For the Chronicle
Last year, Cactus Records manager Dennis Miller showed up to the store at 8:30 a.m. for Record Store Day, an annual celebration of music and the independent record stores that foster a community of listeners. Despite the cold, a line had formed at the store’s new location on West Main Street. Eager shoppers had set up camp with coolers and lawn chairs and the atmosphere felt like a tailgate.
Snow is not in the forecast for this Saturday, the 16th annual Record Store Day, and customer Pat Smith is grateful. He lines up at Cactus Records each year. For the past couple years, his 15-year-old son James has joined him.
“I’m trying to get my daughter out there this year too,” Smith said. A lover of music, and especially the Grateful Dead, Smith talks fondly of friends he made as a kid at Plan 9 Music in Richmond, Virginia, and of his dismay when other stores he once
frequented shut down in the early 2000s.
He has made friends at Cactus too. Another customer, Zac Collins, said he has Smith’s contact saved in his phone as “Record Store Day Pat.” In addition to talking vinyl releases, Collins and Smith use the time in line to catch
up about their respective lives and families.
“It reminds me of waiting in line and buying Phish tickets,” Collins said on Tuesday, so willing to talk about his love for record stores that he called from a boat in the middle of the Missouri River. “ ere’s a little bit
of excitement in the air.”
Record stores are a little like y shops, Collins explained, minus the cigar smoke and black labs. His dad opened the rst y shop in Billings in 1976, and the store’s sense of community is something he sees mirrored in record stores.
“You’re always going to see someone you know,” he said.
Collins will be back from his river trip late Friday evening, and in line at Cactus by 5 a.m. the next morning, fueled by co ee and the promise of adding to his collection. With the kids out of the house, vinyl has become a means to connect with his wife. She may not be waiting in line, but the pair seek out “cool old record stores” in their travels, then come home and listen to their nds.
“It’s a thing we can do together,” Collins said.
Cactus opens at 9 a.m. for Record Store Day.
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Alternative Histories of Conservation Walking Tour
@ 1pm
This history walking tour traverses the core of MSU's campus. This event is a part of Environmental History Week put on by the Ameri‐can Society for Environmental History. Aasheim Gate, Bozeman. info@extremehistoryproject.org
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Artist Reception at Echo Arts Gallery
@ 5pm
Join us for an artist's reception celebrating Catherine Courte‐naye's newest work, "What the Nighthawk Knows". Friday, April 21st 5-8pm 802 N Wallace Ave, 802 North Wallace Avenue, Boze‐man. anna@echoarts net, 507301-5895
Record Store Day 2023
@ 9am
April 22nd we will be celebrating the 15th annual Record Store Day at Cactus Records There will be exclusive RSD releases, only available on Saturday, as well in‐store performances from local musicians 2742 W Main St, 2742 West Main Street, Bozeman. cac tusrecordsmt@gmail.com
Affordable Housing Webinar: Discover Bozeman Cohousing @ 10am
Affordable Housing at Bozeman Cohousing! Move in starting sum‐mer 2023 Bozeman Cohousing, 3120 Wagon Wheel Rd, Bozeman. life@bozemancohousing com, 406-404-6760
Notorious BOZ with Rachelle Parrish
@ 7pm / $15
Sip and Sample
@ 5:30pm / $40
Sip & Sam‐
ple Wine, Beer, Cider, Kombucha, Choco‐late and Bites in Support of The Bozeman Noon Rotary Foundation Hilton Garden Inn Bozeman, 2023 Commerce Way, Bozeman. bozemannoon rotary@gmail.com
Celtic Quintet
@ 6pm
Music from Ireland, Scotland and places beyond Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive, Bozeman. knealh49@gmail com
Verge Presents F*cking A
@ 7:30pm / $35
