Honey Owens, you might know her as Valet, talks to Stereogum about her day job at the collective, and blog-friendly, thrift store, Rad Summer (3611 SE Division).

STEREOGUM: You said all members of the collective take turns working the shop. Do you have fairy regular shifts? Or are people switching around a lot? Are any of the other folks in bands?

HO: It started off with four and now there are about eight or nine people that contribute things to the store. Four of us work the shifts during the week. Sometimes we trade off depending on who’s on tour/traveling, etc. Tom is in Jackie-O Motherfucker, Jacob is in a band called Hrak Ryam Hral, Dewey is in a band called Eternal Tapestry and also plays in JOMF sometimes, Brux is in a band called Snakes, Valentine is in a band called Get Hustle, Charlotte and Ruth are clothing artists (designers), Zach is in a band called Ghosting, and Ashby is in Valet now with me. Ummm, I guess everyone either plays music or makes art/clothing … or both. We sort of all fell into this sort of work because it was a good way to make money and still have a fairly free schedule to do other things.

Damn, that is a hip store, way cooler than the Better Bargains Thrift Store on 102nd.

Photo by Sarah Meadows