Category Archives: Record Shopping Road Trip

Record Shopping Road Trip: McKays – Winston Salem

Posted on December 10, 2025 by postpunkmonk

MC KAY’S | WINSTON SALEM I’ve been traveling an awful lot in recent months. For what seemed like most of my life, any travel to other cities came with an autonomous response of looking up what record stores this city … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Monk Turns Over New Leaf At Time Traveler Records

Posted on September 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

So last week I was on vacation. I’ve touched down back to work for a few days, so now we can blog. You may know the rules of PPM, but if you don’t it’s easy: we blog during our lunch … Continue reading →

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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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2024: The Year In Buying Music [part 1]

Posted on December 27, 2024 by postpunkmonk

2024 was a watershed year for us. There were so many huge events that distorted the fabric of the year. Most of 2023 was spent preparing for our first excursion into the UK and the second in Europe since 1999. … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Orlando, Florida – Can You Go Home Again? [pt. 2]

Posted on December 4, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Now that I look at it the Sunday hours of Rock + Roll Heaven were from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and I feel like the time might have almost ran out for me that afternoon. … 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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