F*cking A the tragic story of Hes‐ter Smith, a mother whose son was taken from her and impris‐oned as a child, and her journey to free him 111 S Grand Ave Suite 107, 111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. info@vergetheater.com
Bozeman. info@lastbestcom edy com, 406-570-7766
Sun 4/23
Educators Weekend at ACRM @ 10am
ACRM welcomes teachers, ad‐ministrators, paraeducators, and school support staff to visit the museum with their families free of charge on April 22 and 23 during Educators Weekend! American Computer & Robotics Museum, 2023 Stadium Drive, Bozeman info@acrmuseum.org, 406-5821288
Band of Drifters
@ 1pm American Legion Post 87, 218 E Main St, Manhattan
All Levels Adult and Teen Pottery (Sunday Early PM)
@ 2pm / Free
Apr 23rd - May 21st
This week's guest is Rachelle Parrish! Rachelle is a standup comic from Alaska. She has lived in Bozeman since 2017. Small business owner and lover of all cats! Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman. info@last bestcomedy com, 406-570-7766
Dead Sky @ 8pm
The Elm, 506 S 7th Ave, Bozeman
Dead Sky @ 8pm
The Elm (Bozeman), 506 N 7th Ave, Bozeman
Jon Wayne And The Pain @ 8pm Filling Station Vfw, 2005 N Rouse Ave, Bozeman
Dead Sky - Bozeman, Montana: Dead Sky at The Elm w/ Dad Habit @ 8pm
The Elm, 506 S 7th Ave, Bozeman
Whiz BANG! Intoxicating Comedy
@ 9pm / $10
Whiz BANG! is an explosion of in‐toxicating comedy! Exciting, high-energy, short-form improv that is so funny it's criminal. An hour long show with lots of audi‐ence interaction! Last Best Com‐edy, 321 East Main Street,
BASE Art Studio, 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky 406-995-2742
Verge Presents F*cking A @ 3pm / $35
F*cking A the tragic story of Hes‐ter Smith, a mother whose son was taken from her and impris‐oned as a child, and her journey to free him. 111 S Grand Ave Suite 107, 111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. info@vergetheater.com
Ticket Sauce @ 7pm
Live music while you soak! Featur‐ing the Missoula-based cover rock trio “Ticket Sauce” Bozeman Hot Springs, 81123 Gallatin Road, Bozeman. adam@bhsprings com, 406-586-6492
Reckless Rooster & The Ranch: Reckless Rooster at Stockman’s Livingston @ 8pm Stockman Bar, 118 N Main St, Liv‐ingston
Pyrography (Woodburn‐ing) Monday PM @ 6pm / Free
Apr 24th - May 15th
BASE Art Studio, 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky. 406-995-2742
All Levels Adult and Teen Pottery (Tuesday Early PM)
@ 2pm / Free
Apr 25th - May 23rd
BASE Art Studio, 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky. 406-995-2742
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All Levels Adult and Teen Pottery (Tuesday PM)
@ 6pm / Free
Apr 25th - May 23rd
BASE Art Studio, 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky 406-995-2742
International Folk Dancing
@ 7pm
Join us for great exercise and community as we enjoy folk dances from around the world! Family friendly, no experience or partner needed. Bozeman Catholic Community Center, 210 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. amanda.albrecht@bozemanfolk lore.org
Bone Dry Comedy Hour
Open Mic
@ 8pm
Bone Dry Comedy brings Open Mic night to Last Best Comedy
Our weekly open mic is a sup‐portive place to start your comedy journey, try new material, and connect to the Bozeman Stand up scene. Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman. info@ lastbestcomedy com, 406-5707766
Wed 4/26
Last Best Underground Blues Jam @ 8pm
BRING YOUR AXE! COME AS YOU ARE! It's the Underground Blues Jam on the stage at Last Best Comedy Players are invited to jam with the band and lay down some tasty licks over the founda‐tions of rock. Last Best Comedy, 321 East Main Street, Bozeman. sp@lastbestcomedy.com, 802373-6544
King Margo @ 8pm
Live From The Divide, 627 E Peach St, Bozeman
Gabe Lee @ 8pm
Live From The Divide, 627 E Peach St, Bozeman
"CO‐CAINE BEAR" BFS Film Screen‐ing @ Emerson @ 7pm / $7-$10
1) Mac Miller - Swimming
2) Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak
