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Though he lives more than an hour from Geneva, when Steve McCoy has a yen for a new CD, he’s more than willing to make the trip to Kiss the Sky.
“Music can be bought in so many places, but good indie music can’t,” the Woodstock resident said. “I like to hold music in my hands, enjoy the art of the cover, hold a lyric book, and have something of lasting value on my shelf. Kiss the Sky is the best place for me to find those CDs.”
McCoy heard about the music store from his friend, Joe Thorn, a St. Charles pastor who grew up in the area.
“It was love at first sight for me,” McCoy said. “To be honest, Kiss the Sky makes it more likely that
I’ll make the trip to have lunch and hang out with Joe.”
McCoy isn’t the only one intrigued by the CD and vinyl record store, located at 301 W. State St.
New York writer Dan Kennedy was commissioned by GQ Magazine to do a piece on independent record stores, tentatively called “The Last Record Store.”
“He picked ours out of about 750 stores he took a look at,” said Steve Warrenfeltz, owner of Kiss the Sky.
Kennedy, author of the national best seller “Rock On,” spent two weeks in Geneva this spring, hanging out at the store and gathering information.
“We even put him to work a little bit,” Warrenfeltz said.
Thorn, pastor at Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, said Kiss the Sky is a great store not just because the staff has a broad knowledge of music, but because they obviously love music.
“That matters, and I think people pick up on it,” he said. “They don’t just sell what’s popular; they seem to sell almost everything — at least most everything that is good in its genre.”
Thorn also likes that Kiss the Sky is an independent music store that is connected to the community and makes a positive contribution culturally.
“I haven’t bothered to step into the big chain stores for years when I’m buying music,” he said.
Kennedy’s piece is expected to run in GQ’s November issue.
“GQ is not a magazine I read, for sure,” Warrenfeltz said. “I’m into Rolling Stone and Blues Revue Magazine — more things related to music.”
However, he found the experience interesting.
“Any publicity is good publicity, I guess,” Warrenfeltz said.
Though he lives more than an hour from Geneva, when Steve McCoy has a yen for a new CD, he’s more than willing to make the trip to Kiss the Sky.
“Music can be bought in so many places, but good indie music can’t,” the Woodstock resident said. “I like to hold music in my hands, enjoy the art of the cover, hold a lyric book, and have something of lasting value on my shelf. Kiss the Sky is the best place for me to find those CDs.”
McCoy heard about the music store from his friend, Joe Thorn, a St. Charles pastor who grew up in the area.
“It was love at first sight for me,” McCoy said. “To be honest, Kiss the Sky makes it more likely that
I’ll make the trip to have lunch and hang out with Joe.”
McCoy isn’t the only one intrigued by the CD and vinyl record store, located at 301 W. State St.
New York writer Dan Kennedy was commissioned by GQ Magazine to do a piece on independent record stores, tentatively called “The Last Record Store.”
“He picked ours out of about 750 stores he took a look at,” said Steve Warrenfeltz, owner of Kiss the Sky.
Kennedy, author of the national best seller “Rock On,” spent two weeks in Geneva this spring, hanging out at the store and gathering information.
“We even put him to work a little bit,” Warrenfeltz said.
Thorn, pastor at Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, said Kiss the Sky is a great store not just because the staff has a broad knowledge of music, but because they obviously love music.
“That matters, and I think people pick up on it,” he said. “They don’t just sell what’s popular; they seem to sell almost everything — at least most everything that is good in its genre.”
Thorn also likes that Kiss the Sky is an independent music store that is connected to the community and makes a positive contribution culturally.
“I haven’t bothered to step into the big chain stores for years when I’m buying music,” he said.
Kennedy’s piece is expected to run in GQ’s November issue.
“GQ is not a magazine I read, for sure,” Warrenfeltz said. “I’m into Rolling Stone and Blues Revue Magazine — more things related to music.”
However, he found the experience interesting.
“Any publicity is good publicity, I guess,” Warrenfeltz said.
