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Ear-X-Tacy
If you lived in Louisville in the late 1980s and 1990s — and especially if you were a teenager or young adult heavily into punk, grunge or college alternative radio — you were likely spending an inordinate amount of time in the Highlands. You may have grabbed a bite to eat at Twice Told Coffeehouse or Another Place Sandwich Shop. Dessert was probably at White Mountain Creamery.
Depending on where you began your journey along Bardstown Road and how far you went, you almost certainly followed a path of shops that included The Great Escape and Electric Ladyland. But a trek wasn’t complete without perusing the latest albums and CDs at ear-X-tacy.
John Timmons, who founded the store, didn’t intend to create an iconic place that anchors thousands of people’s good memories. He would probably be the first to tell you he didn’t have a plan at all.
Although he was born in Evansville, Indiana, his family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where John spent much of his childhood. During those years, he listened to a lot of music — either 45 rpm records or a transistor radio that was in his hands wherever he went…