by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
It’s easy to spend the day in Joliet, Illinois. There’s never a lack of something to do. You can visit the “Jewel of Joliet”, also known as the Rialto Square Theatre. Constructed in 1926, it has entertained Joliet with movies, concerts, musicals, and comedy. A quick...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
It’s time to pick up my order. I hop in my car and head down Stafford Dr. in Princeton, W. Virginia. I pass Advanced Auto Parts and Little Caesars. There’s the yellow arch of Angelo’s Pizza. I could go for a BBQ chicken pizza right now. But, since it’s just past...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
“Rising up, back on the street Did my time, took my chances. Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet.” Those were the lyrics to the 1982 hit “Eye of the Tiger” by the band Survivor. The song enjoyed six weeks at the number one spot and would have been the number...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee, began its existence in 1929 as a production facility for Dortch Stove Works. It has changed hands a few times over the last century. After being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, it became The Factory in...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
As I watched the official trailer for the documentary Dusty Groove – The Sound of Transition from Petunia Productions, I thought to myself, “this is what it’s all about”. There’s a line in the trailer that says, “Records are physical things that circulate...
