spindle spider dot comI checked this place out pre-construction on my last trip out to Terre Haute. After I took a leak in an outhouse outside (and wondered why there was an outhouse outside) I strolled in to be greeted by a bunch of construction workers. I vowed to return and after wrestling with myself for a few […]
Don’t know how this place slipped through the cracks – never checked it out. Made my way over on a quiet weekend and enjoyed the dig. Like every other Goodwill, apparently someone, somewhere is fabricating these record bins for them as they are in every single store across the land. However this one had seen […]
Headed back up to Cary. In previous visits I have checked out a toy store and a record store. Trip #3 I took a look around in a Goodwill and I found yet another on this jaunt. This was a pretty clean store and I quickly discovered their stash on an end cap near the […]
I’ve run across things like this before. Found this one at Goodwill Addison. I find it so interesting not just to see the history of a piece of vinyl in my hands but the peoples name’s and addresses…thinking about them and knowing what their taste is in music and wondering what became of them. This […]
Last time I was in town, I wasted some time trying to find a Goodwill round these parts. Turns out it was just a ‘donation center’ which may be just the box. We did find it this time, and I think it may […]
Did a run through Morris on my way out west and hit up the old haunts. St. Vincent continues to get worse in the vinyl department, the one remaining crate is even more in the back of the store, over by the bathrooms now. It held nothing but junk, save for an ED&JFC album you […]
It is truly helpless to know that what was probably my favorite thrift store of all time is no more. Fantastic Andy’s of Kewanee Illinois closed sometime in early 2016. I first visited Kewanee (and Andy’s) in the late fall of 2014. I went back a few times in 2015 but only blogged once almost […]
Back up in Cary, I made yet another stop to search for vinyl. Previous journeys to Cary brought me to Barrington and Crystal Lake. This time, I decided to check out a thrift store. Initially I went over to Barrington Resale, no vinyl there. I called in advance and got no answer, but when I […]
There are actually two Goodwills in town, luckily I was able to stop at one. I was still driving into town when I saw it, I felt like it was morally questionable to be thrifting when my customer was waiting for me but I knew it would only be five minutes. It was on the […]
The Union Pacific West Metra line has reaped some awesome rewards and adventures in the past. Way down at the Wheaton stop stands Mile Long Records just a stones throw from the station. The same goes for Stars Resale and the College St. stop. And I almost forgot about Something Else down in West Chicago. Or […]