spindle spider dot comIt was over six years ago that I first learned of Lloyd Miller’s work. I was introduced to him – like many others – by ‘Egon’ Alpatt of Stones Throw Records. I was puzzled by his opinions on western music’s state of affairs and his hardline stance against all that it represented. But what of […]
I spent the first part of my afternoon in New Haven looking for records in all the wrong places. Unlike my normal modus operandi, I visited the St. Raphael’s thrift store without calling first and struck out – no records. (They said that they did have some recently, but that ‘someone bought them’). So I […]
Knocking Rhode Island off my list feels like a legitimate accomplishment. Perhaps it is irrational, while strangely logical in my warped brain, that the smallest state would be the last state I would visit. I got into town in the afternoon with plans to leave the next day via train for New Haven. I only […]
Winding up a very long 10 days on the road that took me through West Virginia and Virginia, my colleague and I had the very long drive from Greensboro North Carolina all the way back to Chicago. We opted to stop in Dayton Ohio for the night and take that evening to reflect on the […]
Headed southbound out of Charleston, route 64 gives way to 77 which in turn leads to you to route 74. For just about 100 miles, you cruise through the tip of Virginia. And on this very route is the very pleasant town of Wytheville, one of two towns on the way I identified as having […]
I was eating a bowl of pho across the street when my colleague noticed the sign through the window that stated “RECORDS”. I could not believe my luck. I had already checked out Charleston on my way through a few days earlier, now I knew I’d have another shot. I called the number on Google […]
Mountain Mission is a charitable organization with a soup kitchen and such, as well as a thrift store on their clean grounds in Charleston. Things started off quite auspiciously when we parked and got out, there was a glass of Kool Aid or iced tea, with ice still in the cup, just sitting in the […]
So I left on a Sunday from Chicago bound for Kentucky. I spent 4 nights there then drove to North Carolina. Charleston was about 1/2 way so it was a prime stop for lunch and a quick chance to look for vinyls. First up was the old standby: Goodwill. I had a brief discussion was […]
I have had pretty good luck at Goodwill Addison over the years and I try to stop by once every 4-6 weeks to look for new scores. I stopped by on a lazy Sunday afternoon and I was about 1/3rd of my way through the bin when I was fighting for room with someone else […]
This place sold itself as a ‘flea market’ but by my definition it was an antique mall. We can argue about the actual goods and whether they qualify as ‘antiques’ or not but the biggest thing was that the items here were on consignment and a flea market to me has to involve interaction with […]