Jack White works in an office. Until the White Stripes’ formal dissolution in February, White was the singer, guitarist and songwriter for one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Now he sits at a desk. White, 35, owns and operates Third Man Records, a music store, concert venue and record label in Nashville. He spends his days clicking away at a Mac desktop and talking on a landline phone with too many buttons. This particular Saturday, though, White wasn’t in his office. It’s Record Store Day — a national celebration of the increasingly archaic concept of a record shop…
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