Traveling Hobbyist
I Travel For Records
Record Shop Reviews
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Jackpot Records – Portland, Oregon
It’s no secret that Portland is home to a ton of amazing record stores. Massive selections, carefully curated selections, stores that specialize in jazz records, stores that stock punk and metal records exclusively; Portland has it all. But there are few shops that better exemplify all of the stereotypes of a record store the way…
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Everyday Music – Portland, Oregon
In a city as jam-packed with record stores as Portland, Oregon, it can be difficult for record stores to stand out. While the majority of record shops in the city are filled with a few cramped aisles of record sleeves and walls chock full of tattered overlapping posters, Everyday Music offers a more polished ambiance….
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The Record Pub – Portland, Oregon
I am not a Portland native. I’m not even an Oregon native, in fact I’m not even an earth native but that’s another story. Although I’ve only recently docked my spaceship in this wonderfully dreary city I learned pretty quickly that a lot has changed here over the last 5, 10, 15, and 20 years….
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BIZARRE BAZAAR – Fort Collins, Colorado
One of the great things about college towns is that the young population allows seemingly strange businesses to thrive. There’s something very special about having an experience that makes you say “I didn’t know places like this were still around.” This is exactly how it feels to walk into Bizarre Bazaar. One of the main…
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ALL SALES VINYL – Old Town Fort Collins’ Vinyl Destination
All Sales Vinyl might most accurately described as the “premier” record store in Fort Collins, a city that has a surprising amount of dedicated record stores for its size. With a larger selection of new records than anywhere else in town, it also has arguably the best location, right smack in the middle of Old…
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INTERSECT BREWING AND RECORDS – Fort Collins, Colorado
There are a lot of breweries in Fort Collins. Some people might say there are too many breweries, but these people are wrong. Colorado takes its beer very seriously and the Choice City is no exception. It’s fluctuated over the years but the city always seems to be in the top 10 of any list of…
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Paradise Found Records – Boulder, Colorado
Colorado has a lot of interesting towns. If you venture far enough along I-70 you’re sure to find over a dozen picturesque mountain towns. Complete with old-timey streets, backdrops worthy of a National Geographic magazine, and air so thin you’ll be gasping for breath after a single flight of stairs. For all the quirk and…
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THE LYRIC – Fort Collins’ Eclectic Film Paradise
Some of my favorite places I find incredibly difficult to describe. There is an unidentifiable feeling in the air that makes these places so special to me. It is exactly this mystery and unwillingness to be easily classified that is what I love about these places and there are few better examples of this than…
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DOWNTOWN SOUND – Greeley, Colorado
Loveland is an interesting city. To some, it may seem like nothing more than a commuter town. Most of the residents drive to work in nearby Fort Collins or the northern parts of Denver Metro. Many non-residents will know it as the town before the final stretch to Rocky Mountain National Park. But Loveland isn’t…
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Boogie Records – Nederland, Colorado
Not too far from the drunken debauchery and chaos of Boulder lies the small town of Nederland, Colorado. There are no ski runs overlooking the town’s humble streets. There isn’t a luxurious hot spring resort with heated sidewalks and covered parking. This is one of Colorados, ‘regular’ mountain towns. This means that for most people,…