spindle spider dot comI feel like at this rate the Sunday morning desperation will only lead to a trip 100s of miles away as we continue to dominate a larger and larger radius of record stashes across Chicagoland. This one only took us to Winfield which was closer than it sounded and it was a worthwhile trip at […]
I booked out of AA (no not the meeting) to make it to Funk Trunk before they closed at 7. A light rain had been falling for hours but I stayed dry and warm enough to feel pleasant. As I approached I couldn’t figure out where the store would be as it was nothing but […]
If anyone read this blog, maybe they would meet me face to face and discuss it with me. And they would probably criticize me for running a blog with ‘chicagovinyl’ as the subdomain when half of the posts are in other cities or even states. And I’d tell them to get lost. But luckily I […]
Easily one of the most awkward record transactions I have ever attempted to take part in. Had to run to the store and scoped this spot above on gsalr.com and it was basically on the way so we swung through. In fact, there were only two sales on the site which listed records in the […]
On my way into town after stopping at New Life in Wyoming I just wanted to head to my hotel but I drove right by this place, so I got my swerve on and tore into the parking lot. This was a unique Goodwill….you could almost see whatever business it used to be before they […]
Up in GR for three weeks in a row and I continued my tradition of stopping in a single store before heading to K-Zoo. First up was SA, next was St. V’s and now another new one I had somehow previously missed. To prevent another bummer, I called in advance to assure they had some […]
I’ve been approaching 600 LPs for a while but I never thought it would come via such a strange route. I decided a while ago that 600 would be the end of the road for me. Not for collecting in general of course – but basically my upper limit. I have been planning to ‘trim […]
I forgot to get a simple exterior shot so I held up traffic on my way out and snapped this one through the van. I had purposely held out on stopping at Satellite on my previous trips to K-Zoo as I knew I’d soon be back. A comfortable store; it did not disappoint. After some […]
As I did last week when I found myself in the same neck of the woods, I figured I’d hit a single GR thrift store before I headed to K-Zoo. So I busted out the trusty Google Maps to figure out what was closest or most convienent – I’ve essentially been to them all already. […]
In my first night staying in K-Zoo instead of GR (in two days trip #3 will be on the books), I was delighted to find good food (Schwarma King), booze (Drake Party Center) and Green Light Music all next door to one another – and all just a couple miles from my hotel. I opted […]