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lament.cfg: Dec 28, 2006; we have such posts
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The Gallows posted:

Came in here to cry and moan about this. I can't believe it is gone again and I will never have it.

sitting in line for 11 hours is dumb but this post is dumber

# ? Apr 22, 2015 14:24

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# ? May 15, 2024 00:23

Elrobot: Dec 28, 2004; Press the buttons all at once, all of the time

Day after RSD i got to have give cash to a band for record day at the Big Business show

Big Business- Battlefields Forever. I talked the merch guy into giving me a deal for a poster but then felt bad because the Canadian dollar sucks and threw 5bux into the tip jar

Also the new Goat record is really good, and I didn't get the single sided 7" some copies came with and it made me sad
edit: I ended up returning Dah Shinin' I got on RSD, it was a not great sounding bootleg with the end lock grooves pressed into the centre label and very little bass. I have a beat up copy of Rude Awakening I played to compare the two using my 1200s/mixer and the difference was ridiculous. I traded it for Lee Gambles new album Koch and the record store guy was really nice about it and I'm listening to it now and it sounds really good.

Elrobot fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Apr 22, 2015

# ? Apr 22, 2015 18:14

stay depressed: Sep 30, 2003; by zen death robot

congrats on being the first person in probably 50 pages to buy a record at a show

# ? Apr 22, 2015 21:07

queef anxiety: Mar 4, 2009; yeah

I buy records at the majority of shows I go to, unless I've got them already. I'm a sucker for limited print local vinyl.

# ? Apr 23, 2015 00:26

a dingus: Mar 22, 2008; Rhetorical questions only; Fun Shoe

Are a lot of older records poorly mastered or am I just playing a bunch of worn copies? I buy pretty much all used dad rock and some of it sounds great, anything by Steely Dan, The Nightly by Donald Fagan, the CCR albums I've got, along with a few others. The 2 new releases I've got sound fine... but a lot of old albums sound like they're almost underwater. It drives me nuts! I'm playing on an old micromatic turntable in a console that I rebuilt the amp to. Even though I don't think it's the system, it always makes me wonder.

# ? Apr 23, 2015 00:30

bowmore: Oct 6, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

stay depressed posted:

congrats on being the first person in probably 50 pages to buy a record at a show

I don't post all the records I buy, but I got some last week!

# ? Apr 23, 2015 00:51

abraham linksys: Sep 6, 2010

stay depressed posted:

congrats on being the first person in probably 50 pages to buy a record at a show

Up until I went out and bought a bunch of used records on RSD, this was exclusively how I was getting records for the last few months. The biggest highlight was when I bought a couple records at a Juan MacLean show and realized that James loving Murphy was running the merch table; as a massive LCD Soundsystem fan who never got to see them live, I swooned :allears:

# ? Apr 23, 2015 00:59

WASDF: Jul 29, 2011

stay depressed posted:

congrats on being the first person in probably 50 pages to buy a record at a show

WOAH I'm feeling EXTREMELY judged in this moment.

# ? Apr 23, 2015 02:18

hexwren: Feb 27, 2008

I would if I had the spare cash to go to shows? RSD and the new m.goats are the only records I've bought this year.

# ? Apr 23, 2015 03:56

Ras Het: May 23, 2007; when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child - but now I am a man.

Brinner posted:

I'm a sucker for limited print local vinyl.

I can't even believe how lame you made this sound.

# ? Apr 23, 2015 16:30

Dogen: May 5, 2002; Bury my body down by the highwayside, so that my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride

I only play locally sourced hand etched vinyl

# ? Apr 23, 2015 23:10

Flaggy: Jul 6, 2007; Grandpa Cthulu needs his napping chair; Grimey Drawer

Dogen posted:

I only play locally sourced organic hand etched vinyl

# ? Apr 23, 2015 23:17

emdash: Oct 19, 2003; and?

