Traveling Hobbyist

I Travel For Records

New Arrivals

The Hoodoo – Yucca Valley, CA

Once known as hot, dry, and dusty little desert towns where ill-prepared hikers go to die of dehydration, Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree are now hot, dry, dusty, and filled with hipsters from L.A. People who refused to accept $10 lattes and 100-degree summers as normal, trading them in for $8 lattes and 110-degree summers….
Melody Records – Chico, CA

At the ripe old age of 27, which is 131 in alien years, I am now able to reflect on the record stores of my youth. The ones that enchanted me with the smell of old cardboard and dust and whatever old people use to make their house smell like that. In my early days…
B-Sides Records and Vintage – Milwaukie, OR

Every town deserves a record store. Even if that town already has a record store and is really more of a suburb of a city that has a boatload of record stores. B-Sides Records and Vintage in Milwaukie is the newest record store to open in PDX and is a great addition to a scene…
Off the Record – North Bend, OR

Ahh, the salty sea breeze and cold drizzle of the Oregon Coast make me want to throw on a flannel and some slippers, and listen to an old album on an outdated medium. Thankfully, Off the Record in North Bend was there to help me satisfy that itch on my recent trip to the cute…

The Cost of a Vinyl Record Set up

Vinyl records have been around for a very long time, but in the last 10 years, the hobby has undergone some pretty major changes. Although the medium looked to be dying out for many years, it has recently made a massive comeback. Tons of people are just now getting into the hobby of record collecting…
Vinyl Record Storage: From the Best to the Good Enough

Once you have visited enough record stores and amassed enough records, the big question that needs answering is: How should I store vinyl records? Not only do you want to find a vinyl record storage solution that is aesthetically pleasing for your specific listening space but it also needs to protect your precious records from…
Colorados Best Record Stores: Beyond Denver

It’s easy to get sidetracked doing silly things like hiking or drinking copious amounts of microbrews when you’re in the Centennial State, but tons of amazing record stores are well worth your time between hitting the dispensaries and the ski slopes. Although Denver is very much the cultural center of the state and it has…
The Best Record Stores in the United States

There are many things that can make a record store great. The selection, the store’s place in the local music scene, and of course the people. Everyone has that special record store in their life, and I’m sure the record store you are thinking about now is indeed the best record store in the world,…