>>> COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON" WE'LL HEAR ABOUT NEW FEDERALLY FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AT KAI HARBOR.

ALSO TONIGHT A LOCAL NONPROFIT WORKS TO HELP OLDER ADULTS REMAIN CONNECTED, INDEPENDENT AND ENGAGED.

AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GIVES NEW LIFE TO A LONG TIME PHOENIX RECORD STORE.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>> Announcer: "ARIZONA HORIZON" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBS.

MEMBERS OF YOUR PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON" I'M TED SIMONS.

THE U.S.

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED $18 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FOR SKY HARBOR.

THE FUNDS WILL HELP SUPPORT TWO MAJOR PLEASURE PROJECTS AT THE AIRPORT.

TO LEARN MORE WE WELCOME DAVER MALIK ASSISTANT AVIATION DIRECTOR AT SKY HARBOR.

WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON" GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> $18 MILLION FOR TWO PROJECTS, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THE FIRST ONE BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES?

>> BOTH ARE MASSIVE PLEASURE UPGRADES AT SKY HARBOR.

>> OK THE FIRST ONE IS A NEW TAXI WAY ON WHERE WOULD THIS BE ON THE AIRFIELD?

>> SO THIS IS A NEW TAXI WAY UNIFORM ON THE WESTSIDE OF THE AIRFIELD.

>> HOW DOES THAT WORK WHAT IS A TAXI WAY WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

>> THIS IS A CROSS VIEW TAXI WAY A PARTICULAR TYPE OF TAXI WAY.

IF YOU THINK OF SKY HARBOR THEN YOU HAVE AIRPLANES TAKING OFF AND LANDING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD.

THIS WILL HELP US CONNECT THE WESTSIDE OF THE AIRFIELD SO WHEN YOU LAND OR YOU YOU ARE TAKING OFF AT SKY HARBOR, IF YOU ARE DEPARTING OR ARRIVING AT ONE SIDE OF THE AIRFIELD YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO YOUR GATE AND YOU CAN JUST CUT THROUGH THE AIRFIELD AND GET YOUR GATE QUICKER.

>> SOMETIMES YOU LAND AND THEN THE TRIP REALLY STARTS.

THIS CAN BE A LONG RIDE?

>> SOMETIMES, YEAH.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO CUT THAT TIME IN HALF.

ALSO I WOULD IMAGINE JUST IMPROVE THE OVERALL CIRCULATION.

>> YEAH, A BIG RESULT OF THIS WILL BE AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL AIRCRAFT CIRCULATION.

WE EXPECT A REDUCTION IN CONGESTION, IMPROVEMENTS IN TAXI TIME.

SO PASSENGERS CAN GET TO THEIR GATES QUICKER.

>> AND I MEAN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS HERE.

THOSE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE WHAT ARE YOU THINKING HERE?

>> WELL, IT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON A PARTICULAR FLIGHT, AND THE GATE ALLOCATION.

BUT OVERALL WE DO EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN TAXI TIMES AND THE REDUCTION IN THE CONGESTION ON THE AIRFIELD.

>> THIS IS COSTING HOW MUCH?

>> THIS GRANT THAT THEY WE'VE BEEN JUST AWARDED IS ABOUT $THE.5 MILLION.

-- $9.5 MILLION.

THE OVERALL PROJECT IS $333 MILLION.

THIS IS THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THAT BIG GRANT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

PRIOR TO THIS WE HAD RECEIVED FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS FOR THE SAME PROJECT TOTALING, INCLUDING THIS GRANT, WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT $209 MILLION.

>> THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OVER THE PAST YEARS BACK IS THAT STILL KICKING HERE?

>> YEAH, PART OF THE GRANTS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THAT PHASE PART OF THAT BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FOR THE GRANT.

>> AND AGAIN END OF NEXT YEAR SOMEWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES?

>> SO WE ARE PLANNING RIGHT NOW THE OPENING OF THIS NEW TAXI WAY.

CLOSE TO THE END OF NEXT YEAR, AT 2027 OR EARLY, 2028.

>> OK THE SECOND INFRASTRUCTURE, HOLY SMOKES, A NEW SIX GATE CONCOURSE AT TERMINAL THREE?

>> PHOENIX IS THRIVING.

SKY HARBOR IS KEEPING UP WITH THE PACE WITH THAT.

