spindle spider dot comGot a tip: My girlfriend lives about a mile from a station on the same line as the Wheaton stop (which turns out to be literally a block away) so we made plans to check it out. We made it down a week later and I was pleasantly surprised by the well kept and clean […]
As often happens to collectors of all sizes and shapes no doubt, after my first visit to Oak Park Records (or should I say my first successful visit) I left a record behind, and it ate at me. At the time I wasn’t sure if it was legitimately rare, or if it was something so […]
Made my 14th trip to Grand Rapids and finally was able to hit up all the record stores the city had to offer. Some new ones and an (not very) old haunt. After my work was done near Wyoming, I went downtown to have a burger and some chili at Stella’s. I longed to head […]
The journey down south is a long one- 8 hrs via public transportation. But worth it. This video chronicles my journey. Some other artifacts are below. Enjoy. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, 93RD AND WESTERN Roger Miller – Golden Hits – already had the stereo version, picked up at a flea market on a hot day – now I […]
My first visit to Oak Park Records did not go well back in March. I forgot about the place entirely until recently, so I made an impromptu journey straight from work two days ago and found the following: Well I get that people have other things going on in their life then sitting at a […]
I first learned of Raffe’s at the CHIRP record fair last spring. I made my first visit on Record Store Day a short time later and I have now returned twice since. It has taken three visits to continue to return and purchase the Paul Desmond records I saw on my first visit and which […]
Another trip up to GR – found the hottest record store in town. I spent my last trip exploring a seemingly endless array of thrift stores. With that just about quenched, I took a quick look for record stores. Found this one conveniently on my way into town from my point of origin and glad […]
I found just a quick break in my rushed day in Tampa to speed over on the #1 bus down Florida Ave. to Microgroove. I was not disappointed. I think this is the reasonable dream of every record collector, to own a store like this. It wasn’t filled with hundreds of expensive records but also […]
Continuing back to my point of origination on my record store bike tour of NE Orlando, I finished things off at Rock N’ Heaven. The outside decor was eyecatching to say the least but offered no glipse of what was inside. When I entered I found a large store with many racks of vinyl. A […]
Far from a knock on Park Ave CDs, but I was ready for a record store like this after that experience. A simple room with no partitions, worn and well used. I must presume the two clerks I encountered were owners. I had a brief (2-3 miles) bike ride but in the heat I was […]