Man I love antique malls. I love having a nice afternoon to myself, after my work is done, when I am out in the middle of nowhere and an antique mall to dig through. It is relaxing and the kind of ‘smell the flowers’ activity we all need to take in for ourselves regularly, one […]
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Goodwill [Woodhaven MI]
Got to make a trip up to Detroit, an area I have almost never traveled to in my decade plus of jetsetting around the midwest and beyond. We were working out in the middle of nowhere, about 30 min south of Detroit and we were staying in Woodhaven. Was able to sneak away and check […]
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Chicago Punk Windfall
The Bollweevils / Ripcordz – North America Loud Punk Series I saw the Bollweevils live a few times at the Fireside Bowl back in the 90s. Some of those times were when they were playing with another band that I liked, I was never an outright fan though they are good and a classic Chicago punk band that has […]
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Estate Sale, Bensenville
I believe this is something called ‘work life balance’ that entails not working yourself until your mental and physical health suffers, not attempting to do the work of more than one person, working off hours voluntarily, etc… I think this is part of a science fiction novel or something because it is laughable to think […]
I’ve had a bad habit of neglecting the Plainfield Goodwill while I have showered the Avon Goodwill with attention during my numerous visits over the past couple years. It wasn’t intentional – the Avon store is right next to my hotel and I honestly forgot there was another one just a couple miles away. I’d […]
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Let Loose in Lexington
Had a solid block of downtime during a recent trip to Lexington. I already outlined my visits to some other local stores but the exciting news is – there’s more! I was able to hit two record stores as well, the second of which being a questionable distance to walk, especially in the heat, but […]
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Last 10 Records, June 2017
I’ve been trying for a while to figure out how can I use this tool which is mixcloud.com the best. I’ve done mixes of my records many times there but I needed something that gave it a sense of duty and allowed me to share my insights on why I wanted these records as well […]
Just spittin’ distance from Goodwill I found a treat in the Meadowthorpe Antique Mall. And antique malls ALWAYS have vinyl. It may be overpriced – it may be junk, but vinyl nonetheless. And I’m no snob. There isn’t much out there that is more fun that wandering through an antique mall looking for records and […]
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Goodwill [Lexington KY]
I’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 […]
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Goodwill [Avon IN]
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 […]