WE ARE BUILDING A NEW SIX GATE CONCOURSE IN TERMINAL THREE AND THIS WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TERMINAL THREE.

>> OK, AND THIS IS THIS A DIFFERENT WILL IT LOOK THE SAME WILL IT FEEL THE SAME AS OTHER CONCOURSES OR WHAT DO YOU GOT?

>> SO, THE IDEA IS TO REALLY EMBRACE WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE PHOENIX IS ABOUT AND TAKE THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN AND PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR TENANTS AND AIRLINES STATE OF THE ART TERMINAL AND STATE OF THE ART GATES IN THE FUTURE.

>> STATE OF THE ART MEANS WHAT?

>> IT MEANS BETTER AMENITIES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND PASSENGERS.

IT MEANS BETTER ARTWORK, IT MEANS BETTER AND IMPROVED ROOM AT THE GATES MORE FACILITIES, WE ARE PLANNING FOR REALLY GREAT CLUB LOUNGE SPACE FOR CUSTOMERS, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WILL BE ABLE TO TIP OFF OUR CUSTOMERS ABILITY TO BE BOTH INDOOR OUTDOOR SO THEY KEN JOY THE OUTDOORS RIGHT RIGHT WITHIN THE CONCOURSE WHILE WAITING FOR THEIR FLIGHT.

>> INTERESTING.

NORTHERN EXPOSURE, SOUTHERN EXPOSURE?

>> NORTHERN EXPOSURE.

THEY WILL HAVE ON UNINSTRUCTED VIEWS OF CAMEL BAB -- UNOBSTRUCTED FEWS OF CAMELBACK.

>> HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST?

>> THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ON THIS PROJECT IS $368 MILLION.

AND THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS FOR $8.5 MILLION.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO BUILD WHAT WE CALL THE APRON.

WHEN YOU ARE WAITING AT THE GATE FOR YOUR FLIGHT, WHEN YOU SEE OUTSIDE THE WINDOW YOU SEE THE AIRCRAFT IS PARKED.

THAT AREA OF THE AIRFIELD IS CALLED THE APRON.

AND THIS GRANTED SPECIFICALLY -- GRANT IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TOWARDS HELPING US BUILD THAT APRON.

>> FOR THE SIX GATES.

>> FOR THESE SIX GATES.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE AIRLINES WILL BE THERE?

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT BASED ON THE DEMAND OF THE GATES AS WELL AS THE UTILIZATION.

WE WILL ARRIVE AT ALLOCATION OF THE AIRLINES AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

>> YEAH, OK I GOTCHA, I GOTCHA.

BEFORE YOU GO, THERE'S A WHOLE NEW TERMINAL HEADED FOR SKY HARBOR?

IS THAT TRUE.

>> THAT IS INDEED TRUE.

WE HAVE STARTED PLANNING FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AT SKY HARBOR.

THE TENTATIVE TIMELINE WE HAVE FOR THE TERMINAL IS OPENING IN LATE 2033.

SO WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING.

WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.

HOW WE NEED TO BUILD THIS TERMINAL SO IT CAN REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY, AND REPRESENT THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

IT'S A ONCE IN A GENERATION PROJECT.

>> YES UNDERTAKING.

>> IT HAS TO BE BUT WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT?

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS PRETTY COMPACT IT AND KIND OF WORKS PRETTY WELL RIGHT NOW WHERE WILL YOU PUT THIS THING?

>> TRUE.

WE ARE LAND LOCKED WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE.

NOTHING WE DO AT SKY HARBOR IS GREENFIELD SO WE HAVE TO GET CREATIVE.

THIS NEW TERMINAL WILL BE NOT BETWEEN TO THE WEST OF TERMINAL THREE, AND TO THE EAST OF THIS NEW TAXI WAY THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

>> SO THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM IN BETWEEN THE TAXI WAY AND T-3 TO PUT A WHOLE NEW TERMINAL?

>> YES, INDEED.

WE WILL -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EXERCISE FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.

>> HOLY SMOKES.

SO IS IT GOING TO BE CALLED T-4.

>> DON'T KNOW WHAT NEW TERMINAL WILL BE CALLED [LAUGHTER] DAVER MALIK, $18 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING THAT WILL TOP OFF A COUPLE PROJECTS HERE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS REGARDING THE TAXI WAY AND OF COURSE THIS NEW CONCOURSE WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY EXCITING.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

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>>> ALL THRIVE 3-6-5 WORKS TO HELP OLDER ARIZONANS AGE INDEPENDENTLY WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SENIORS WITH NO TRADITIONAL FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS.

