spindle spider dot comThere are actually two Goodwills in town, luckily I was able to stop at one. I was still driving into town when I saw it, I felt like it was morally questionable to be thrifting when my customer was waiting for me but I knew it would only be five minutes. It was on the […]
The Union Pacific West Metra line has reaped some awesome rewards and adventures in the past. Way down at the Wheaton stop stands Mile Long Records just a stones throw from the station. The same goes for Stars Resale and the College St. stop. And I almost forgot about Something Else down in West Chicago. Or […]
I have been to a couple combination record/toy stores. It is a strange combination but it is more common then logic would have you believe. I am sure that this store must be somehow related to the Quake store just a couple miles away and have found fleeting evidence to support that, but nothing concrete. […]
My adventures in central Wisconsin’s metropolis of Appleton are long running and well documented. Normally I only should be up here once a year if that, but in recent years I’ve had the excuse to be up here a few times. On this trip, Monday was a travel day. I left home about 1pm with […]
After swinging by my most recent Goodwill escapade, I found this unnamed thrift store just about a mile away. I called – they had records – I was en route. I thought that maybe Google Maps just had the store named wrong, but the sign (and the clerk’s shirt) said otherwise. The name is Thrift […]
Somehow this one had gotten skipped one million times during my weekend rounds. Still can’t believe it, but the truth is the truth and it is everlasting. So I investigated the records at Des Plaines Goodwill. Didn’t buy anything but saw a number of interesting items. I was never familiar with GTR but I saw […]
This trip was marked by a few interesting things: 1) I didn’t sleep well the night before, I slept at my parents house and my dad likes to get up at about 4:45am and take a VERY LONG shower and rustle around the house for an hour or more before he goes to work. So […]
Found myself out in Naperville for a long and grueling day. I only wanted to head straight home after 12 hours on and off in the plant (and getting up at 4:30am) but only a fool such as I would then go to a record […]
The struggle is real, believe me. Besides the thousands of hours I have spent during fruitless visits to dirty old thrift stores, I spend a lot of time on the phone assuring that the places I visit have vinyl before I head in that direction. Below is a rare text exchange between myself and somehow […]
As I returned from a totally fruitless journey from central Wisconsin, I was rewarded with a bevy of vinyl, the likes of which never before seen! I stumbled upon just one more store that I had to inspect on my way. My work vehicle runs on E85 so I have to plot my stops for […]