~artisanal~

# ? Apr 24, 2015 02:01

queef anxiety: Mar 4, 2009; yeah

Ras Het posted:

I can't even believe how lame you made this sound.

please tell me how I can be cooler in describing vinyl I buy.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 02:05

cosmicjim: Mar 23, 2010; VISIT THE STICKIED GOON HOLIDAY CHARITY DRIVE THREAD IN GBS.

Goons are changing the way children get an education in Haiti.

Edit - Oops, no they aren't. They donated to doobie instead.

Brinner posted:

please tell me how I can be cooler in describing vinyl I buy.

I might buy something if I dig it. Sometimes I don't. Whatever.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 11:22

dentist toy box: Oct 9, 2012; There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.

I enjoy listening to music and owning a nice copy of stuff I like.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 11:37

Jeff Wiiver: Jul 13, 2007

So my copy of the new Screaming Females finally showed up. I got an email like a month ago saying there was gently caress-up at the press and there was going to be a delay. Honestly forgot I had even ordered it until I saw the package this morning. Inside the package, however, was something strange. Alongside the copy of Rose Mountain I found two empty sleeves for a record called Yell Boss by Black Wine and a sealed copy of Teenage Symphonies by Byrds of Paradise. Neither of which I ordered of course. No packing slip to be found so who the gently caress knows.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 17:57

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. is also in repose.

Yeah, that Goat album is pretty dang good. It was a sorta blind buy, heard a few tracks but not much else. Glad I got it.

# ? Apr 24, 2015 19:53

put both hands in: Nov 28, 2007; FYFE

Jeff Wiiver posted:

So my copy of the new Screaming Females finally showed up. I got an email like a month ago saying there was gently caress-up at the press and there was going to be a delay. Honestly forgot I had even ordered it until I saw the package this morning. Inside the package, however, was something strange. Alongside the copy of Rose Mountain I found two empty sleeves for a record called Yell Boss by Black Wine and a sealed copy of Teenage Symphonies by Byrds of Paradise. Neither of which I ordered of course. No packing slip to be found so who the gently caress knows.

Indie labels often use sleeves of junk records as an alternative to cardboard inners as it is cheaper. The same labels often chuck in bonus goodies as well, like 7"s, buttons, posters etc., or in your case a record.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 02:20

Monday_: Feb 18, 2006; Worked-up silent dork without sex ability seeks oblivion and demise.; The Great Twist

I bought a record off Discogs once and the sender used a copy of Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", record and sleeve, as protection, along with a sealed copy of some album I'd never heard of and don't remember the name of. I threw them both in the trash.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 08:20

shmee: Jun 24, 2005

Which label always chucks candy chew bars in? I want to say Joyful Noise. Anyway free sweets are always nice.

Temporary Residence once used a label t-shirt to package something I ordered which was pretty great. I still wear it maybe 10 years later so good quality too.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 10:12

WASDF: Jul 29, 2011

shmee posted:

Which label always chucks candy chew bars in? I want to say Joyful Noise. Anyway free sweets are always nice.

Temporary Residence once used a label t-shirt to package something I ordered which was pretty great. I still wear it maybe 10 years later so good quality too.

Think that they sent out Airheads, but I can't remember the label either.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 18:56

Giga Gaia: May 2, 2006; 360 kickflip to... Meteo?!

Subpop and whoever I bought my converge Live at BBC record have sent me candy before. Didn't realize this was such a widespread thing.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 19:31

interpunct: Aug 2, 2006; Bad girls think that you're being a boob punch

WASDF posted:

Think that they sent out Airheads, but I can't remember the label either.

I've received Airheads from Polyvinyl.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 19:33

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

Do places like undergroundhiphop still throw tons of posters, stickers and promos with their orders? I remember 10 years ago I'd order one thing and it'd come with Quasimoto 12 inches or multiple MF Doom posters.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 20:14

Cemetry Gator: Apr 3, 2007; Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile?

Monday_ posted:

I bought a record off Discogs once and the sender used a copy of Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", record and sleeve, as protection, along with a sealed copy of some album I'd never heard of and don't remember the name of. I threw them both in the trash.

