March 8, 2012 (Jack White)

It used to be that you got your parents’ furniture when you were married or whatever and you had their mattress re-upholstered and it would last for thirty, forty years. You spent a lot of money on it initially, but you never got rid of it. Now, the whole method of how people get furniture is just disposable. You go to Art Van or whatever and buy a $400 couch and throw it out a couple of years later. That whole method just killed the upholstery trade, and it became a rich person’s thing.-Jack White

From a 2003 interview in The Believer.

Jack White was in the upholstery trade before the White Stripes were a big deal. This interview is a nice insight in to how the man does business.

White has a thriving record label and record store at a time when labels are crashing and record stores are considered to be a thing of the past. But, he's a guy that can see value in traditional tools, methods and objects and has the vision to apply them to the current climate.

Here are the clips from the SNL show where White performed stuff from his new solo record Blunderbuss.