STACK #193 Nov 2020

THIS MONTH at

MUSIC NEWS

visit stack.com.au

CHART Vinyl

STACK ROVING REPORTER

store, and there was a sign out the front that

SHOP TALK

H ave you ever gazed up in awe at a particularly clever/hilarious/beautiful hand-drawn promotion sign in a JB store and thought: Just who the dickens makes these excellent things? Well, question the stars no more: JB Macarthur Square’s Store Sign Writer (and Media Advisor, no less) Elle Bootes is here to give you the ten-four. It all started with an innocent stroll. “I just happened to be walking past my JB Hi-Fi

said ‘Artist Wanted’,” Elle says.

She began in the role just

1. Queen & Adam Lambert Live Around The World 2. Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (25th anniversary silver vinyl) 3. The Weeknd After Hours 4. Queen Greatest Hits 5. Harry Styles Fine Line 6. Tame Impala Currents 7. Black Sabbath Paranoid 8. Angie McMahon Piano Salt EP 9. Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts 10. Sufjan Stevens The Ascension

one day a week, and

Some of Elle's signs in-store at JB

eventually became more involved in the

store's goings-on to expand into her current dual position. At the time, she didn’t consider herself a fully-fledged artist at all. “I was still not very confident in my own art,” she reveals, “but having my work displayed in-store, then getting

liaises with the category manager on a particular promotion to see if they have any ideas, or looks to other JB stores to see what they’ve come up with. “I grew up watching The Simpsons , so a lot of our store signs are Simpsons - related,” she says. She uses big Sharpie textas and signwriting ink, which she applies with a 10cm- wide foam brush for the bigger areas of colour. If you want to see Elle’s fresh signs as early as possible, Thursday morning is your best bet, as this is when new JB catalogue promotions go live. Head to JB Macarthur Square (Campbelltown) now to see Elle's incredible work, and chat vinyl or The Simpsons references today!

complimented on it, [led me to] think, ‘Ok, maybe I can start doing something on the side too.’” And that she did: Elle now runs her own Etsy shop (SADGIRLELLE) which stocks an assortment of cute pop culture-themed stickers, all featuring her original artwork. As for the store sign themes, Elle gets a lot of freedom to mine all her favourite shows, games, music and memes. She sometimes

Elle Bootes @ JB Macarthur Square, NSW

ONLINE BONUS OFFERS JB's

The Avalanches We Will Always Love You RELEASE DATE: DEC 11, 2020 SPECIAL OFFER: Win a turntable and an LP signed by The Avalanches! Offer ends 10/12/2020*

Kate Ceberano Sweet Inspiration RELEASE DATE: FEB 5, 2021 SPECIAL OFFER: Win one of 10 tickets to a virtual

The Rubens 0202 RELEASE DATE: FEB 12, 2021 SPECIAL OFFER:

Win a The Rubens custom AT-LP60X Audio-Technica turntable! Offer ends 11/2/2020*

Kate Ceberano concert! Offer ends 11/2/2021*

*Please note that bonus offers are ONLY available online at www.jbhifi.com.au and only during the pre-order period. All offers are subject to availability, while stocks last.

86 NOVEMBER 2020

jbhifi.com.au