Swung through on a Thursday afternoon to find a bevy of vinyl but none worth grabbing. Reminiscent of the album I found long ago in Mundelien (and still regret not buying), I found at least 15-20 copies of what must be a local group; sealed (pink!) vinyl. I was convinced from the Asian characters on […]
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Avondale Garage Sales
I jumped on the Belmont bus before noon on the warmest (as of yet) Saturday of 2015 en route to Avondale to check out two closely located garage sales that claimed to have some vinyl to dig. The first one was a yard sale with one cardboard box neatly filled with finds. I nearly went […]
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Thrift & Thrive Revisited
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 […]
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Estate Sale, Norwood Park
I unsubscribed from gsalr.com alerts last fall, and today one one of the first days of ‘spring’ (not sure if the season has officially changed or not) that I was able to get a good bike ride in. I went to work for a couple hours then had breakfast with a co-workers. I brought my […]
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Birthday Run
As part of my annually continuing birthday celebration, I headed down to the loop for some tomfoolery, gluttony and of course vinyl digging. I hit up three stores I had not checked out in a long time, some in over a year. Came up with some finds during the well entertaining hunt. I jumped on […]
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 […]
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Another Sunday at Raffe’s
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 […]
Headed out on a burning hot Sunday afternoon to burn off the barrel of beer I drank the night before. Figured I’d stop into Thrift n’ Thrive….visited once before months previous with some success. Vinyl rotation (no pun intended) happens on a semi-regular basis in thrift stores across the world and the time was nigh […]
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Garage Sale, Dunning
Last minute gsalr.com find yielded an Engelbert compilation I did not have as well as a Baja Marimba Band album. I was totally unsure if I had this Eng comp or not, many of them get combined in my brain. I did NOT have it luckily – the cardboard sleeve is of the utmost poor […]
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Return to Raffe’s
On Sunday’s I generally try to do a giant bike ride. I cycle every single day year round, and I almost always add miles just for fun but Sunday is my day to pile them on. I do this because its a free day with nothing to do (usually) and also because I am usually […]