Monk Makes an Unexpected Appearance in a Documentary Film

Seasick Records is an independent record store located on the edge of the thriving Avondale community of Birmingham, specializing in vinyl and a few local artist CDs.

Over the past year, my love for collecting vinyl has grown. Since I live in the McCalla/Lake View area, my weekends out are usually spent in Birmingham due to the fact that I travel the roads to Tuscaloosa every other day of the week. When I need a record M-F, it's usually Oz Music in Tuscaloosa but on the weekend, it's almost always Seasick. I learned of them through social media and I've been a fan ever since.

Recently, the Birmingham based record store was the subject of "SEASICK: a short documentary film" directed and edited by Scott Hodnett. In its brief 10 minutes and 36 seconds, the shop's story is told by owner/co-founder Daniel Drinkard, co-founder Chayse Porter and a myriad of real life characters that make up the bloodline of the store from volunteers, barbers, vinyl junkies, and a dude in a one-armed vinyl record costume calling himself "Record Man!"

Now I know what you're thinking, "How did you get into the film, Monk?"

To explain, Record Store Day is an annual event held on the third Saturday of April each year to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. Vinyl lovers, labels and stores have also adapted Black Friday as another day, celebrating the same. I was captured on film during the Black Friday sale in 2014, grabbing my copy of the exclusive Waylon Jennings release 'Louisiana Man, Kentucky Woman.' I had no idea there was even a camera in the room. Actually, the only reason I'm in the film at all is because Waylon's son Shooter told me his label put out the record and Seasick had a few copies.

Thank you Shooter Jennings, because of you, I've now used up 3 seconds of my 15 minutes of fame! But it's a powerful 3 seconds if I do say so myself!