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. […]
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Revolve Records [Grand Rapids MI]
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. […]
Headed up to Grand Rapids yet again late in 2016 and was able to pull off one more (successful!) dig before the clock strikes midnight. I have thoroughly hunted the entire city and documented it well…so much so, that I haven’t bothered to look at much of anything for a while. This time I decided […]
Before I begin today’s tale, just wanted to acknowledge that just a couple weeks ago is the three year anniversary of my first post on this blog, which now totals nearly 300 posts. This post is the 150th tagged ‘thrift store’ so just to do some very, very rough math at 25 records each, that […]
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GR run
Never give up kids; never give up. I have been to Grand Rapids upwards of 25 times and I’ve been searching for records for a couple years up there. Yet I still continue to find places to dig in. Whether or not I find anything up there to actually buy and hopefully spin on a […]
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New Life Thrift Store [Wyoming MI]
Up in GR for three weeks in a row and I continued my tradition of stopping in a single store before heading to K-Zoo. First up was SA, next was St. V’s and now another new one I had somehow previously missed. To prevent another bummer, I called in advance to assure they had some […]
As I did last week when I found myself in the same neck of the woods, I figured I’d hit a single GR thrift store before I headed to K-Zoo. So I busted out the trusty Google Maps to figure out what was closest or most convienent – I’ve essentially been to them all already. […]
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GR Trilogy
Made my 14th trip to Grand Rapids and finally was able to hit up all the record stores the city had to offer. Some new ones and an (not very) old haunt. After my work was done near Wyoming, I went downtown to have a burger and some chili at Stella’s. I longed to head […]
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Goodwill [Grand Rapids MI]
One of two Goodwills in GR (still haven’t been to the other one), I stopped in quickly to peruse their single bin of vinyl. Almost scooped a John Klemmer album then decided I don’t even like the one I already have. Instead, grabbed a Jimmy Dean record and got the hell out of there. Still […]
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Corner Record Shop [Grandville MI]
Another trip up to GR – found the hottest record store in town. I spent my last trip exploring a seemingly endless array of thrift stores. With that just about quenched, I took a quick look for record stores. Found this one conveniently on my way into town from my point of origin and glad […]