spindle spider dot comMy adventures in central Wisconsin’s metropolis of Appleton are long running and well documented. Normally I only should be up here once a year if that, but in recent years I’ve had the excuse to be up here a few times. On this trip, Monday was a travel day. I left home about 1pm with […]
After swinging by my most recent Goodwill escapade, I found this unnamed thrift store just about a mile away. I called – they had records – I was en route. I thought that maybe Google Maps just had the store named wrong, but the sign (and the clerk’s shirt) said otherwise. The name is Thrift […]
Somehow this one had gotten skipped one million times during my weekend rounds. Still can’t believe it, but the truth is the truth and it is everlasting. So I investigated the records at Des Plaines Goodwill. Didn’t buy anything but saw a number of interesting items. I was never familiar with GTR but I saw […]
The struggle is real, believe me. Besides the thousands of hours I have spent during fruitless visits to dirty old thrift stores, I spend a lot of time on the phone assuring that the places I visit have vinyl before I head in that direction. Below is a rare text exchange between myself and somehow […]
As I returned from a totally fruitless journey from central Wisconsin, I was rewarded with a bevy of vinyl, the likes of which never before seen! I stumbled upon just one more store that I had to inspect on my way. My work vehicle runs on E85 so I have to plot my stops for […]
After the beating I took in nearby Wausau, only a real masochist would come back for more. But I had to drive to Marshfield and my awaiting hotel, and more thrift stores lurked there. How could I resist the brutality? (Answer: I couldn’t). Goodwill Marshfield had some really interesting bins, pinned to a pegboard. Never […]
It is ironic that given the proximity of Wisconsin to Chicago, I get up there less frequently than far away locales like Texas and New Hampshire (should be going back there in a month or two). But I did reap the rewards of a trip to central Wisconsin and while I (SPOILER ALERT!) came back […]
Nearing total exhaustion at the end of my week spent working in the Ruskin/Gibsonton area, I tried to swing by a St. Vincent (Ruskin) and had trouble finding it, then got called back to the job site before I could investigate further. Later that afternoon, my work finally completed, I spent my last night in […]
My night in Waco was one to remember, but their vinyl selection won’t be bringing me back anytime soon. The bottom rung of a small bookcase was all they had to offer and of that, only a later album from Rog (seen below) caught my eye, and even that could not induce me to purchase […]
Only an idiot would drive three hours south from Dallas to Lockhart for barbecue but that is exactly what I did. I scouted a number of locations for vinyl but none panned out – all were out of business. Ironically, I included Upscale Resale in that list as I was driving out of town when […]