Nick, I've accidentally bought many things twice, but I'm pretty sure never three times--kudos.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 December 2022 06:01 (one year ago) link
Second time I've done it too, check up thread for my Velvet Goldmine purchases.
― nickn, Sunday, 11 December 2022 06:56 (one year ago) link
Today at a thrift store, $4 each:
The Bangles, Return To Bangleonia (live 2000)The Sacred Triangle: Bowie, Iggy, & Lou 1971-1973Pixies Acoustic Live In Newport (acoustic live from 2005)The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (MST3K people doing their thing on videos)
― nickn, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
Today at a thrift store, $3
The Beatles - The First US Visit (2003 release of the 1964 doc. Maysles brothers and a couple other directors)
― nickn, Thursday, 29 December 2022 22:39 (one year ago) link
Today at a thrift store, $3 each for seasons 1-3 of Community. Almost let it go because I think I can re-watch on line for free, but . . . deleted scenes!, gag reels!, commentary on every episode!, mini-docs on certain episodes!
― nickn, Thursday, 12 January 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
the gag reels are generally great from what i remember
― Nhex, Thursday, 12 January 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
$3 at a thrift store: The Clash - Westway To The World
― nickn, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 23:22 (one year ago) link
Goodwill Select, $1.99:
Hot Town Cool City (local PBS documentary from 2007 about unique Houston businesses and tourist spots, around half of which either aren't around anymore or not what they once were)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 22:52 (one year ago) link
Today at a thrift store for $4Jacques Tati's M. Hulot's Holiday on Criterion.
― nickn, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 00:24 (eleven months ago) link
I've been going to thrift stores since the last post, but the pickin's keep getting slimmer and slimmer. Yesterday, though, I was at a Goodwill and discovered that somebody had dumped their Criterion collection. So I got:
Videodrome (2 disks)KwaidanJigokuJules and Jim (2 disks)La Jetee/Sans SoleilDiscreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (2 disks)That Obscure Object of DesireBand of Outsiders8 1/2 (2 disks)The Third Man (2 disks)
And on non-Criterion labels:PersonaL'Age D'Or
All for $56 (why yes, I am eligible for the 15% senior discount)I left 8-10 on the shelf because I either already had them or wasn't interested.I also think I already own 1-2 of the ones I bought, but wasn't sure.
― nickn, Thursday, 5 October 2023 02:34 (six months ago) link
That is definitely worth posting about!
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 October 2023 02:36 (six months ago) link
great haul! I should get L'Age D'Or one of these daysnever seen a Criterion in a second hand store but did find a Kenneth Anger collection for v. cheap recently
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 5 October 2023 02:41 (six months ago) link
That two-disc Third Man is a real score, it wasn't in print very long.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:30 (six months ago) link
Today at a thrift store, $2.
The Anniversary Party.
I remember liking it the one time I saw it, and it has a commentary, so what the hell.
― nickn, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 20:25 (six months ago) link
Nickn's post a little above is the only kind of Criterion Flash Sale that means anything to me.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 October 2023 02:01 (six months ago) link
lolI went back to the store a couple days later and the rest of the Criterions were gone.
― nickn, Thursday, 19 October 2023 03:11 (six months ago) link
I had a find like that but on a lesser scale, I think I got Cria Cuervos, Battle of Algiers and Carlos the Jackal (not all Criterion) along with a Renoir and something else decent. $2 a disc tho!
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 19 October 2023 07:51 (six months ago) link
I just found The Films of Charles & Ray Eames Volume 2 in one of those little free libraries
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 19 October 2023 16:58 (six months ago) link
Swap meet yesterday, $1 each.
InteriorsCasino RoyaleFay Grim
The seller had a Criterion/art house section for $8 each, but nothing I had to have.
― nickn, Monday, 6 November 2023 22:40 (five months ago) link
Thrift store just now, $1 each.
Larry Clark's KidsNeil Young's Greendale
Not sure I've ever heard anything good about Greendale, but now's my chance to find out.
Also found the Frantz/Weymouth book Remain In Love for $2.
