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defrogNo matter where I travel, I’ll find my way into the nearest book store or CD store. When I travel to Nashville, it’s inevitable that I’ll make a stop in the two coolest such stores:
Grimey’s, a local independent record store.
And the Great Escape, which has been dealing in new and used comics and related merch, as well as used music and books, for 30-odd years.
Which is worth a separate entry because this trip I paid my last ever visit to the original location of the Great Escape on 21st and Broadway (above), where I spent much of my youth buying comics and obscure punk records. They’re closing it down this weekend due to unaffordable rent in favor of the new store on Charlotte Ave.
It’s great the business will continue, but sad the original store will be gone. I have a lot of memories invested in that place. (FULL DISCLOSURE: I was employed at their Madison branch for about six weeks.)
Meanwhile, I also went to McKay, a similar store in Knoxville (though no comics apart from graphic novels), which was impressively big. I’d never been there before, and a friend took me to check it out.
Did I buy anything? Let’s just say there’s a reason we came back with an extra 50 lbs of luggage.
Next: Big shoulders!
No escape,
This is dF
Grimey’s, a local independent record store.
And the Great Escape, which has been dealing in new and used comics and related merch, as well as used music and books, for 30-odd years.
Which is worth a separate entry because this trip I paid my last ever visit to the original location of the Great Escape on 21st and Broadway (above), where I spent much of my youth buying comics and obscure punk records. They’re closing it down this weekend due to unaffordable rent in favor of the new store on Charlotte Ave.
It’s great the business will continue, but sad the original store will be gone. I have a lot of memories invested in that place. (FULL DISCLOSURE: I was employed at their Madison branch for about six weeks.)
Meanwhile, I also went to McKay, a similar store in Knoxville (though no comics apart from graphic novels), which was impressively big. I’d never been there before, and a friend took me to check it out.
Did I buy anything? Let’s just say there’s a reason we came back with an extra 50 lbs of luggage.
Next: Big shoulders!
No escape,
This is dF
