at a thrift store, $2.
Automatic Magnetic - no release date but it's a music/film video magazine type thing, and has Superchunk on it.
― nickn, Saturday, 7 March 2020 04:01 (four years ago) link
Last week at a thrift store:Twin Peaks first and second season (definitive gold box edition, 10 disks). $7
― nickn, Monday, 23 March 2020 01:16 (four years ago) link
nice
the most recent edition has gone crazy with the packaging
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/vc/d65eba4c-e79e-4086-84e8-a69ba8b3fb68.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 23 March 2020 07:58 (four years ago) link
I had been holding out, because I really didn't think I'd ever re-watch it, but for $7 I figured I couldn't go wrong
― nickn, Monday, 23 March 2020 17:26 (four years ago) link
Thrift store, $3 each (they've been open a couple weeks now, it's good to be back browsing).
Inside Llewyn DavisPixies - a collection from 2004, some live, some videos
Also found the Aline and R Crumb book Drawn Together for $5.
― nickn, Thursday, 2 July 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
I'm glad this thread has survived the pandemic.
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 July 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
$2 each today at Salvation Army.
Dead Man (the Jarmusch film)The Saddest Music in the World
― nickn, Saturday, 1 August 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
Va Savoir (the Rivette film, sometimes there are surprises)Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks. I had looked at this and put it back because I'm not a huge fan, but then I found the above and decided since I'm gonna stand in line anyway I may as well get it too.
They also had a copy of Gerwig's Lady Bird, but it was just outside my scratched-ness threshold.
― nickn, Monday, 17 August 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
Went back to the same SA and got the Lady Bird, also This Is 40, and SLC Punk, for $2 ea (but they charged me $4 total because of an in-store coupon).
Also got Rushmore for $1 a week ago.
― nickn, Saturday, 29 August 2020 04:29 (three years ago) link
Thrif store today, 3 for $5.
Midnight In ParisThoroughly Modern MillieHis Girl Friday
― nickn, Saturday, 29 August 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
I envy your nabbing such a cheap copy of His Girl Friday.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Sunday, 30 August 2020 03:38 (three years ago) link
It appears to be a low-budget affair (Digiview Productions, 2004), but is in good condition. Found them at at an Out of the Closet thrift store.
― nickn, Sunday, 30 August 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
Today at Salvation Army, $2 each
Roy Orbison live at Austin City Limits, 198212 MonkeysBirth of a Nation
― nickn, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 21:13 (three years ago) link
That copy of Lady Bird mentioned above wouldn't play on my DVD player or PC, but it did play on my work PC.
― nickn, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Thrift store today:
Manhattan, $2.25Elevation 2001/U2 Live from Boston, $1.50
I'm not really a fan of U2, but it seems like an interesting package, on 2 disks. And so cheap.
― nickn, Sunday, 25 October 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
Thursday at a thrift store, $1 eachSecretaryThe Tenant (Polansky)
― nickn, Saturday, 14 November 2020 08:11 (three years ago) link
Thrift store today, $2 each.Inherent Vice30 Years of Maximum R&B Live (The Who)
― nickn, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
Thrift store today, $2
My Architect (Louis Kahn's illegitimate son's documentary)
― nickn, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
I liked that when I saw it a few years ago.
Whenever I dream about the apocalypse these days, nickn is always in there (masked, of course) combing through discount DVD bins.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 January 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
Life . . . finds a way.
― nickn, Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
Thrift store today, $1.
King Kong (original) - a 2-disk version with lots of extras.
― nickn, Friday, 5 February 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
Re-watching Altered States tonight. Bought it at a Rite Aid that's now a Walgreen's for $5 several years ago.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 5 February 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
Went to another store today and found the Criterion Taste of Cherry. Was excited at first but when I opened it saw that it was very scratched. It was marked as being from the Torrance library and I figured if a library was getting rid of a (likely) popular film it must be unplayable.
― nickn, Friday, 5 February 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
Yesterday at a thrift store, $2 each.
Foo Fighters - Back and Forth (2011 documentary)Rope Ladder To The Moon (a biog of Jack Bruce, from 1969 apparently)The Avett Brothers - Live, Volume 3
― nickn, Friday, 12 March 2021 05:06 (three years ago) link
Today at a thrift store, $2 each.
