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...
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...
