Platterpus Records, Addison Illinois

April 27, 2011

by Joe Wallace
So it begins–the Vinyl Road Rage updates move into record store review territory now because if I don’t start writing ‘em, they will NEVER get done. There’s already a massive backlog of great indie record stores to cover and you have to start sometime so we begin with the great Platterpus Records in [...]

The View from Vinyl Road Rage

April 26, 2011

Here’s a collection of images taken along the way from Vinyl Road Rage. The record shop reviews begin with our very next post, so stay tuned for a long series of ‘em!

An absolutely fabulous find at the Columbus record store Magnolia Thunderpussy, which wins some kind of prize for the most uniquely left-field company name, [...]

Vinyl Road Rage #3: Images from the Trip So Far

April 23, 2011

Vinyl Road Rage is Turntabling’s annual indie record store blogging road trip, where we search for the coolest record shops in the USA, rare and bizarre vinyl, and all the madness that goes with it. One of the best things about these trips–aside from the vinyl itself and the great people met along the way– [...]

Vinyl Road Rage Day #2: Bloomington Indiana, Louisville Kentucky, Cincinnati Ohio

April 22, 2011

by Joe Wallace
Day Two of Vinyl Road Rage #3 was filled with highway hypnosis. I went from Bloomington Indiana to Cincinnati Ohio, hitting a LOT of indie record shops along the way.
There are pictures, but they will be posted tomorrow–my camera is charging now and I’ll extract the images later. Suffice it to say that [...]

Vinyl Road Rage Day #1: Joliet, Champaign, and Beyond

April 21, 2011

by Joe Wallace
Vinyl Road Rage #3 is underway and day one was a crazy mix of brain-melting finds and wild goose chases. Joliet, Illinois was the first stop where plenty of interesting vinyl was found including a Legendary Pink Dots album on Play It Again Sam Records I didn’t know existed, some silly blooper vinyl [...]