<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/licoricelust/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Jen Keenan</a> reveals how she built a thriving vinyl destination in rural Arizona, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/queenbvinylcafe/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Queen B Vinyl Cafe</a>, combining record sales with coffee roasting, ramen, and live music in a 12,000-person town. Topics Include: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal">Jen Keenan owns Queen B Vinyl in Cottonwood, Arizona, a unique multi-business destination spot</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Record Store Day philosophy focuses on obscure, abstract, and smaller indie bands over mainstream releases</li> <li class="MsoNormal">RSD features 9am opening, numbered line system, DJs, live bands, and free chair massage</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Record stores can choose RSD titles but quantities received remain unpredictable surprises</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Queen B Vinyl spans two buildings with courtyard, housing vinyl, cafe, barbershop, ramen house</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Coffee roasting happens in-house alongside direct-to-garment printing press and live music stage</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Cottonwood serves as crossroads for tourists heading to Jerome, Sedona, and Grand Canyon</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Maynard James Keenan's presence helped amplify area's wine industry from handful to 100 wineries</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Rural record stores require more advertising and unique inventory unavailable at big box stores</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Used vinyl comprises 30% of inventory, with curated selection over quantity focus</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Jen drives five hours to Tucson for quality collections like 80s metal acquisitions</li> <li class="MsoNormal">After school music programs inspired Jen's punk rock journey from trumpet to cello</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Band Glitter Wizard emerged from record store workplace, requiring careful schedule coordination</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Queen B stocks diverse punk releases, carefully avoiding exclusion based on political perspectives</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Vinyl manufacturing delays from nine-month backlog created significant challenges for store operations</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Small town stores thrive through exceptional customer service recognizing individual preferences and needs</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Pandemic surprisingly improved business by bringing new audiences to smaller town locations</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Falconry hobby involves training hawks with telemetry tracking within one-mile range</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Jen and Maynard maintain separate vinyl collections despite sharing everything else</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Tool vinyl represses remain frustratingly delayed, creating bootleg market opportunities</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Rural record stores serve as essential community spaces beyond commercial transactions</li> </ul> High resolution version of this podcast is available at: <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/VinylGuide">www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a> <ul> <li>Apple: <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/tvg-ios">https://tinyurl.com/tvg-ios</a></li> <li>Spotify: <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/tvg-spot">https://tinyurl.com/tvg-spot</a></li> <li>Amazon Music: <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/tvg-amazon">https://tinyurl.com/tvg-amazon</a></li> <li>Support the show at <a href= "https://patreon.com/vinylguide">Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a></li> </ul>

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