An oddball group of cops, dealers and tourists con‐verge in a Georgia forest where a 500 lb. bear has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blowand blood Emerson Cen‐ter for the Arts & Culture, 111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. lisa@bozeman �lmsociety.org, 406-5812188
3) Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine
Emerson @ 7pm / $7-$10
Featuring the Missoula-based psychedelic rock artist “Jesse the Ocelot” Bozeman Hot Springs, 81123 Gallatin Road, Bozeman. adam@bhsprings.com, 406-5866492
SPOT: Scott Pemberton O Theory @ 8pm
The Elm, 506 S 7th Ave, Bozeman The California Honeydrops @ 8pm The Elm (Bozeman), 506 N 7th Ave, Bozeman
An oddball group of cops, dealers and tourists con‐verge in a Georgia forest where a 500 lb. bear has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blowand blood Emerson Cen‐ter for the Arts & Culture, 111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. lisa@bozeman �lmsociety.org, 406-5812188
Fri 4/28
After School ARTventure
Celtic Quintet @ 6pm
April 27 @ 4:30pm / Free
BASE Art Studio, 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky 406-995-2742
Music from Ireland, Scotland and places beyond Valhalla Meadery, 875 Bridger Drive, Bozeman. knealh49@gmail com
Verge Presents F*cking A @ 7:30pm / $35
F*cking A the tragic story of Hes‐ter Smith, a mother whose son was taken from her and impris‐oned as a child, and her journey to free him. 111 S Grand Ave Suite 107, 111 South Grand Avenue, Bozeman. info@vergetheater com
1) “The Marrow Thieves” by Cherie Dimaline, $16.95
Trevor Noah (Rescheduled from 4/25/2020, 4/24/2021, 4/29/2022) @ 7:30pm
2) “Crazy Mountain” by Elise Atchison, $21.99
3) “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy, $17
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, 1 Bob‐cat Circle, Bozeman
4) “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver, $32.50
After School ARTventure
4) Boygenius - The Record
Trevor Noah: Off The Record @ 7:30pm
April 27 @ 4:30pm / Free BASE Art Studio, 285 Simkins Drive, Big Sky 406-995-2742
5) Mac Miller - K.I.D.S.
6) Tyler Childers - Purgator y
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7) Lord Huron - Strange Trails
Oh Hi's Maker's Market @ 5pm
8) Silk Sonic - An Evening With Silk Sonic
Join us for a night of local art and community! Oh Hi Eventspace, 115 West Kagy Boulevard, Suite I, Bozeman. hello@ohhicollec tive.com
9) MF Doom - Mm...Food
10) Phoebe Bridgers -
Stranger in the Alps
All Levels Adult and Teen Pottery (Thursday PM) @ 6pm / Free
5) “Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea” by Dav Pilkey, $14.99
Brick Breeden Fieldhouse - MSU Dept. of Sports Facilities, #1 Bob‐cat Circle, Bozeman
Casey McClain Live in Bozeman @ 8pm / $20
6) “I Have Some Questions for You” by Rebecca Makkai, $28
7) “Hello Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano, $28
8) “Devotions” by Mar y Oliver, $20
9) “Kindness Grows” by Britta Teckentrup, $8.99
On his second tour through our Big Sky state, comic Casey Mc‐Clain is sure to bring you the laughs in Bozeman! Cactus Records & Gifts, 2742 West Main Street, Bozeman. info@ bonedrycomedy com, 406-3591632
10) “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas, $19
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“Movie: Woman Thou Art
Loosed”
Adapted from the self-help novel by T. D. Jakes, this 2004 drama tells the story of a young woman named Michelle (Kimberly Elise, “The Manchurian Candidate”), who must come to terms with a long history of sexual abuse, drug addiction and poverty. Loretta Devine, Debbi Morgan and Michael Boatman also star for director Michael Schultz (“Car Wash”).
APRIL 26
“Saint X”
A young woman’s mysterious death during a Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth in this eight-episode mystery series that tells its tale in multiple timelines. Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, West Duchovny, Jayden Elijah and Bre Francis head the cast.
