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Green Eggs and Jam

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Vinyl records, Cd's, Vintage Clothing, books, toys, weird stuff and DVD's! Buy sell trade!!!

Green Eggs and Jam 108 N Sterling St, Morganton, NC

Stop and stare.

People stop at this window in the middle of the night. Go ahead.

Tap the wheel.

The shop's front window, painted with flying saucers, orange beams, and blue-edged mountains.
The window, August 2025.

This monkey still needs a name. (828) 405-2097

Come in

Records on the ledge, face out: DEB & THE HEADS, All Ages. THE FOIL HATS, We Come in Peace. MONKEY NEEDS A NAME. THE PAINTINGS, Not for Sale. 20 POUND BLOB, Unintentional Art. THE BOWLING PINS, Globes. PUNK METAL NOISE, Weird Stuff. THE LIGHTS ARE ALIENS, Live on 181. 11-5ISH, Standard Earthling Time. SAD CLOWN HAPPY CLOWN, Flip Side.

Dig the crate

Vinyl records

Punk and metal, and a lot of everything else. Local bands, too. The dollar room's in the back: LPs at $1.

Cd's

$1 shelves. Cassettes. 8-tracks in a tin bucket, no promises.

Vintage Clothing

A long T-shirt rack, sorted more or less by color. Band shirts, jackets, and hats.

books

A run of old TV Guides, a Bob Ross book, and a break-dancing book.

toys

Dolls, puppets, and a lot of clowns. A red model sports car, next to a rotary phone.

weird stuff

Seen in the shop.

  • A record called Believercise. It's a religious workout.
  • A record called Music to Paint By.
  • A record called Tales of the Toilet.
  • A doll in a twig birdcage, wearing a pink wig.
  • A green face in a hard hat.
  • A child's wicker peacock chair.
  • A clown whose face flips between sad and happy.
  • A 20-pound blob of plastic-factory residue, kept as art.
  • Bowling pins and globes.
  • A sombrero.

DVD's

A dollar each. Some VHS, too.

"The price of eggs has not gotten out of control in this shop."
A Google review

We buy weird stuff

Records, cassettes, CD's, posters and merch, books, and movies. And weird stuff.

Got something? Call (828) 405-2097

Back this way.

LOOK BEHIND YOU.

4.8 stars from 72 Google reviews.

Our favorites are the complaints.

  • Ask about the alien in the window.
  • Ask about the paintings. They're not for sale.
  • Ask what's going on in Morganton.
  • Ask the mask's name.

Smash a Clown or Save a Clown

In the store: $5 either way.

A small clown figurine on a shelf, chipped, with a price sticker on it.

This one's on the house.

Since 1994, more or less.

GEJ-108

SIDE A

  1. A11994First opened. Asheville years: bands played in the store, with the racks rolled to the back.
  2. A22006Boone, on King Street.
  3. A32008A bigger spot on King Street, with Friday night all-ages shows on the calendar.
  4. A42017Morganton, at 308 S Sterling St.
  5. A52018Up the street to 108 N Sterling St.

SIDE B

  1. B12022The Brown Mountain Lights Festival starts. We come in peace. Flip to Side B

Listed in Atlas Obscura.

Watch the tour: The Man Who Collects Everything From Pop Culture

The shop on Facebook

Also available on cassette and 8-track.

Come see it.

108 N Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655

Your hours here Standard Earthling Time

  • Curbside pickup
  • Credit cards, debit cards, and tap to pay
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance

Somebody's usually in the red chair out front. Say hello.

The shop's hand-painted sign, leaning on the sidewalk: Green Eggs and Jam, CD'S, RECORDS, TAPES, and a black record with a red label.
Look for this sign.
The red diner chair out front.

Etched in the run-out groove: Be kind. It comes back. Catalog number GEJ-108-A.

THE BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHTS FESTIVAL

We come in peace.

Taking over 11am-11pm - Standard Earthling Time

The lights are aliens.

Free. On the Historic Courthouse Square, Morganton.

Punk, metal, and oddities.

  • Oct 29, 2022
  • Oct 28, 2023
  • Oct 26, 2024
  • Oct 25, 2025
  • Oct 31, 2026

Who's played:

  • Antiseen
  • Ape Vermin
  • Aterra
  • Legions Of Doom
  • Dynamo
  • Granpappy
  • Bleach Boys
  • Skinn Jakkitt
  • Small Doses
  • Deep Rest
  • Thunder Sak

Next festival: Your date here

A championship belt with a flying saucer on its plate.

Costume contest. The winner gets the belt.

Proud weirdos who still care about people.

In 2024 we added a coat and toy drive after Helene.

See the mask under the black light