― nickn, Thursday, 16 November 2023 21:48 (five months ago) link
Big Lots 20% off sale
Wild River (Blu): $4.79Mad Max Fury Road (3-D Blu Combo): $3.99
Halfway tempted to try to flip the latter, as it's oop and certain copies bring $$ online (but probably not the one I got)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 December 2023 23:19 (four months ago) link
At the Repair Cafe's Really, Really Free table today,
SLC PunkRocky Horror Picture Show
I may already have SLC Punk, and if so I'll drop it off at the next one.
― nickn, Saturday, 16 December 2023 23:31 (four months ago) link
BTW, anyone curious about what's at Big Lots these days entertainment-wise it's a lot of Blu-Rays and DVD combo packs. They also have a lot of full-season/full-series TV sets, probably leftovers from Black Friday. Amusingly, a number of these were obviously Canadian imports from Quebec, as they had bilingual packaging.
Sony's dumped a bunch of $7 catalogue CDs, and I found a Sean Mendes double-LP for $25.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 December 2023 03:10 (four months ago) link
Both of the Big Lots closest to me have shut down, don't know where the next nearest one is now, but I should find out.
― nickn, Sunday, 17 December 2023 07:13 (four months ago) link
I was up in north Houston today, laughing about how that--spaced out over a particular 15-20 mile stretch of road no less--up there they've got four Big Lots (and a fifth if you stretch in our another 15 or so miles...and a another three that are a little further north on freeways that cross the road in question).
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 December 2023 07:27 (four months ago) link
saw a DVD of Morvern Callar for a buck at a record store in LA today. That's definitely worth a dollar!
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 04:48 (four months ago) link
More 20% Off Blu-Rays At Big Lots:
Friday Night Lights [film] ($2.39)Terminator ($5.59)Psycho 60th Anniversary [two cuts] ($7.19)West Side Story 50th Anniversary Blu Combo ($7.99)
I put back a copy of the Twin Peaks Gold DVD Set, which would have been about $16 w/the discount.
The FNL is one of those early Blus with the breathless back cover notes about quaint stuff like "High Definition" and "BluRay Live".
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2023 01:26 (four months ago) link
Ah, that's not as fun as digging through stacks of discs flanked by discontinued lawn furntiture and nearly expired Little Debbie's.― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:52 PM (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:52 PM (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Prophecy? 10 years on and the fourway rack with the movies was next to another one packed with Little Debbie's.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2023 01:55 (four months ago) link
I'm sick y'all...they keep sending me Big Lots coupons
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Blu), $3.99True History of The Kelly Gang (Blu), $3.19Edge of Seventeen, $1.20Howard The Duck Special Edition, $2.39Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 50th Anniversary, $4.00
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 24 December 2023 23:12 (four months ago) link
Was in the Giant Tiger in Stratford today, which I used to post about regularly in this thread. They still keep one stand-up rack of sale DVDs. Truly honoring the spirit of this thread, got Indecent Proposal and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2005 issue) for $4.99 each. I'd say it's about 70/30 against me ever watching the latter.
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 January 2024 18:50 (three months ago) link
$4 today at Goodwill: A Hard Day's Night, 2-disk version.
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 21:04 (two months ago) link
Thrift store today, $2 for Cat Ballou. (I've never seen it.)
― nickn, Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:42 (one month ago) link
Cat Ballou is OK-ish. It's Hollywood's version of self-satire. Even the musical soundtrack is self-consciously satirical. In case the audience doesn't 'get it', it all but screams "we're just having a bit of harmless fun here, good people!"
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 29 February 2024 21:57 (one month ago) link
$1.50 at a thrift store: The Eye of the Beholder: The Artistry of James Hubbell (he's an "Organic" architect)
― nickn, Thursday, 21 March 2024 20:03 (one month ago) link
$2 at a thrift store, Moonrise Kingdom
I liked this one when I saw it years ago, but Anderson's batting average has been low lately.
― nickn, Saturday, 13 April 2024 02:55 (two weeks ago) link
And lol, at the same store I bought a DVD cabinet, that allegedly holds 183 DVDs ($10).
― nickn, Saturday, 13 April 2024 02:57 (two weeks ago) link
Thrift store today, $2 each
DeliveranceFever the Music of Peggy Lee
― nickn, Thursday, 18 April 2024 22:11 (one week ago) link