自己动手做：英国Rough trade唱片公司的故事 (2009)

The Rough Trade story begins more than thirty years ago on 20th February 1976. Britain was in the grip of an IRA bombing campaign; a future prime minister was beginning to make her mark on middle England, where punk was yet to run amok; and a young Cambridge graduate called Geoff Travis opened a new shop at 202 Kensington Park Road, just off Ladbroke Grove in West London. The Rough Trade shop sold obscure and challenging records by bands like American art-rockers Pere Ubu, offering an alternative to the middle-of-the-road rock music that dominated the music business.In January 1977, when a record by Manchester punk band Buzzcocks appeared in the shop, Rough Trade found itself in the right place at the right time to make an impact far beyond that of a neighbourhood music store. When Spiral Scratch was released in 1977, the idea of putting out a single without the support of an established record company was incredible. But Rough Trade was to become the headquarters of a revolt against this corporate monopoly - it was stocking records by bands inspired by the idea that they could do it themselves.But selling a few independent records over the counter was not going to change the world. Early independent labels had to hand over their distribution to the likes of EMI or CBS. But one man at Rough Trade challenged that monopoly. Richard Scott joined Rough Trade in 1977 and became the architect of a grand scheme that was nothing short of revolutionary: independent nationwide distribution. 两个乐队让我激动死了：The Smiths，和，The Strokes。（后者完全是惊喜啊有没有，没想到看Rough Trade纪录片却让我掉进The Strokes的坑...）另，据说Frankly Mr Shankly是嘲笑Geoff Travis的？！笑死。所有抑或一闪而过，抑或得到镜头的驻足停留的年轻脸庞都那么得美丽，光滑细腻，饱胀着生机。和Rough Trade的真诚恳切——抗拒垄断，拥抱多元，传播自由; 践行并且完善引导行为的思想与意识形态，去解决思维突变又或者是僵化所导致的矫枉过正；去面对与现实碰撞下的挫败——充满激情的理想主义一般，仿佛幻梦。(后来放的那首Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me太杀了…呜呜)以纪录片而言实属一般，大部分段落的剪辑毫无张力，好在提供的信息量足够摸一遍 Rough Trade 厂牌从发迹、覆灭、到第二春的历程。片子里给 Geoff 塑造的形象，就是一个发掘音乐人眼光独到、但欠缺商业经验的 enthusiast——这或许是弱点，但正如 Geoff 自己所说，这大概也是他的特别之处。看完留