THE GOAL IS TO AGE SAFELY AND WITH PEACE OF MIND.

JOINING US NOW IS TAMI BOHANNON AND AND C.E.O.

OF ALL THRIVE 3-6-5 GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

>> GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION NOW OFUAL THRIVE THRIVE -- OF ALL THRIVE 3-6-5.

>> WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD THRIVE 365 DAYS A YEAR.

AND WE HAVE THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH.

THINK OF IT AS AN EMBRACE.

WE WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THE FOLKS THAT WE SERVE.

AND AT OUR ORGANIZATION WE SERVE STATEWIDE.

WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PILLARS.

WE PROVIDE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, FOCUS ON HEALTH, AND CONNECTION.

AND ALL THREE OF THOSE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR FOLKS.

>> AND AGAIN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN EMPHASIS, AT LEAST AN EXTRA FOCUS ON SOLO AGERS WHICH IS A TERM I HAVE JUST DISCOVERED.

THAT'S OUT THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE AGE BY THEMSELVES WITH NO FAMILY SUPPORT?

>> IT CERTAINLY IS A NEW TERM THAT WE'RE HEARING AND WE WILL HEAR A LOT MORE OF IT AS OUR POPULATION AGES.

ARIZONA'S POPULATION IS EXPLODING THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION IS EXPLODING.

WHAT WE'RE FINDING, TED, IS THAT ONE IN 10 ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 50 LIVE ALONE.

NO SPOUSE, NO PARTNER, NO CHILDREN.

AND IT MAKES THE CHALLENGES OF AGING INDEPENDENTLY GIVES AN EXTRA LAYER TO THAT.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE PEOPLE RESOURCES.

CAN IT BE A FRIENDLY CALLER.

WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WHERE PEOPLE MAKE PHONE CALLS AND JUST TOUCH BASE.

IT REDUCES SOCIAL ISOLATION THERE'S THAT CONNECTION PIECE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS THAT I'M HAPPY TO TALK B TOO.

>> THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, GETTING PEOPLE AROUND, THAT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THEM?

>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

TRANSPORTATION IS THE NUMBER TWO CALL THAT WE RECEIVE TO OUR NAVIGATORS.

HOUSING FIRST BUT PEOPLE NEED TRANSPORTATION.

SO -- BUT IT'S NOT JUST A RIDE.

IT'S GETTING YOU TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT OR GETTING YOU TO THE GROCERY STORE.

BUT IT'S CONNECTION, IT'S REASSURANCE IT'S ALLOWING THAT PERSON TO CONTINUE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

>> DO PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN BE SOLO AGERS BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET?

YOU CAN GO ON Facebook, YOU CAN GO ON WHATEVER YOU CAN DO A ZOOM DO THEY THINK THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY THERE?

AND IS THERE COMMUNITY THERE WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN IN GENERATIONS PAST?

>> THERE COULD BE A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY THAT WILL PROVIDE CONNECTION BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE A SOLO AGER.

I THINK THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.

PEOPLE ARE HAVING FEWER CHILDREN.

FAMILIES MOVE AWAY AND THAT'S CREATING THIS PHENOMENON OF THE SOLO AGERS.

>> ARE THERE ENOUGH OF THESE SERVICES AROUND?

>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THESE SERVICES AROUND.

WE REALLY NEED TO, AS A STATE, AS A NATION, LOOK AT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS AGING POPULATION.

BUT HERE IN ARIZONA, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR ORGANIZATION AND SEVERAL OF OUR COLLABORATORS RELY ON VOLUNTEERS.

SO THERE'S VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION WITH DUET, THAT'S ONE OF OUR COLLABORATING PARTNERS THEY'RE AMAZING.

SO THEY SERVE NEIGHBORS WITH VOLUNTEERS WHO TAKE THEM TO THE GROCERY STORE, MIGHT COME AND VISIT HELP THEM WITH PAPERWORK, SET UP TECHNOLOGY.

JUST CREATE THAT SENSE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO LIVE WITH PEACE OF MIND AND INDEPENDENTLY.

>> OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED TO DUET WE HAVE TALKED TO OTHER SERVICES OUT WILL AS WELL.

EVERYONE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS.

I WOULD IMAGINE EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SUMMERTIME, CORRECT?

>> WELL, A COUPLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

BUN -- ONE, PEOPLE LEAVE FOR COOLER CLIMATES BUT SUMMERTIME IS ALSO IT BECOMES MORE DANGEROUS FOR OUR OLDER ADULT POPULATION.

IT'S THE TEMPERATURES RISE SO THEY STAY INSIDE.

THERE'S MORE ISOLATION AND IT'S DANGEROUS TO GO OUT IN THE HEAT.

>> YEAH, BUT AGAIN, WELL, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE HARDER TO FIND, OBVIOUSLY AND EVERYTHING IS HARDER IN HERE IN ARIZONA IN SUMMER IN THE PHOENIX AREA.

BUT WITH A GROWING OLDER POPULATION ARE YOU GETTING A GROWING SUPPLY, IF YOU WILL, OF VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN HELP BECAUSE THE VOLUNTEERS ARE AGING AS WELL?

>> WELL, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THOSE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ARE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT CHANCE TODAY.

IT'S REALLY FLEXIBLE.

>> PLEASE.

>> PEOPLE DON'T MIGHT BE SURPRISE IT COULD BE AN HOUR, IT COULD BE QUICK FROM YOUR OWN HOME MAKING PHONE CALLS AND TOUCHING BASE WITH SOMEONE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND FLEXIBILITY WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER WITH OUR ORGANIZATION.

>> AND AGAIN YOU SAY, I'M INTERESTED, A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN?

>> SO WE WANT TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

IT'S NOT JUST, IF THEY DON'T HAVE HOUSING, OR SAY THEY HAVE HOUSING, BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE NUTRITIOUS FOOD, OR THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT THEN THAT HOUSING ISN'T GOING TO KEEP THEM INDEPENDENTLY OR IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THEIR HEALTH SPAN LIVE AS LONG AS THEIR LIFESPAN.

SO THAT HOLISTIC APPROACH PROVIDES EVERYTHING THEY NEED SO THEY CAN AGE WITH CONFIDENCE.

STAY INDEPENDENT AND HAVE PEACE OF MIND AND BE HEALTHY.

>> OK, LAST QUESTION HERE, WHERE CAN YOU LEARN MORE TO VOLUNTEER, WHERE CAN YOU LEARN MORE IF YOU THINK SOMEONE MIGHT NEED THIS ASSISTANCE?

>> I THINK THE BEST PLACE TO GO IS OUR WEBSITE.

ALL35365.ORG THERE'S GREAT -- ALL THRIVE365.ORG.

VERY GOOD.

TAMI BOHANNON ALL THRIVE 3-6-5 GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> TRACKS IN WAX IS A CENTRAL PHOENIX RECORD STORE THAT HAS BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE PHOENIX MUSIC SCENE FOR DECADES.

THE STORE WAS PUT UP FOR SALE IN 2025 AND WAS PURCHASE BY A MUSIC LOVING RECORD COLLECTING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.

JOINING US NOW IS THE NEW OWNER OF THE ICONIC TRACKS IN WAX JOSHUA BRIESE.

WELCOME JOSHUA.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PURCHASE.

>> THANK YOU, TED, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> FOR FOLKS WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR OR WHO HAVEN'T BEEN WILL IN DECADES, LIKE ME, WHAT IS TRACKS IN WAX?

>> SO TRACKS IN WAX I THINK I WOULD SAY IS THE LAST KIND OF GRUDGEY RECORD STORE IN PHOENIX.

WE'RE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CAMELBACK ON CENTRAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET.

AND WE SPECIALIZE IN SELLING NEW AND USED RECORDS.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE AT TRACKS AND WAX.

>> I HAVE BEEN A COLLECTOR FOR QUITE A WHILE.

I GREW UP LISTENING TO RECORDS SINCE I WAS A KID.

MOM AND DAD ALWAYS HAD RECORDS AROUND SO I COLLECTED UNTIL THE DIFFERENT GENRES OR MEDIUMS CAME OUT AND WHEN I GO OUT SHOPPING I LIKE TO HIT UP MULTIPLE RECORD STORES.

I STILL DO THAT NOW.

OR IF WE GO TRAVELING SOME WHERE ELSE WE ALWAYS HIT UP A RECORD STORE.