Breezy (William Holden, Kay Lenz in "hippie girl meets uptight businessman," 1973)Bruce Springsteen Live in Barcelona - (2002, a 2-disk set but the second disk is cracked from outer edge to the center hole, which I knew when I bought it)
― nickn, Friday, 26 March 2021 04:39 (three years ago) link
Breezy: A Clint Eastwood Joint! He even has a Hitchcock-esque cameo.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 March 2021 04:43 (three years ago) link
Several months ago, at a thrift store going out of business sale, $1 each:Survivor, season 1The Real World season 1The Others (Nicole Kidman, 2-disk set)The Loved One
Today, different thrift store, $1 each:News Radio seasons 1 & 2Queen & SlimEating Raoul24 Hour Party People
― nickn, Friday, 12 November 2021 05:58 (two years ago) link
A couple weeks ago at my local swap meet, $20 for all:New Wave Theatre, vols 1 & 2 (7 disks)Captain Beefheart collection, various performances from 1968-80 (DVD-R)
Today at a thrift store, $1 each:Russian Ark (also a DVD-R, it's been on the shelves there for months)The Best of Sid CaesarThe Sid Caesar Collection (3 disks)
― nickn, Friday, 17 December 2021 06:48 (two years ago) link
$2 each at a thrift store.
Weather Underground (doc, looks like from 2003)The Bad Seed.
― nickn, Thursday, 31 March 2022 20:27 (two years ago) link
The Weather Underground's a good one.
― clemenza, Thursday, 31 March 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
The Bad Seed has a hilarious end-credits sequence.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 March 2022 20:41 (two years ago) link
Thrift store today, $1 each
ClockwatchersTom Lehrer Live in Copenhagen 1967Reno 911 first season (2 disks)
Clockwatchers has been there for months, and I like the movie but it was a bit more scratched than I like, but I decided to go for it. And I have some Reno 911 but not sure if that includes season 1.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 April 2022 22:04 (two years ago) link
There was a flea market CD/DVD/records place I mentioned in the second post on this thread; used to go there regularly before I left Toronto. On the way to my sister's this morning, I dropped in for the first time in two years. Wasn't sure they'd still be in business; they are, but the owner is 72 now and he said they'd be closing up for good at the end of July. Besides his age, he said he had shutdowns of four and five months because of COVID (and this is a weekend-only business). Felt bad for him--probably the last record store I'll ever frequent with some regularity. (Bought a five-film Martin & Lewis DVD box for $13 today, plus a few albums.)
― clemenza, Monday, 18 April 2022 04:42 (two years ago) link
$3 at a thrift store today, Harold and Maude.
― nickn, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
$3 at a thrift store yesterday, Louie, Season 1 (2 disks). No money went to LCK!
― nickn, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link
Did anyone try to stop you as you left the store?
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
There were some disapproving looks. And a little head shaking.
― nickn, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
Hah. Sad but fair. I only saw the first two seasons of Louie, but they were great.
― Nhex, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:39 (one year ago) link
Today at a thrift store (it's last day before moving to the other side of town, so 50 cents each this time).
Gosford ParkWho Killed Teddy Bear (w/ a short - LSD: Insight or Insanity)
― nickn, Thursday, 2 June 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
And it contains an episode of the TV series Court Martial, which, along with the LSD doc, has Sal Mineo in it. It's also a Blue Ray, so I guess I'll have to get a player.
― nickn, Thursday, 2 June 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
Velvet Goldmine.
$3 each
― nickn, Monday, November 17, 2014
A couple weeks later I found Velvet Goldmine at a thrift store for 25 cents.
― nickn, Friday, March 4, 2016
Guess what I bought today ($2 this time)!
― nickn, Saturday, 4 June 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
Time for a list on my phone, I think.
I'm laughing...I've done that numerous times: with DVDs, with books, and (not as often--maybe only a handful of times) with albums. Because they're alphabetized on shelves, I'll catch the mistake right away with DVDs and albums. With books, which are all over the place, I might never know for sure.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 June 2022 23:48 (one year ago) link
Yeah, not my first time either, and I am glad my last buy of it wasn't like 6 months ago.
― nickn, Sunday, 5 June 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/6jZTsmQ
― Noel Emits, Sunday, 5 June 2022 10:04 (one year ago) link
Paid about £3 for that (yes a little on the high side for such a common title.)
Is that cover a thing? I assume it's homemade, what's notahle it's obviously "funny" but well done and completely deadpan, there's no sign of a joke in the text. I wonder who the artist is!
― Noel Emits, Monday, 6 June 2022 11:28 (one year ago) link
Is the proportion of "worthwhile" DVDs in thrift / charity shops / car boots going down IYO? Maybe I've just got a lot of the usual stuff I'd be interested in or maybe it's people hanging on to them as they move away from streaming again? Still find stuff but it has seemed thinner on the ground than usual for a few months.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 12:09 (one year ago) link
Seems so to me too. I think as more people do streaming they buy fewer disks, and so the supply stream to the thrift stores is reduced, especially for newer titles.
― nickn, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
That would be my guess too. Libraries buy less, retail stores sell less, etc...
― Nhex, Friday, 17 June 2022 23:58 (one year ago) link
Been slowly becoming more scarce for at least the past five years, for all the reasons cited, plus I came along and bought most of them, then nickn bought the rest.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 June 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link