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Thriftex #4 - Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks - Hoop-Dee-Doo And Other Polka Favorites

Thriftex #4 - Frankie Yankovic and His Yanks - Hoop-Dee-Doo And Other Polka Favorites

by planex on Mon, Jul 13, 2026

Not the weird yankovic

When American folk music is discussed, it’s usually about a crusty hippie with an acoustic guitar pretending to be a wily mountain man or maybe something to do with slavery. But, if you were to look for the local music scene in my neck of the woods at the turn of the 20th century, you’d see that everyone in town was oom-pah’ing to POLKA. Of course, it would be wrong to say polka is from America.
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Thriftex #3 - MANTHYNG - LoveChild

Thriftex #3 - MANTHYNG - LoveChild

by ferday on Mon, May 11, 2026

ferday didn't even bought the album on bandcamp, and it's free.

Here in the land of Austex and spiders, we call them op-shops (which is “opportunity shop”, invented in ye olden days to give an air of respectability to thrifting). The lovely ferdaywife is an avid op-shopper, and so the assignment for #thriftex went to her, with the only instructions being “something you’ve never heard of”. I say, close enough. Originally from Nelson, South Island NZ, in the early 90’s Stanley was in a group called World Gone Wild, playing upbeat The Cure inspired gothpop, and had a few minor hits in Oceania.
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Thriftex #2 - Hero Destroyed - Hero Destroyed (2008)

Thriftex #2 - Hero Destroyed - Hero Destroyed (2008)

by Anal Nunchuks on Mon, Apr 13, 2026

Ears Destroyed

There’s a Canadian record store chain called Sunrise Records. They started in the 70s and spread across Canada (especially the English-speaking parts). Like you would expect from a chain record store, most of the stuff they carry is new, label-released stuff, and stuff that doesn’t sell probably gets sent back. In the sleepy suburban town of Coquitlam, British Columbia, where I went to high school and my parents live, there is also one of their chains in every big mall.
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Thriftex #1 - Club Chipmunk - The Dance Mixes

Thriftex #1 - Club Chipmunk - The Dance Mixes

by strawberrydeluxe on Mon, Apr 6, 2026

Probably not as bad as the usual strawb green

Last weekend I went to the longest-running rummage sale in town, its 99th year running, in hopes of finding something acceptable for this year’s special project. Looking first through the CDs, it was all standard fare: lots of classical, a decent amount of 90s country, maybe some Kenny G, nothing interesting enough except for the box of brand new CDs that was clearly overstock of that guy’s album, but it’s highly doubtful the music itself would be much of anything.
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