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APRIL 27
“Movie: There There”
Andrew Bujalski (“Funny Ha Ha,” “Support the Girls”) directed this 2022 romantic comedy that follows a series of fateful, hilarious, romantic encounters that hold up a mirror to life in a distinctly twisted modern world. Angela Bedekovic, Lennie James (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Lili Taylor and Molly Gordon head the cast.
APRIL 28
“Movie: Banana Split”
Benjamin Kasulke made his feature film directorial debut with this 2018 comedy about the close friendship that develops between teen girls over the course of a summer. But there’s a problem — one is dating the other’s ex. Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato, Dylan Sprouse and Jacob Batalon head the cast.
ACROSS
1. Actor on “NCIS: Hawai’i” (2)
8. Emily or Markie
9. Banister
10. Marge & Homer’s middle child (2)
14. Ricky Ricardo’s portrayer
15. “__ __ Big Girl Now”
16. “Prelude __ __ Kiss”; Meg Ryan film
17. Busy as __ __
18. 007 or Maxwell Smart
19. Eliot __; role on “The Untouchables”
20. “__ Than Perfect”
24. Mr. McBride
27. Start of the “Old MacDonald” refrain
28. Play on words
29. Role on “Alice”
32. MacGraw & Larter
33. Role on “The Rookie” (2)
36. Zach’s wife on “Little People, Big World”
37. To __ __; exactly
38. Actress Jean
1. Bangs & booms
2. Namesakes of actor Davis
3. Role on “Young Rock”
4. “__ la Douce”; Shirley MacLaine film
5. Place for a napkin
6. Rosters
7. “__ John B”; Beach Boys hit
8. USNA freshman
11. Charo’s affirmative
12. “__ with Her” (2003-04)
13. Thumbs-down vote
14. Role on “The Conners”
20. __ __ conclusions; judge hastily
21. Actress Heckart
22. Grab
23. Erin, to John-Boy
24. Top-notch accountant, for short
25. Actress Helen & her folks
26. Gold bar
29. “The __ Wilson Show” (1970-74)
30. “__ Law” (1986-94)
31. “__’ Blue Eyes Is Back”; Sinatra album
34. Period of time
35. Granola bit
BY JAY BOBBINQ: How do you like depicting the work of forensic investigators on “CSI: Vegas”?
A: It’s amazing, like when we were doing the research for this, finding out how people can spend like three days in the bottom of a lab, just down in some DNA ... trying to figure out the stories of what happened to people’s loved ones. We’re on the amazing side of it, where we get to just sit and have like all the best of the best just at our beck and call (them) to be able to write a story about that.
For me, it’s hard to imagine (that at this) very second, there are people in the basements and the bowels of buildings doing this very thing that this show is talking about. (They) were in there last night, maybe got to work at 5:00 and maybe are on their second body or on their second tray of DNA. It really takes a lot just to put yourself in somebody else’s shoes like that.
Q: Are you enjoying playing the leader of the show’s CSI bureau?
A: I’m the youngest of three daughters, so it feels like vengeance on my sisters that I get to tell people what to do. My sisters always were the boss of me, so that’s nice.
It’s a fit. Women are very capable beings, you know. It’s just nice to be in the shoes of being able to step into that capability and, in so doing, set the example for other women and other people who want to step into that capability.
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April 23
“Movie: Air”
Ben Affleck directed and stars in this drama movie about shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of basketball, Michael Jordan, to partner in the Air Jordan athletic shoe brand. Jason Bateman, Chris Messina and Viola Davis also star. (ORIGINAL)
“El Internado: Las cumbres”
From Spain comes this teen drama-thriller series about two students who run away from a boarding school for troubled teens in an ancient monastery that’s located in an isolated mountain region where ancient legends abound and threats loom. Alberto Amarilla, Francisca Aronsson, Aitor Beltran and Ramiro Blas star. (ORIGINAL) Season Premiere
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“Movie: White House Down”
After “Olympus Has Fallen,” 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. came under attack from enemies again — on screen, that is — in this 2013 adventure from director Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”). Apart from the plentiful pyrotechnics, he also gets lots of mileage from the enjoyable teamwork of Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum as (respectively) the president and the policeman trying to save him. Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Woods also star.
