Downtown Davenport hot spots partner on 4/20

Jonathan Turner
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This year’s Record Store Day (RSD) coincides with internationally recognized cannabis day (4/20), Saturday, April 20 and the Last Picture House in downtown Davenport is getting in on the action.

The two-screen indie movie palace is launching a new “Record Store Day” Screening Series, to celebrate RSD this Saturday 4/20.

All films are screening April 20 to April 22. The showtimes will be:

  • “Dazed and Confused” – Saturday at 7:15 p.m., Sunday at 12 noon, and Monday at 7:45 p.m.

  • “Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke” – Saturday at 9:30 p.m., Sunday at 4:20 p.m., and Monday at 10 p.m.

  • “Lost In Translation” – Saturday at 5 p.m., Sunday at 2:15 p.m., and Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Each soundtrack is being re-released for Record Store Day, and if you purchase one of the three soundtracks down the street at Ragged Records / Trash Can Annie (311 E. 2nd St., Davenport), you will receive 50% off your movie ticket!

The 2003 film “Lost in Translation” stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
The 2003 film “Lost in Translation” stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Ragged Records is giving away free tickets to Milwaukee Summerfest to the first 150 customers at Record Store Day this Saturday starting at 9 a.m. as a part of its free tote bag giveaway brought to you by Ragged Records and Gnar City Custom Printing in Davenport.

Starting at 9 a.m., they will have stocked shelves with an extensive selection of limited-edition Record Store Day titles. Be sure to show up on time or line up early to get your desired title. They’ll be giving away free Ragged Records / Gnar City tote bags packed with goodies to the first 150 customers through the door.

Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 independently-owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands of similar stores internationally, according to Ragged.

The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008. Today, Record Store Day is celebrated at independently-owned brick-and-mortar record stores around the world.

Ragged Records owner Bob Herington and Trash Can Annie’s owner Laura Heath (photo by Jonathan Turner).
Ragged Records owner Bob Herington and Trash Can Annie’s owner Laura Heath (photo by Jonathan Turner).

Ragged Records will open at 9 a.m., but you might want to get in line early.

“Some people usually show up in the wee hours of the morning and we’ve been known to have a line all the way down the block as early as 8:00 a.m.,” the business posted on the Facebook event page.

Releases are first come, first serve to those who show up. They can’t reserve any titles. Each customer is allowed only one copy per title, but you can buy as many different titles as you want. “We usually go pretty wild with the variety and quantity of titles we order but sometimes titles are so limited edition we can only get a certain amount of copies,” Ragged posted.

Bob Herington looks through the vinyl collection at Ragged Records, 311 E. 2nd St., Davenport (photo by Jonathan Turner).
Bob Herington looks through the vinyl collection at Ragged Records, 311 E. 2nd St., Davenport (photo by Jonathan Turner).

There will also be special 12-inch portraits of musicians painted by Jon Burns to purchase exclusively at Ragged Records for Record Store Day.

While Saturday is Record Store Day, Friday is Taylor Swift Day and Ragged is selling Taylor’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department” on Ghosted White Vinyl (double album) starting at 10 a.m. for the sale price of $44.99.

Why did 4/20 get associated as the national pot day?

Derrick Bergman, chairman of the Union for the Abolition of Cannabis Prohibition, smokes a marijuana cigarette in coffeeshop De Baron in Breda, Netherlands, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Bergman was at the coffeeshop to mark the start of a new experiment with legally grown weed going on sale in two Dutch cities. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
Derrick Bergman, chairman of the Union for the Abolition of Cannabis Prohibition, smokes a marijuana cigarette in coffeeshop De Baron in Breda, Netherlands, on Dec. 15, 2023. Bergman was at the coffeeshop to mark the start of a new experiment with legally grown weed going on sale in two Dutch cities. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

The origin story is traced to Marin County, Calif. In 1971, five students at San Rafael High School would meet at 4:20 p.m. by the campus’ statue of chemist Louis Pasteur to partake, according to a Time magazine piece.

They chose that specific time because extracurricular activities had usually ended by then. This group became known as the “Waldos” because they met at a wall. They would say “420” to each other as code for marijuana.

For more information on Ragged Records, click HERE.

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