by Rick Coste | Mar 27, 2022 | Record Stores
There is no better place in the world than New England in the fall. When the leaves change color, and there’s a cool, clean, and crisp feeling in the air, it’s time to put on some warm clothes and explore. You can drive for hours surrounded by splashes of color not...
by Rick Coste | Mar 19, 2022 | Record Stores
“Good things come to those who wait.” It’s a phrase that has been used in poems, songs, and advertising campaigns by companies like Heinz and Guinness. But it’s true. The best things truly do come to those who wait. Especially when you have someone on your side...
by Rick Coste | Mar 9, 2022 | Record Stores
Travel thirty minutes north of Portland, Maine, follow the seacoast, and you’ll arrive in Brunswick. Brunswick isn’t very big, with a population hovering around 20k, but it has a large history. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin there, and film crews have...
by Rick Coste | Mar 6, 2022 | Record Stores
Portland, Maine’s Old Port in the summer – there’s no place like it. The crowds, the stores, and the ferries bumping against the piers for vacationers, tourists, and residents to pile on and off of as music drifts from the many bars, pubs, and restaurants that...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
When The Police released Synchronicity in the summer of 1983, I was at the record store when it opened. “Every Breath You Take” was all over the radio. When I got home, I devoured the lyrics before putting the record on. What drew me in was the lines to the song...