SO TRACKS AND WAX WAS ALWAYS ON MY ROUTE IT GOT TO A POINT WRITE STOPPED GOING IN THERE BECAUSE IT JUST FELT LIKE WE WEREN'T UPDATING THE INVENTORY FREQUENTLY.

IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE VIBE I WAS LOOKING FOR IN A RECORD STORE.

SO I KIND OF CHANGED UP.

>> BUT WITH THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU FOUND OUT IT WAS FOR SALE YOU BOUGHT IT?

>> I DID.

>> WHY?

>> SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM TO OWN A RECORD STORE.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MUSIC.

THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL COMES FIRST THAT'S MY MAIN GIG, MY PAIN IN JOB BUT TO UNWIND AFTER A LONG DAY IT'S PUTTING ON RECORDS AT HOME.

I BOUGHT A COLLECTION PROBABLY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO JUST I SAW IT POP UP ON-LINE SOMEWHERE I WILL BUY 400 RECORDS.

I ENDED UP WANTING 10 OF THEM SO I HAD 390 RECORDS I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WITH.

SO I STARTED A SMALL LITTLE BUSINESS SELLING THEM AND DOING POP-UPS AND THE WHOLE JOY OF THAT WAS TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT MUSIC.

SO IT WASN'T NECESSARILY ABOUT SELLING IT IT WAS ABOUT TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT MUSIC.

AND WE WERE IN SPAIN, MATRADE, SO I SAW THE ARTICLE POP UP ABOUT TIMMY SELLING TRACKS IN WAX.

YEAH, RIGHT, AS SOON AS WE GOT BACK TO PHOENIX, I WENT STRAIGHT TO TRACKS IN WAX AND STARTED HANGING OUT WITH TIMMY.

>> AND YOU DECIDED TO BUY IT.

WHAT DID THE WIFE SAY, WHAT DO FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAY, WHAT DID YOU THINK DID YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS?

>> UM, NO.

I DID NOT.

I KNEW THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO A RECORD STORE WAS THE COOL THING FOR ME.

KIND OF ALSO LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WHAT DO I WANT TO DO WHEN I RETIRE SITTING BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A RECORD STORE TALKING MUSIC ALL DAY SOUNDS A PRETTY FUN GIG.

MY WIFE SHE HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

THAT'S YOUR THING SHE LET'S ME TAKE CARE OF BUT SHE HELPS OUT ONCE IN A WHILE.

IF YOU COME DOWN IN THE SHOP YOU WILL SEE HER TOUCH IN THE STORE.

>> I WAS GOING TO MENTION PACK YOUR FAMILY HELPING OUT.

YOU ARE STILL A PRINCIPAL.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT FULL-TIME IS FIRST, 60 HOURS A WEEK, ISH, AT SCHOOL.

I SUPPORT I'M VERY MUCH A FAN OF THE GUIDE ON THE SIDE NOT TO SAY TRYING TO STAGE FOR BOTH SCHOOL AND FOR THE RECORD STORE.

SO I'M HELPING BEHIND THE SCENES ORDERING, MAKING SURE INVENTORY IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

KEEPING UP ON EMPLOYEES, MY FAMILY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE THAT COME IN THE SHOP.

>> AGAIN WHEN YOU RETIRE, WHENEVER THAT MIGHT BE THAT'S WHEN YOU TAKE OVER FULL-TIME THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE THE SAGE ON THE STAGE?

>> WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE.

>> MAYBE?

>> I THINK ABOUT IT LIKE YOU GO TO THAT ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND THE OWNER IS IN HIS 80s AND HE COMES AROUND AND SAYS HEY TO EVERYBODY.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> MAYBE SOMETHING MORE LIKE THAT.

WHAT ALBUM ARE YOU CHECKING OUT THERE?

>> IN THAT KIND OF BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION HERE IS IT THE RECORDINGS AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP WITH ALBUMS, OBVIOUSLY, JUST HOLDING AN ALBUM, LOOKING AT THE ARTWORK, READING THE NOTES EVEN LOOKING AT THE VINYL ITSELF IT'S AN EXPERIENCE.

IT HELPS ALONG WITH WHAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO.

WHY THAT WHAT GETS -- IS THAT WHAT GETS YOU OR IS IT THE CONVERSATION IS IT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE?

