spindle spider dot comVillage Discount Outlets are essentially clothing retailers that stock en masse…they are spread throughout Chicagoland. I distinctly remember stopping in one somewhere on the north side and after about 20 seconds getting the hell out of there. Chaos – screaming kids – and clothing EVERYWHERE. No way they had records. Until my girlfriend got a […]
Made my move on a gsalr.com tip a few weeks after the fact. The only thing better than new record stores is when they are just steps from the train. Better yet, I saw that this one was basically next door to a St. Vincent thrift which was an added bonus. […]
Headed out to St. Charles for a quick weekend getaway and made a couple stops. Made the same trip about a year ago and stopped at Goodwill Glendale Heights and picked up my 300th LP. Just under a year has passed and I’m past 500! But first up we stopped at a Goodwill in St. […]
I don’t get up this way often but so I made a point to see what I could see during my afternoon up north. This Salvation Army is pretty large and had a giant record rack of an odd design. The front and back were separated by a wire cage. Perhaps used to protect yourself […]
This place is just a couple miles from my work….I had noticed it but I believe they either changed the name or at least the sign. I paid it no mind because it said ‘pawn shop’ and a place like that likely won’t carry records. But everytime I would use Google maps to look for […]
I last visited T&T last summer. I’ve learned to be patient with my favorite thrift stores, you have to allow for the goods to rotate and be purchased, and new stuff to get in. Otherwise you just beat the hell out of the place and yourself constantly digging and digging when there is nothing there […]
Did some work in Avon Indiana and had a chance to hit two Goodwills in quick succession to great results. GOODWILL AVON Did not find the familiar white bin I see at Goodwills across the Midwest. The stash was stored vertically in a long – probably five feet – row. Things started quite tame but […]
Perhaps I took things a bit far to try and get records in three states in two days. Perhaps I am a glutton for punishment…sometimes, I just don’t know. Approaching Louisville from the south, I thought I’d stop in Elizabethtown first. My long commute from the Gulf of Mexico plus the time zone change was […]
Got into Alabama late so I focused on two stores in close proximity I knew I’d have time to get in and out of before they closed. GOODWILL Second Goodwill in a day that his their vinyl deep in a corner. I became frantic, searching before my anxiety was allayed. A number of the records […]
I was scheduled to lay over in Charlotte on my way to Mobile Alabama. Plans were derailed by horrid Chicago snow which delayed my departure and caused me to miss my connection. Without a moments hesitation I left the airport in search of vinyl. With over four hours to spare I knew I had time […]