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Tom Lounges' Entertainment Presents
Hobart Indiana / Art Theatre
Hobart Indiana / Art Theatre
Hobart Indiana / Art Theatre
Friday February 3rd - KEnny James and Rave -ON
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Hobart Indiana / Art Theatre
Hobart Indiana / Art Theatre
Hobart Indiana / Art Theatre
Saturday February 18th - Bonfire
Blizzard of Ozz Band &
Kevin M. Buck Band
WE ARE BACK!!! 2023 Concerts
Tom Lounges' Record Bin - Hobart & Michigan City
A Very Eclectic Vinyl Record Store Experience
Tom and I opened the first store in the Spring of 2018 and the second location in the Fall of 2020. Here is a little history!
TOM LOUNGES' RECORD BIN is a unique record shop located in Northwest Indiana. We have two locations - Hobart & Michigan City, IN -- which carry new and pre-loved vinyl, Audio-Technica turntables, crystals, t-shirts, CD's, Cassettes, coffee mugs, and other pop culture items, Black Squirrel Crossing Guitar pick Jewlery, and collectibles.
The store was founded in 2018 in Hobart, Indiana by Tom Lounges, who brings to the business over 40 years experience in various aspects of the music business -- as a radio and television broadcaster, print journalist, artist agent and manager, record label annotator, publicist, and event producer.
He also brings many years of knowledge in running vinyl record stores, having spent years working in such popular Midwest record retail chains as Hegewsich Records and Woodmar Records, along with his debut in the vinyl retail world managing the fledgling single store location of Highland Records in 1977.
Both stores feature a great atmosphere that reflects Tom's career. The Michigan City location features a stage and house sound where "open mic" performances, concerts and other special "After Hours" events are held. The Hobart location features many personal artifacts from Tom 's career that each carry some sort of story behind them. Sorry, those are not for sale!
Tom Lounges Record Bin has been the site of the taping/making of live music videos by various artists, a national documentary taping done by the Hard Rock Cafe & Casino organization, and it has been the topic of feature articles in both local and national publications.
The store's slogan is "Where the cool kids go!" because one never knows what celebrity might pop in on any given day. See this site's "Gallery" page for some of those celeb images! You can be a "cool kid" too... just shop at The Bin where Tom, Alice, Riley, & Briane, are always happy to help and to talk about music with our patrons.
CATCH TOM'S radio PROGRAMS AND HIS WEEKLY COLUMN IN NWI TIM
Needle Drop - every Sunday 6pm-9pm
CLICK HERE ON SUNDAYS FOR THE LIVE FEED WORLD WIDE 6-9PM CENTRAL
"NEEDLE DROP" is an all vinyl LP show hosted/produced by veteran Chicagoland radio personality TOM LOUNGES All music sourced on the program is from vinyl records provided by Tom Lounges Record Bin (1601 Franklin St.) in Michigan City, Indiana.
"NEEDLE DROP" is heard live Sundays from 6-9pm CST on Michigan City, Indiana's WIMS-AM (1420) and WIMS-FM (95.1), and is also simulcast on 106.7FM in Valparaiso, Indiana. The program can also be heard via the WIMS live stream and phone app. DO YOU HAVE AN ALEXA? JUST SAY "ALEXA, PLAY WIMS 1420AM - IF SHE RESPONDS "WIMS FROM TUNE-IN" -YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT CHANNEL.
The musical focus of "NEEDLE DROP" is a "free form" rock radio program with a weekly play list blending well known songs, with deep cuts and forgotten classics by a myriad of music artists from the various sub-genres of rock and blues.
Some original material from new regional artists is also featured from time to time.
The program incorporates trivia, interesting facts about music, contesting, and guests from the music and business community.