April 28
“Citadel”
After the global spy agency Citadel has fallen and its agents’ memories were wiped clean, a powerful new syndicate Manticore rises to fill the void. Now, two Citadel agents (Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas) must regain their pasts and their strength to fight back in this espionage drama from executive producers Joe and Anthony Russo (“From”). (ORIGINAL) Series Premiere
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BY GEORGE DICKIEIt’s been an eventful past few months for Kardea Brown.
This past fall, she moved into her dream home on the South Carolina coast, where she recently completed filming the the eighth season of her Food Network series “Delicious Miss Brown” (which included its milestone 100th episode). Also that October, she released her first book, “The Way Home: A Celebration of Sea Islands Food and Family With Over 100 Recipes,” which quickly made its way onto the New York Times bestseller list.
Brown had been considering writing a book for the past four years but like with many things these days, the idea really got legs during the pandemic. After she was approached by an editor at Harper Collins to do a book in 2020, she found herself spending the next nearly two years developing and testing recipes, many of which were her interpretations of family recipes.
The final product is dedicated to the place where her love of food took hold, the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, and those who taught her how to cook.
“I grew up in a family where my great-grandmother and my grandmother never wrote their
recipes down,” Brown explains. “And so I realized this is my opportunity to pay homage to my grandmother and my great-grandmother, and this is a place where some of their recipes and my interpretations of their recipes could live.
“And so that’s why I knew that once this opportunity came – and it did – that this cookbook would be based on that, and it would also give people a glimpse into who I am. You know, everyone knows ‘Delicious Miss Brown’ but I wanted people to see who Kardea Brown was as well.”
As for “Delicious Miss Brown,” now in its eighth season on Sunday afternoons, she’ll also be trying out a few ideas in her brand new kitchen.
“I’m kind of doing a lot of fusion food so I’m mixing some of my Lowcountry spin,” she explains. “I have an entire episode dedicated to Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine. We’re going to do an episode where I go horseback riding with a friend, and so we’re going to do like a (Kentucky) Derby theme. We are going to celebrate some of the holidays like Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. and so there’s going to be some brunch items on the menu.
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“Movie: A Tourist’s Guide to Love”
After a surprise break-up, a travel executive (Rachael Leigh Cook, “She’s All That”) takes an undercover assignment to check out the tourism industry in Vietnam and winds up falling for her expat tour guide (Scott Ly, “Animal Kingdom”) in this romantic comedy from director Steven K. Tsuchida (“Resort to Love,” “Younger”). Ben Feldman and Missi Pyle also star. (ORIGINAL)
APRIL 25
“John Mulaney: Baby J”
The Chicago-born and -raised actor, comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” writer offers up a candid and wild exploration of his experience with drug addiction and recovery in a stand-up performance recorded this past February at Symphony Hall in Boston. (ORIGINAL) New
From Argentina comes this biographical series that takes an intimate look at the life and career of Fito Paez, one of that country’s most renowned artists, and includes his musical journey alongside rock icons such as Charly García, Fabiana Cantilo, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Juan Carlos Baglietto and others. (ORIGINAL) Series Premiere New
“Firefly
Not a lot of information was available on the last six episodes of the second and final season of this dramedy series. But the trailer seems to indicate there is a wedding for someone 10 years in the future, though it’s not clear if it’s for Tully (Katherine Heigl) or Kate (Sarah Chalke), who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer at the end of Part 1. Ben Lawson also stars. (ORIGINAL) New
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1. Extortion
8. “Groovy!” to today’s kids
9. Make eyes at
10. Parlors (2)
14. Burrowing animal
15. Ending for bass or ball
16. Part of the alphabet
17. Done
18. Not __ longer; no more
19. Cots & cribs
20. Vipers
24. Patriotic chant
27. College credit
28. __ King Cole
29. Uncle to millions
32. Views
33. Hunting dog (2)
36. Jai __
37. Haughtiness
38. Red alerts (2) DOWN
1. Prepared Easter eggs
2. Paramours
3. Ring king, once
4. Sunup, for short
5. Not long __; recently
6. Actress Massey
7. Defective product
8. Piece of garlic
11. Denial
12. Monopoly board corner
13. __ on; watch from hiding
14. Unruly crowd
20. U.S. state capital
21. Looks of contempt
22. Wharves
23. Nov. 1 honorees
24. Prefix for form or cycle
25. Teasdale & Rue
26. Leaning
29. Send a parcel
30. Word in many similes
31. “Lean on __”; 1972 hit song
34. Word with Paulo or Tomé
35. Running game
26)
The adventures continue for the Cassidy family in the sophomore round of this animated series, in which they tackle life in a fantastical “pre-westoric” setting where dinosaurs still roam and discover the thrill of ranch life and the unpredictability of the great outdoors.