>> IT'S ALL OF IT.

IT'S THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC ITSELF AND THE ARTISTS WHO CREATE MUSIC AND THEY CREATED ALL OF THIS PACKAGE FOR YOU TO ENJOY.

IT GETS LOST WITH THE DIGITAL MEDIA.

WE'RE SEEING A RESURGENCE NOW OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE COMING IN AND HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THE LINER NOTES AND THE ALBUM ART AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT ALL.

IN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON YOUR PHONE.

SO THAT'S PART OF IT.

IT'S JUST THE WHOLE ALL OF IT.

THE ARTISTS INTENTION OF WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO HEAR AND WHAT THEY CREATED THAT'S REALLY WHAT GETS ME THE MOST.

AND SO, THE REPRODUCTION OR THE CLOSEST REPRODUCTION OF THE ARTISAN INTENTION IS WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MUSIC THE BUT OF COURSE IN THE CONVERSATION COMES ALONG WITH IT AS WELL.

>> YOU MENTIONED THE MUSICIANS THEMSELVES IS WILL ANY IDEA OF GETTING A LITTLE SOLO ACOUSTIC STUFF GOING THERE?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN THE STORE UP TO BE MORE INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN MORE, NOT JUST BE WE SELL MUSIC.

I'M THINKING POETRY SLAMS, LISTENING EVENTS.

WE ALREADY HOST LISTENING EVENTS FOR NEW ALBUMS COMING OUT.

MAYBE A NEW ARTIST WANT TO PLAY A GUITAR THEY DON'T HAVE A STAGE YOU CAN COME TO TRACKS IN WAX WE'LL HOST YOU TO DO A LITTLE OPEN MIC STUFF.

>> TALK ABOUT VINYL AND IT AMAZING TO ME THAT VINYL MADE A RESURGENCE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GONE.

I THOUGHT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IT WITH 8 TRACK TAPES IN THE DAY NEVER KNOW.

ABOUT YOU THE WITH STREAMING AND EVERYTHING BUT IT REALLY HAS COME BACK AND IT REALLY IS A YOUNGER GENERATION AND IT'S FASCINATING TO WATCH.

>> IT IS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IT NEVER REALLY LEFT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RECORD STORES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

TRACKS IN WAX WAS '82 WHEN IT OPENED AND IT SURVIVED ALL THE OTHER MEDIUMS.

I THINK NOW PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THERE'S SO MUCH OUT THERE AND WHEN YOU ARE RELYING ON THE DIGITAL MEDIA SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT PHYSICAL MEDIA IN YOUR HAND YOU OVER CONTROL OF WHAT YOU LISTEN TO.

>> IS THAT REASON, OBVIOUSLY VINYL HAS MADE A COMEBACK, C.D.ES YOU THINK C.D.ES WILL MAKE A COMEBACK?

>> THEY ARE CASSETTE TAPES ARE ACTUALLY MAKING A COMEBACK.

>> I LOVE THEM BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT ON THERE.

>> CASSETTES ARE COMING OUT AND BEING REISSUED AGAIN AND WHEN ARTISTS ARE CREATING NEW ALBUMS THEY'RE MAKING TAPES TOO.

>> ALREADY MR.

RECORD STORE OWNER GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER ONE AND I MEAN NUMBER ONE NO FOOLING AROUND HERE YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM.

>> FAVORITE ALBUM THAT WILL GO DEEP WITH ME.

I'M A HUGE FAN OF VINCE GIROLDI THE PEANUTS THEY KNOW HIM AS.

BUT HE HAS CREATED SOME PRETTY AMAZING ALBUMS OUTSIDE OF CHARLIE BROWN.

SO, I RECOMMEND ANY ONE OF HIS ALBUMS.

IF I WAS TO GO TO A NUMBER ONE HIT WITH HIS HE DID AN ALBUM WHERE IT WAS DONE IN A CATHEDRAL LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH A CATHOLIC CHURCH.

IT'S GOT SINGING, IT'S GOT CHOIR IN IT.

NAME IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S A FANTASTIC ALBUM.

>> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR MAYBE TO LOOK FOR AT TRACKS AND WAX UNLESS YOU -- TRACKS IN WAX.

>> WE HAVE ONE COPYRIGHT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JOSHUA BRIESE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PURCHASE AND BEST OF LUCK WITH TRACKS IN WAX.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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