After striking out big time at the Goodwill in town, I gave up as I have already been all over MN. But our last day in town, we were at breakfast at the ‘Minnesota Nice Cafe’ (horrible name, nice place, good food) […]
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Goodwill [Bemidji MN]
Been through MN too many times to count, so I wasn’t huge on seeing much during this visit. But alas, there was a Goodwill just blocks from where I was and I had time to kill. I could not find any platters, so I asked. The clerk began to wander, searching…searching…it was not fruitless. But […]
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Mixer Modification
I’ve had my 32-1200B for a few months now and I’m happy with it. However, I am still quite annoyed by the bizarre way they insisted on wiring the cue channel. I put some thought into it and determined that it might not be so difficult (electrically speaking) to modify this thing to suit my […]
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Interview with Lloyd Miller
It was over six years ago that I first learned of Lloyd Miller’s work. I was introduced to him – like many others – by ‘Egon’ Alpatt of Stones Throw Records. I was puzzled by his opinions on western music’s state of affairs and his hardline stance against all that it represented. But what of […]
I spent the first part of my afternoon in New Haven looking for records in all the wrong places. Unlike my normal modus operandi, I visited the St. Raphael’s thrift store without calling first and struck out – no records. (They said that they did have some recently, but that ‘someone bought them’). So I […]
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Savers [Providence RI]
Knocking Rhode Island off my list feels like a legitimate accomplishment. Perhaps it is irrational, while strangely logical in my warped brain, that the smallest state would be the last state I would visit. I got into town in the afternoon with plans to leave the next day via train for New Haven. I only […]
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Goodwill [Dayton OH]
Winding up a very long 10 days on the road that took me through West Virginia and Virginia, my colleague and I had the very long drive from Greensboro North Carolina all the way back to Chicago. We opted to stop in Dayton Ohio for the night and take that evening to reflect on the […]
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Goodwill [Wytheville VA]
Headed southbound out of Charleston, route 64 gives way to 77 which in turn leads to you to route 74. For just about 100 miles, you cruise through the tip of Virginia. And on this very route is the very pleasant town of Wytheville, one of two towns on the way I identified as having […]
I was eating a bowl of pho across the street when my colleague noticed the sign through the window that stated “RECORDS”. I could not believe my luck. I had already checked out Charleston on my way through a few days earlier, now I knew I’d have another shot. I called the number on Google […]
Mountain Mission is a charitable organization with a soup kitchen and such, as well as a thrift store on their clean grounds in Charleston. Things started off quite auspiciously when we parked and got out, there was a glass of Kool Aid or iced tea, with ice still in the cup, just sitting in the […]