Category Archives: The Great Record Stores

Record Trading Road Trip: Lunchbox Records In Charlotte Gets Another Visit Eight Years Later [Part 2]

Posted on April 30, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Among the many delights of Lunchbox Records on my last visit; eight years ago, were not only the caliber of the discs in stock, but also the accoutrements that made what I felt to be a very successful record store. … Continue reading →

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Record Trading Road Trip: Lunchbox Records In Charlotte Gets Another Visit Eight Years Later [Part 1]

Posted on April 29, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I was last at Lunchbox Records in Charlotte in 2017. It made a fantastic impression on me then. As first the pandemic conspired to keep me out of record shops for several years, and then the degeneration of the shops … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Orlando, Florida – Can You Go Home Again? [pt. 4]

Posted on December 6, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The main store was next and the space was maybe three times as large as their original space on Park Avenue. One major difference to shopping here was that I never knew the owner, Sandy Bitman … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Orlando, Florida – Can You Go Home Again? [pt. 3]

Posted on December 5, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from previous post] Back when I was still in college, I had a regular roster of record stores that I depended on. These were primarily Murmur Records, Crunchy Armadillo Records, Retro Records, and two Record City and Peaches locations. … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Orlando, Florida – Can You Go Home Again? [pt. 1]

Posted on December 3, 2024 by postpunkmonk

It was almost three weeks ago when we found ourselves taking a trip to the state where we had grown up and departed from over 23 years ago. The swampy cauldron where Ye Olde Monk had developed into the music … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Akron Ohio – 2023 – Time Traveler

Posted on March 8, 2023 by postpunkmonk

The one constant to any trips to Akron in the last 28 years have been that a visit to Time Traveler is a must! Scott Shepard has been in business from 1980 and he’s had a solid run through thick … Continue reading →

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A New Record Store In Asheville: Records in the RAD, Delights

Posted on February 7, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Asheville got a new record store last spring when Records In The RAD opened near Wedge Brewing in Asheville’s River Arts District. As we have been working hard on a household task for some weeks now, and it finally finished … Continue reading →

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