spindle spider dot comThis is going to be a hell of a day via public transportation. My current plan is to take link 111 to the new SunRail southern most stop (Sand Lake Road), and take that north to the Lynx Central station. After that, it will be a walk to the first of the 3 stores and […]
I have an excellent/bad habit of wasting the day away on Sundays. I usually don’t get out of bed (at least not enough to clothe myself or leave my domicile) until mid afternoon at best. However, once I do, I am often urged to cycle hard as I feel very much like a sloth. I […]
Grand Rapids appears to be the thrift store capitol of the world. After a tiny selection at the local Goodwill, the SA had a bulk of records available. I came away with a Ray Price record (they had another but it was pretty beat, so I passed). I found a double of the one I […]
Set out to hit a couple sales via gsalr.com on a Saturday morning – both centered around a stop at the Oak Park Farmers Market. The first one did not have much to offer – just a single box with mostly religious recordings and the occasional orchestral release. After that I stopped at the market […]
Even as I tried to leave town, I was confronted still with more and more thrift stores. This spot offers the unique combination of used cars and thrift store. I found this single crate in the backroom with the books. Another customer sipped coffee loudly behind me, lurking over my shoulder. I shot her a […]
Grand Rapids is so jam packed with thrift stores its crazy. I found this one as I ate my shitty omelet at Russ Diner across the street and noticed this place through the window. Like many of the stores I checked out in the GR area, it was riddled with religious offerings. Still worthy of […]
Smallest record selection ever! Only six records and all of them bizarre!
Haven’t been round this way in a while and I don’t know if this Savers did not exist previously or if I just missed/ignored it. A bevy of finds lurked within. The Anne Murray you see above I just purchased this summer at a garage sale (I’d still love to have the Arc version) and […]
Hooked a U-turn upon coming across this one. Crawled around on all fours (as per my usual MO) to examine the commons. Only discovery of note down yonder was a sickening mint jacket/destroyed vinyl version of the OG Bossa Nova release. No idea what could have inspired someone to do this kind of intentional damage. […]
After a hellishly long shift, the last thing I wanted to do on a Friday afternoon was go on a long bike ride to examine an unknown quantity/quality of records. But alas, this is what I do; duty calls. So I headed out to encounter this single box with less than 10 records. Alas, one […]