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#ThriftStoreFind of the day. #TheTragicallyHip Day for Night.
I haven't listened to this album in probably more than 25 years. Waves of #nostalgia
This album was on heavy rotation for me in grade 12 after it was released during the fall of 1994.

Damn, I found tons of great stuff! For once. Thrifting can be very hot or miss. Today was a hit 😁

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Abner Jay claimed not to know his own birthday, but he did on one occasion describe himself as "25 years older then you think."
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"...out of all the creatures on earth...every creature on earth has sex lives except one creature, and that's a mule. That's why a mule's face is so long. When you see a man or woman with a long face, they ain't hittin' on nothin'! Look how long my face done got since my woman been gone. And the longer my woman be gone, the longer my face gon' get." -Abner Jay
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Here's the title track, "The Backbone Of America Is A Mule And Cotton" in its entirety. It's the only original song on the album, but gives you a pretty good glimpse at Jay's personality.
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Feeling really lucky to have come across this artifact. Traditional songs have, by definition, been done to death, but Jay's renditions are entrancing. His rendition of How Great Thou Art nearly brought this atheist to tears.

The Wikipedia article on the man reveals so much more you'd never know from looking at his own autobiography and notes. Take a look if you've got a few minutes to learn some American history nobody's trying to teach you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Jay
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Some of Jay's recordings were complied by an Oregon record label called Mississippi Records in 2009 for a collection called "True Story of Abner Jay." It includes a two-page autobiography by Jay. It's good reading.
Here's a thoughtful review with some excerpts and whatnot
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https://www.covermesongs.com/2017/05/abner-jay-true-story-of-dixie.html

On the back cover are what I assume to be Jay's own notes
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Notes from the back cover of Abner Jay's "The Backbone Of America Is A Mule And Cotton":

Abner Jay sings and plays American classics
Abner Jay has been singing and playing these same songs for forty eight years. Abner plays and sings these songs in the original style. A one-man band, hambone and bone player, he plays a six string banjo, harmonica, bass drums, cymbals and sings all at the same time. Abner is the same to this country as Toscanni (sic) is to Russia, a classic. This record is a true collector's item. It will be worth a lot of money when Abner is dead. Abner says he is just like Ole Black Joe, my head is bending low.

Just found this at the thrift for $2, and subsequently went down the rabbit hole learning who Abner Jay was. Seems like he was a real character !
https://www.discogs.com/release/9893362-Abner-Jay-The-Backbone-Of-America-Is-A-Mule-And-Cotton
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A fun $15 thrift shop find! It’s translucent black, not purple, but thrift shoppers can’t be choosers.

#RetroGaming #RetroHandhelds #R36S #ThriftStoreFind

A box for a Game Boy-style retro handheld. The biggest text just says Game Console, but a closer look shows it’s something called an R36S, with no other branding. The one on the box is Atomic Purple.

Thankfully, I'm going on vacation in few days. I think I'm going to need one of these:

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Tshirt with the words "Sorry about our president." written in many languages

This may be the stupidest $2 I’ve ever spent.

#DeadMedia #HDDVD #transformers #ThriftStoreFind

A copy of Transformers 2007 on HD DVD, held up in front of a shelf of random DVDs.

Got a new job? just need a new outfit?

These bin finds will get you off to a good start

Made in Canada uniform pants, size 38 - 1.9lbs

Simons patterned button-up - 0.5lbs

Black hoodie 'Laisse ta Marc' XL - 1.1lbs

Total for ALL THREE: 3.5lbs = $19.75 tax in

open till 5 Monday, closed Chewsday to nap with Lainey

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blue uniform pants with a bright yellow reflective strip across the legs on a bin of pants

Lainey the calico cat sleeps in a blanket fort

This #fish is watching you. 🐟
Vintage hand carved wooden fish that I found at a thrift store.
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Vintage hand carved wooden fish that is looking at the camera.

Today's #thriftstorefind is this gigantic Toshiba DVR19DTKB2 combination #DVD and #VHS recorder from I think 2009, which I picked up from the British Heart Foundation for £20.

I still need to test and make sure it's working fine, but the BHF shop here are pretty good for not selling faulty stuff.

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