew who could be with us through the process to see the vision come to light. actually, what i tried to make happen was just simple audio of the process. i was hoping it could be an episode on npr’s this american life. i carried around a tape recorder for a while but i gave up on that a few months later. it was just me rambling on about all the obstacles we faced. it took about a year to actually just get the doors open and when we did open it wasn’t much to look at. it was mostly a junk shop, with a few collections on display. we were open only at night. it took 9 months to even put together a grand opening where we felt like the project was finally coming together.
tomorrow marks one year open and boy do i wish that film crew was on hand to put the finishing touches on lightnin’ salvage, the movie. tomorrow LSE will be packed all day and night, as saturdays seem to be the busiest day of the week for the shop. then, at 10, the late night show starts and here come the silos. it would have been a good movie, or at least a 30 minute after school special.
rock n roll, baby. all the party people will be at lightnin’ salvage tomorrow night.
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