Hey man, Glass Houses is actually a good album. Yeah, it's Billy Joel trying to do punk in a way only Billy Joel would, but that makes it pretty good. Especially "Sometimes a Fantasy." A Billy Joel Punk Rock song about phone sex.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 20:47

WASDF: Jul 29, 2011

interpunct posted:

I've received Airheads from Polyvinyl.

That's what I was thinkin' of.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 20:48

strap on revenge: Apr 8, 2011; that's my thing that i say

i think i got a sherbet straw from graveface. they definitely send out stickers and stuff. last time i got something from them they put in an actual 7" single as aa stiffener

# ? Apr 25, 2015 22:28

CPL593H: Oct 28, 2009; I know what you did last summer, and frankly I am displeased.

Cemetry Gator posted:

Hey man, Glass Houses is actually a good album. Yeah, it's Billy Joel trying to do punk in a way only Billy Joel would, but that makes it pretty good. Especially "Sometimes a Fantasy." A Billy Joel Punk Rock song about phone sex.

"Billy Joel trying to do punk" only makes it sound worse.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 23:05

Monday_: Feb 18, 2006; Worked-up silent dork without sex ability seeks oblivion and demise.; The Great Twist

I love punk rock but there's no loving way I'm listening to Billy Joel.

# ? Apr 25, 2015 23:32

Gin and Juche: Apr 3, 2008; The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

I recall a couple years back that Locate album was on sale in SA Mart . Shame I got into this too late cause other than an eBay auction I can't find this thing anywhere.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 00:02

uber_stoat: Jan 21, 2001; Pillbug

strap on revenge posted:

i think i got a sherbet straw from graveface. they definitely send out stickers and stuff. last time i got something from them they put in an actual 7" single as aa stiffener

Pixy Stix. Graveface throw in all kinds of weird stuff... puzzle pieces, pages from random books, trading cards. I've gotten a start on a rather nice Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure trading card set thanks to them.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 02:22

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

I ordered a 12" from CX Kidtronik and he threw in a bunch of ripped out pages from a fat porn magazine. :btroll:

# ? Apr 26, 2015 02:36

Malaria Playboy: Aug 28, 2014; Inform

Bit the bullet and bought Exmilitary from a piece of poo poo reseller. Here's hoping I won't regret this in a week

# ? Apr 26, 2015 04:21

hexwren: Feb 27, 2008

I like punk and Billy Joel and Glass Houses is definitely not him trying to do punk. It's got a few "holy poo poo punk rock exists maybe I'm getting old" songs on it, but he doesn't ever actively try to play punkishly.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 04:26

Ballz: Dec 16, 2003; it's mario time

My (probably) final purchase at the Bananas warehouse before moving out of Florida in little over a week:

First two volumes of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (no copies of the final installment). It's time to get more Zappa in my life.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 05:06

VERY COOL MAN: Jun 24, 2011; THESE PACKETS ARE... SUMMARILY DEALT WITH

Malaria Playboy posted:

Bit the bullet and bought Exmilitary from a piece of poo poo reseller. Here's hoping I won't regret this in a week

It's worth it.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 05:30

Boinks: Nov 24, 2003

Ballz posted:

My (probably) final purchase at the Bananas warehouse before moving out of Florida in little over a week:

First two volumes of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (no copies of the final installment). It's time to get more Zappa in my life.

Everyone needs more Zappa in their lives.

I picked up a copy of Zoot Allures for $6 last week at Everybody's in Cincinnati among other things.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 15:24

LooksLikeABabyRat: Jun 26, 2008; Oh dang, I'd nibble that cheese

PSA: the Gang Starr- moment of truth 3 disc reissue is available for preorder on Amazon for $30. Ships next month.

# ? Apr 26, 2015 16:33

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# ? May 15, 2024 00:23

Blast Fantasto: Sep 18, 2007; USAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

I don't think Glass Houses sounds like Billy Joel trying to play punk, but it DID lead to the most punk moment of his career:

http://youtu.be/PqY6mXULzpw

# ? Apr 26, 2015 18:20

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