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highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records

I'm betting that I'm just abnormal enough to survive. - The Tick

About Me

highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing

No we're not in Armory Square or on Westcott Street.
We just aren't that trendy.
Or maybe we're trendier than that.
We're on the west side of the city.
In a strip mall.

527 Charles Ave/Geddes Plaza Syracuse New York
• Tuesday through Saturday 11am - 8pm
• Sunday noon to 5
3 1 5 . 4 8 8 . 1 5 0 5

REAL Eclectic Vintage Clothes - men’s + women’s
Vintage Vinyl LP's - Punk, Rock, Jazz + more
Reconstructed One-of-a-Kind Clothing
Patches, Buttons + Cards


• our website
• directions
• shop for vintage online
• read our Vintage Manifesto
• Radical Craft Night - CRAFT SUPPLY SWAP FEB 8th
• helen's reconstructed clothes

My Interests



What people
are saying about
highlyAtomic


"Does anyone BUY this stuff?"

"Are these clothes USED?"

"I had better clothes
at my garage sale."

I'd like to meet:

Anti-Heroes.
Anti-Fashionistas.
Fearless Freaks.
Underdogs.

My Blog

let's slack again, like we did last sunday ...

at noon we open up for the day. and because it's sunday, we'll want to slack a bit. join us? we'll have coffee and donuts. last week there were bagels. there is a rumor that we might have a few small...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:24:00 PST

words words words from the two-z of us

As you know, there are 2 of us here. I, Helen, am Keeper of The mySpace Page. Mike, known as the other one, or the record department manager, has just started writing a column for the College Crier.I...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:53:00 PST

Craft Supply Swap - Feb. 8

Instead of our regular weekly Radical Craft night, on Feb. 8th, 7-9 pm we're hosting our first CRAFT SUPPLY SWAP Bring extra tools, supplies, whatever you've got that you don't want, and barter with ...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:00:00 PST

hey we're in the paper. almost famous!

We are the business of the week for the Eagle Newspaper on our side of town. There's nothing wrong with being a local townie, people. In fact, after we opened I decided the perfect name for our store...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:51:00 PST

Sunday is for Slacking. Join us.

If you feel lazy on Sundays, like we do, come over and sit around with us this Sunday. We're running some tests to see how we like Sunday Slack as a new weekly event. At noon when the store opens we'...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:18:00 PST

3 little words: Veritas. et. Pulchra.

It means Truth and Beauty, good people. And we just got a precious load of V. e. P. clothing in. Made by a fine artist, these are one-of-a-kind funkiness and loveliness through and through. People wi...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:22:00 PST

closing early friday for PUNK SHOW! join us!

1. We're closing the store early - 6:30 pm - this Friday, the 19th.2. We'll be at the Stone Thrower Show. - we'll be doing the sound for it, and we'll have a table with free stuff and stuff you can bu...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:54:00 PST

fresh records

you KNOW that we don't always tell you when we put new records out, right? but it's a rainy sunday and this is more fun than bookkeeping.just put out today:Magnetic Fields - House of Tomorrow 7"Lexo a...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:26:00 PST

never assimilate - it makes an ass out of you and me.

My latest column in the College Crier is out on news-stands, and on their site.It's called "I'm Against Being Against It: Moving Past Anti-Fashion" and includes the line "never assimilate - it makes ...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:49:00 PST

Jimmy Smith is a God.

We've just been listening to the same album over and over today. I flip it over, listen, flip it over. Jimmy Smith: Respect. I don't think the album is for sale any more. No, you cannot have it. It...
Posted by highlyAtomic Vintage Clothing / Records on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:38:00 PST