(April 26)
This series of animated shorts is set during the High Republic era and follows Jedi younglings as they study the ways of the Force, explore the galaxy, help citizens and creatures in need, and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way.
(ORIGINAL)
26)
This documentary miniseries follows Australia’s National Football Team, the Matildas, as they prepare for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 on home soil alongside co-host New Zealand, the story kicking off with the lead up to the first match of the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup. (ORIGINAL)
28)
This live-action reimagining of the 1953 animated classic follows Wendy Darling (Ever Anderson, “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter”), a girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, who meets Peter Pan (Alexander Molony, “The Reluctant Landlord”), a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and tiny fairy Tinker Bell (Yara Shahidi, “grown-ish”), she travels with Peter to the magical world of Never
“You’ll believe a man can fly.” So said the ads for the 1978 screen version of “Superman,” and the phrase proved reasonably true. Turner Classic Movies presents the hugely entertaining film Sunday, April 23 – as part of the channel’s tribute to Warner Bros. on the studio’s 100th anniversary – and it made an immediate star of Christopher Reeve, who landed the central part (and made three sequels) after such names as Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen had been bandied about for it.
This really is three stories in one: the infant Kal-El’s early life in another world with father Jor-El (Marlon Brando); the youngster’s upbringing in Smallville; and the grown Superman’s battle with villainous Lex Luther (an amusing Gene Hackman). Margot Kidder is reporter Lois Lane in director Richard Donner’s terrific cast ... and if you’re looking for more superheroism afterward, 1989’s “Batman” follows this.
and KGVM for the event, which will include beer and pizza, ticket giveaways and more.
“It’s like a big party,” Miller said.
Live music starts around noon, with Michael Kirkwood, the Alex Robilotta Trio featuring Isaac Winemiller and Josh Poole, Steven Stephen and Filth & Foul in the lineup. The store closes at 7 p.m., “unless we’re still rockin,” Cactus Records owner Mike “Bueno” Good said.
Across town, The Wax Museum’s celebrations will be more subdued. Housed in a little house on East Mendenhall Street, the newer Bozeman record store is a solo operation for owner Kels Koch. The store is open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“I’m open and I’m ringing people up,” Koch said. “That’s about all I’m able to do because it’s just me. I can’t have bands and frisbee-throwing dogs in the front and burlesque performers and what not.”
Still, he has been doing what he can, receiving Record Store Day releases to offer to the customers. Koch doesn’t stream music and his deep love for vinyl is apparent.
“If you’re not holding it in your hand, you’re not having the complete experience,” Koch said. “There’s something tangible. And I think that there’s a cultural aspect to going to a record store.”
Koch, who grew up in Billings, gives a historical rundown of the town’s record shops before talking about the stores he worked at in Seattle, Austin and Nashville. When he moved back to Montana, he also helped out at Cactus Records before starting his own shop. He wants to spend his days in an atmosphere where people connect through music.
“Friendships can be born,”
Koch said. “Conversations can be had. Debates can be had. Fights can break out.”
Good has a similar outlook, proclaiming “Cactus is for everyone.” His favorite Record Store Day memories revolve around those connections,
especially when they involve young kids. He talks about a girl, no more than 5 years old, who proudly sported a Willie Nelson T-shirt one year. Or music writer Skip Anderson, who brought in his adorable toddler to buy her first vinyl record.
