spindle spider dot comI’ve been through Kentucky a number of times over the years. I have been in and around Louisville a few times, though at least one of those instances was long, long ago, before this blog existed. I drove through Kentucky on my way back from Mobile Alabama a while ago and stopped in Louisville again […]
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in the Avon/Plainfield area. I worked on a job site in Avon twice about 12-18 months ago, now I have worked twice at a totally different job site which is about 1 mile away, but across the border in the adjoining town of Plainfield. All of these times […]
Visited the Kewanee Goodwill a number of times with varying results. Had an interesting visit on this late April afternoon as I dodged a tough rain storm. There were a nice selection of legit 70s-80s rock albums, just one after the other, I was surprised to find them all together in any Goodwill and definitely […]
La Porte is kind of a grimy old town, new customer I never visited before and while I’ve been all over Indiana (and NW Indiana specifically), never been here before. My work was pretty pleasant, there is nothing better then hitting the road for a day trip on a Friday, it’s like ending your week […]
Even Goodwill celebrates their vinyl culture and wants to get in on the RSD madness and I have no problem with that. Or maybe I only feel that way when they load their bins with rare Chicago polka vinyl prior to my visit. The Naturals album […]
I don’t celebrate Record Store Day as perhaps people feel I should, given my work on this blog. But I also don’t celebrate record stores, an opinion I unabashedly hold, I much prefer the grime and total gamble of thrift stores and garage sales. But when I found that a new record store had opened […]
Never give up, kids. Keep on looking. 32 trips – god knows how many records. There are always new frontiers, you must be patient. Bethany’s was new to me and probably new(er) to GR. Did they have records. This, I did not know. I do now. I darted in and made for the book section. […]
I’ve carefully dug through Grand Rapids many times over the years. I’ve been in too many thrift stores to count and I’ve been through all the record stores I could find. So during my 32rd trip to GR after I ran through two new (or at least new to me) thrift stores, I felt unfulfilled. […]
Very sad news which I luckily caught in time to make one last trip to a shop that has been particularly kind to me. It was pretty remarkable to have a legit thrift store in my hood and I’m proud to say I took good advantage of it. I documented more than a couple trips […]
So let’s recap my numerous (this would be #4) visits to the Goodwill in Dyer Indiana, which has not yet been open a year. In a short time I’ve been blessed to have been able to stop by so many times, and more specifically to have been able to get so many scores in that […]