Category Archives: Record Shopping Road Trip

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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Record Shopping Road Trip: Akron Ohio – 2023 – The Bomb Shelter

Posted on March 7, 2023 by postpunkmonk

During in the last week of February, we actually traveled to Akron, Ohio to visit family. We had not been there [or really, anywhere] since the pandemic but with 91-year old in-laws, no longer making the yearly pilgrimage to Florida … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Roadtrip: Akron, Ohio

Posted on September 5, 2019 by postpunkmonk

You may have noticed re-runs of old posts recently. We decided that a trip to my wife’s old stomping grounds of Akron were in order over the Labor Day weekend. Her parents aren’t getting any younger, and most of her … Continue reading →

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All The Way To Cleveland: The Mott The Hoople Saga [part 3]

Posted on May 6, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Record Shopping Road Trip: Time Traveler Records – Akron, Ohio […continued from last post] As usual, coming to Time Traveler was like coming home. This is one of the record stores in another city that I’ve visited countless times. Right … Continue reading →

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All The Way To Cleveland: The Mott The Hoople Saga [part 2]

Posted on May 3, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Record Shopping Road Trip: Square Records – Akron, Ohio […continued from last post] So once we reached Akron, on a Thursday, we had a free day before we needed to head to Cleveland [45 min away] for the Mott The … Continue reading →

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All The Way To Cleveland: The Mott The Hoople Saga [part 1]

Posted on May 2, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Record Shopping Road Trip: South Charleston Antique Mall – South Charleston, West Virginia So anyway… last month we took almost a week to drive to Akron/Cleveland to see Mott The Hoople. We planned to stop in Charleston, West Virginia to … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Posted on January 7, 2019 by postpunkmonk

The last weekend of 2018 found my wife and I in Winston-Salem, NC for not the first time. We often meet with our friends Elisa + Tom from the Chapel Hill area and often visit the Reynolda House Museum of … Continue reading →

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