“Music fans just love to share their love of music with other music fans,” Good said. “That’s why I like to see the kids. That’s why I like Record Store Day.”
When customer Johnny Stevens thinks about record stores, he thinks of the rise of
rock and roll and the culture around it. He thinks about his love of vinyl and how happy he is that the medium has found new life.
“It’s great to see a new generation find record stores,” he said. “I’ve seen it come and go and come again.”
Music lovers who find joy in digging through stacks of used records, often feel the same about trying to score one of the limited Record Store Day releases, from Taylor Swift to The Cure.
“It is just the unique and the fantastic that I’m looking for,” customer Johnny Stevens said. “It’s always there. There’s a gem to be found each and every time.”
For more information, and a list of special releases, visit https://recordstoreday.com/.
Solution on page 12
Questions:
1) From 2001-2005, the top picks in the draft were at what position?
2) From 2001-2005, who were the top quarterback picks?
3) Who is the only running back drafted first since 1991 (the modern era)?
4) What 1993 top pick has played quarterback for New England, Buffalo and Dallas?
5) Who is the most recent offensive lineman selected as the top pick?
6) Who was the most recent Heisman Trophy winner to be the top pick?
7) When was the first NFL draft held?
8) Who was the first player ever selected?
9) Who was last year’s No. 1 draft pick?
10) This 1989 top pick won three Super Bowls, currently works for ESPN in the broadcast booth. Name him.
BY GEORGE DICKIE BY GEORGE DICKIEIn the category of most intriguing offseason free agent signings, we present for your consideration Michael Conforto.
Indeed, the slugging outfielder with the sweet lefty swing was supposed to be a perennial All Star by now. But injuries and inconsistent play short-circuited his career with the New York Mets, who opted to let the Washington State native test the market following a poor 2021 season.
So now, the nine-year veteran is starting over. He spent all of 2022 as an unsigned free agent, recovering and rehabbing from shoulder surgery, then over the winter signed a twoyear, $36 million contract with the San Francisco Giants with the idea that he would be their starting left fielder.
Answers:
10) Troy Aikman
9) Edge Travon Walker was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars
8) Jay Berwanger (who -opt ed not to play in the NFL)
7) 1936
6) In 2017 Heisman winner Baker Mayfield was picked by the Cleveland Browns
5) Eric Fisher, an offensive tackle, was picked No. 1 by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013
4) Drew Bledsoe
3) Ki-Jana Carter in 1995
2) Alex Smith, Eli Manning, Carson Palmer, David Carr and Michael Vick
1) Quarterback
If he’s the player he was in his best years in New York, that will prove to be a bargain. He was an All Star in 2017, hit 34 homers in 2019 and was a middle-of-the-lineup force as recently as the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when he batted .322 with nine homers, a .412 on-base percentage and an OPS of .927 in 54 games. But a nightmarish 2021 of .232, 14, .344, .729 and a subsequent shoulder injury followed and Conforto was left to salvage his flagging career elsewhere.
Early returns have it that his comeback is on track. In the first two-plus weeks of preseason play, Conforto reports his throwing shoulder feels normal and that he could be moved to his usual haunt of right field, a position that requires a stronger arm, if needed. His swing also appears to be rounding into shape with three homers in his first seven games.
He’ll get a chance to show his old team they made a mistake when he and the Giants close out a four-game home series against the Mets Sunday, April 23, on ESPN.
Full name: Michael Thomas
ConfortoBirth date: March 1,
1993
Birthplace: Seattle
Height/weight: 6 feet
1 inch/215 pounds
Teams: New York Mets (2015-21); San Francisco Giants (2023-present)
Position: Outfield
Bats/throws: Left/ right
No.: 8
Honors and achievements: AllStar (2017); All-MLB
Second Team (2020); career stats – .255 with 132 homers, 396 RBIs, a .356 on-base percentage and an OPS of .824
Did you know: Conforto hails from a family of athletes. Dad Mike played linebacker at Penn State, mom Tracie was a three-time Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming and sister Jacqueline played soccer at Azusa Pacific University
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