This "Thing" is nothing new, there are many posts about it in various places online, as well as numerous youtube videos documenting the overwhelming madness. This past fall, sometime in November, I ventured to the NYC area to visit some pals. While there, we headed to Brooklyn and paid a visit to the Thing.
The name is quite accurate, it's not quite a thrift shop, not quite a book shop, and certainly not a record shop, despite the seemingly infinite amount of vinyl stacked about. I had heard about this place online and had wanted to visit for quite sometime.
Generally, the records are $3 each from what I recall, and in NO GODDAMN ORDER what so ever. It is not exactly and ideal location to go record digging. You could easily spend a day there and find nothing at all.
The accessability of the records is non existant as well. Piles, stacks, shelves- you name it. I must reiterate, there is no order to the collection at all. In addition, certain crates of vinyl should either be passed up, or handled with a hazmat suit due to the incredible amount of dust and mold.
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
I like digging for records just as much as the next guy, the payoff when you do hit gold is always an inspiration to continue looking. After a short while in the thing, I felt like i was looking for hypothetical gold amongst a gigantic pile of crap. There may be buried treasures in those piles, however, I am not a patient enough man to endure that search.
Please view the video below (it is not me, or anyone I know- found on youtube, accurate representation of the Thing.)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
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