spindle spider dot comI booked out of AA (no not the meeting) to make it to Funk Trunk before they closed at 7. A light rain had been falling for hours but I stayed dry and warm enough to feel pleasant. As I approached I couldn’t figure out where the store would be as it was nothing but […]
If anyone read this blog, maybe they would meet me face to face and discuss it with me. And they would probably criticize me for running a blog with ‘chicagovinyl’ as the subdomain when half of the posts are in other cities or even states. And I’d tell them to get lost. But luckily I […]
Easily one of the most awkward record transactions I have ever attempted to take part in. Had to run to the store and scoped this spot above on gsalr.com and it was basically on the way so we swung through. In fact, there were only two sales on the site which listed records in the […]
Shook my hangover and headed out to greet the day Sunday morning. gsalr.com had only two sales anywhere in the area with records and they were in opposite directions. Not being ambitious enough to try and hit both, I chose one on the north side and headed out around 10am. Just a bunch of the […]
This was SUPPOSED to be a post about the All-Night Flea Market, and how it was my third year going, and how exciting it was and all the great stuff I picked up. But it is not, because the flea market was a bust. I got some intel a couple hours before we were set […]
On my last trip back from Naperville I hit up a nearby antique mall. This time things were running a bit late and I was eager to get home so I just went about a mile to the nearby Goodwill. It was mobbed but I made my rounds, as usual. Seemed like the entire Kenny […]
There is truly nothing better than an impromptu garage sale on a Sunday morning, and one so close you can ride your bike there. The weather was perfect and I did not even have a hangover as I was so tired the night before I only made it through about three beers. I did make […]
Made a run up to Waukegan and found time to snoop around. Last time I was in the vicinity, I headed towards the north shore and came away with a quite a haul. This time I headed over to Gurnee and Community Thrift Store. The place was huge and it was packed with people, even […]
Been a while since I strolled through – they actually got a record bin a while back after originally using a crappy bookshelf. Now, they have also added the backdrop which they can fill with records for display a la Pink Elephant. (I wouldn’t mind having that U2 vinyl). I have long held off on […]
After the disgusting filth that is Goodwill Glendale Heights, it was refreshing to see this bin, which qualifies as easily the cleanest and most well organized Goodwill bin I have ever seen (and I’ve seen a few). All junk save for the album I placed on top. I almost bought it, only left it behind […]