The rain forced me to improvise and sample in the car, again.
It’s getting down to the wire here in 2007, and the snow last week has given way to a chilling rain this weekend. Although today was supposed to be close to 50 and sunny, of course it rained. I knew my guy would be there, so I got up early despite the drizzle and hit the road before light. When I got to the spot, imagine my surprise when I saw a familiar black Cadillac with PA plates. The second week in a row, it’s The Stinkie Steve Show! He was actually slumped down in the driver’s seat sleeping, so I walked over to The Old Man, who was waiting in his vehicle patiently for his regulars. It was a little warmer than last weekend, and there weren’t many cars, but of course Eggbeard was lurking around, looking in vehicles to see if anyone had records. He was shit out of luck as SS and my guy were the only ones holding, and with the rain, it looked to stay that way. We made the record deal and chatted over some Grant Green in the background. Apparently Stinkie Steve is back to his old hijinx again, and I couldn’t be bothered to play his games . I’ll have to ask DJ Prime who I’m told braved the cold yesterday and sat in the back seat of the Stink mobile to sample records because of the 20 degree weather. I guess it was a pit stop from PA to Jersey for him, before he dumped his lot of black gold (or whatever he has, porno mags) to a big record dealer in Trenton. At any rate, he was there in all his glory, milling around in the same slick outfit he had on last week. Imagine the stink! I browsed through the stash of vinyl my guy had, picked out my stack, and was home by 8 am. Biggie was talkin’ about The 10 Crack Commandments, but I’ll modify it for the vinyl junkies, because really vinyl is a drug of some sorts.
Rainy 45 Scores Today:
Gladys Knight & the Pips – Maybe Maybe Baby/ Maxx
Baby Washington – There He Is/ Sue
Jimmy McGriff – Bump de Bump/ Sue
The Manhattans – Sweet Little Girl/ Carnival
Chi-Lites – Troubles A Comin’/ Brunswick
The Originals – I’ll Wait For You/ Soul
The Astors – Candy/ Stax
Sonny Rollins – Isn’t She Lovely/ Milestone
Brenton Wood – I Think You Got Your Fools Mixed Up/ Double Shot
Crusaders – Papa Hooper’s Barrelhouse Groove/ MoWest
Don Patterson – Up In Betty’s Room/ Prestige
Deon Jackson – Ooh Baby/ Carla
Keep Diggin’!
Flea Market Funk 
my transaction, after going thru boxes of 45’s took over 3 hours. Luckilly I didn’t have anywhere to go or I would of been out of there. All in all I got some good records and some better stories. Quality time with steve in the back of his caddy…..ayo!
i see a love connection starting already….so, mind if i crash at your house so i don’t have so far to drive? i mean i’ll just sleep in my car in the driveway……
“my transaction, after going thru boxes of 45’s took over 3 hours”
I dont see how its worth it to even deal with him………
yeah i’ll pass. i can’t imagine the records are that good anymore, although i did hear a few scores prime got and they were hot. maybe i’ll ask steve to come to the asbury lanes record show on jan. 13th…..any thoughts?
“I dont see how its worth it to even deal with him……”
Hell braving the elements to dig this time of year is hard. He’s just another element. I could of made the deal go faster but he kept bringing out more records. Getting up early in the morning is a pain too, but this is what I do for records. Maybe the next time I’ll deal with him I’ll go wired. So I can share his words of wisdom….
you need to share the wisdom bro…share it up!
damn I’d might have to start a whole blog…
we should…..all things stinkie steve, otherwise known as : A.S.S.
i saw steve get kicked out of the wildwood show in 04′ (two guards lifted him off his feet and escorted him out), i almost killed him when he literally dived on my table at columbus on turkey day 03′, i got a call from him at midnight a couple of month’s back when he informed me that the state police had him pulled over and he would need someone to come to the site and commandeer his vehicle (his license credentials were not in proper order) i can tell a bunch of other crazy stories about that guy. i have to admit that even though he’s pissed me off a thousand times. i kinda have a soft spot for the o’l stinkie guy. he is definitely a legend in a warped sort of way.
Steve is persona non grata at Columbus.He gets in line then vacates his vehicle to check out records.in the interim, the day trippers are trying to move! Best of all,he enjoys defacating in a plain brown paper bag! Norstrom preferred! He loves exhibiting his JOYSTICK while taking an occasional piss!