spindle spider dot comThe 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 […]
I have been to a couple combination record/toy stores. It is a strange combination but it is more common then logic would have you believe. I am sure that this store must be somehow related to the Quake store just a couple miles away and have found fleeting evidence to support that, but nothing concrete. […]
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 […]
Found myself out in Naperville for a long and grueling day. I only wanted to head straight home after 12 hours on and off in the plant (and getting up at 4:30am) but only a fool such as I would then go to a record […]
I was approached by the people that put this together who asked if I would put together a seminar regarding record bin construction, a topic I have covered here at length. At first I modestly assumed that it must be some kind of prank – who would legitimately consider me enough of an ‘expert’ to […]
Another weekend, another couple days spent at the ‘usual haunts’. And for once, I got lucky. With my arm bent firmly behind my back, I was convinced to go over to Goodwill Elmhurst just before close. There was a mountain of 45s in there and while ‘naked’ 45s usually are a real turnoff (how crass), […]
It is not difficult to recall when I first learned of Bel Aire Records. It was at a garage sale, now over 18 months ago. There weren’t many records but there was on that caught my eye, and it was sealed. I saw it was a local label and it took me a moment to […]
Still the cleanest record bin in the game – I think this is only my second time ever stopping in. Went way over here to visit a Walmart to pick up some odds and ends and strolled over. Found the red album lower left and one other one instantly in the front of the stack […]
The well long ago ran dry on thrift stores anywhere in the vicinity which I have not visited and blogged about. But occasionally I find one which I overlooked and of course make a bee line to dig through their filthy old vinyl! I reached New To You with my girlfriend and her daughter in […]