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Wisconsin's Greatest Boxer

I wrote this story about a customer of mine. He was a regular at a breakfast restaurant that I worked at. This story was written for a sports journalism class taught by Dr. Tony Silvia.

Dick Bartman’s morning routine consists of a three-mile jog and a cup of coffee at Peach’s.  A breakfast and lunch restaurant, Peach’s is one of Dick’s morning pit stops. He’s a quiet man with a gentle nature.  He is soft spoken and likable.

The Milwaukee native is under six-feet tall, and is by no means a large man. You can see his toned arms under his usual polo shirt.  His legs are muscular. Dick has a full head of hair and a mustache that is graying. He doesn’t look like he’s over 70, but he’s 72.

Everything and Nothing

I wrote this column for Sink Hole Zine. It was never published because the zine lost it's funding. In this piece I tie together the closing of a record store, purchasing thrift store vinyl, and a lost pet.

Something I always get enjoyment out of, when I have free time, is going thrift shopping for records. It’s always a mystery as to what you will find. Sometimes the selection is heavy on the musicals, sometimes there’s a bunch of 80’s pop, and sometimes all that’s left is Duke Ellington.

I’ll buy musicals, my personal favorite is any old copy of My Fair Lady featuring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. I like 80’s pop too, or really anything I can find. I’ll take 33 rpm’s or 45’s, whatever I find to my liking.

I’ve never been to Sound Idea, I didn’t know it was closing, or even existing, until I met The BaconTowne’s a few months back. They spoke of the place with honor in their voices; it was a second home to them, a place for them to buy their vinyl.