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Garth is playing in town tonight, some definite Big Garth Energy going on. Think it's time to break out the boxset and get the neighbors psyched.
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petit choux posted:Just bought a big crate of vinyl without even looking at it for $10. Made it about halfway through the crate full of gospel and country before I found a copy of Fagan's Nightfly in good shape. That makes it worth it right there. White or Black gospel? If it is the latter hit me up.
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Barry posted:I did recently make a sweep through their entire discography so I feel like I'm coming from an informed position and I'll admit that unlistenable was a little much but I'm still not into it. I mean you don't have to like it, but I think your characterization as "borderline unlistenable" and "boring, noodly ambient music with no cohesion or direction or rhythm" is way, way off. Did you just power your way through listening to each album once? If you like MPP, Strawberry Jam, and Centipede Hz, you should be able to get into Feels and Sprit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished. Danse Manatee is also really really good if you can get past the production. Anyway I'll leave it at that. Animal Collective rules 
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On the Animal Collective talk if anyone is in/near Cincinnati they're playing a free show at Fountain Square in mid September I think.
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Aug 14, 2021 20:07
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I fully admit to learning about Jim Carroll from The Suicide Squad but drat if this isn’t a great album. Went out today to see if I could get lucky and found it at the first place I went to. 
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Aug 14, 2021 21:58
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Aug 14, 2021 22:51
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BigFactory posted:You have a nice record player I know.  It was my parents’. Sat in closets/basements for years until I asked them for it about a year ago.
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Aug 14, 2021 23:20
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Toe Rag posted:I mean you don't have to like it, but I think your characterization as "borderline unlistenable" and "boring, noodly ambient music with no cohesion or direction or rhythm" is way, way off. The most I'll slam Animal Collective these days is I think they owe The Residents $5 for We Tigers, that poo poo is shaaaaaaaaaaaaaameless.
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caligulamprey posted:The most I'll slam Animal Collective these days is I think they owe The Residents $5 for We Tigers, that poo poo is shaaaaaaaaaaaaaameless. After listening to a poo poo ton of Sparks lately I've come to the conclusion that the Pet Shop Boys owe them more than $5. Also speaking of ambient things, does anyone like the ambient synth-y apparently qualifies as jazz band Chat Noir? I finally listened to their album Hyperuranion and can't stand it and am gonna sell it.
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Aug 15, 2021 03:41
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I like the old inner sleeves with all sorts of instructions on them.
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Aug 15, 2021 12:35
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z0331 posted:I fully admit to learning about Jim Carroll from The Suicide Squad but drat if this isn’t a great album. Went out today to see if I could get lucky and found it at the first place I went to. I learned about him, like nearly everyone else, from The Basketball Diaries. Great album.
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Aug 15, 2021 17:31
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Turbinosamente posted:After listening to a poo poo ton of Sparks lately I've come to the conclusion that the Pet Shop Boys owe them more than $5. There’s a specific moment in the Sparks Brothers documentary where Sparks manager runs into the Pet Shop Boys and he asks them “why don’t you ever mention Sparks” as an obvious influence on their entire career. One of the dudes from PSB turns around and tells him to gently caress off stop being a trouble maker sort of thing. Lol they definitely owe a lot to Sparks.
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dorium posted:There’s a specific moment in the Sparks Brothers documentary where Sparks manager runs into the Pet Shop Boys and he asks them “why don’t you ever mention Sparks” as an obvious influence on their entire career. One of the dudes from PSB turns around and tells him to gently caress off stop being a trouble maker sort of thing. Lol they definitely owe a lot to Sparks. Oh yes I remember that moment. And I've got an mp3 player set to random so there's been a more than a few times a song has started and I can't remember which band it is until the lead singer starts. Particularly for all the super 80s and early 90s made/sounding songs. And tbh, I think Sparks does it better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iz53uzlNls
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Ballz posted:Shameless plug: if you’re a member of the Needles & Grooves vinyl collectors forum I’m currently running this month’s album of the month guess thread. Post a guess (in that thread) to be entered for a chance to win a copy of the album. Does it suck? Only one way to find out! Updating my shameless plug to say I've announced what the AOTM is: "After a Thousand Years" by Jneiro Jarel. One of my favorite albums from last year from one of my favorite artists that nobody has ever heard of. Go check it out and drop some  if it suits your fancy!
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I like the old inner sleeves with all sorts of instructions on them. #3 is wrong and bad for all kinds of reasons.
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Is there a speaker thread anywhere? Awhile ago I picked up a pair of Pioneer CS-G104s from Goodwill, ten bucks for the pair, and they sound fine... but I eventually want to replace then with something better. I'm in love with the aesthetic of these Pioneer CS-722As but... I don't know how to compare the two. Like, I know mine are lower wattage and only have a sun and a tweeter, so these are almost certainly better, but beyond that kind of generalizing I don't know what to look for in a speaker.
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CornHolio posted:Is there a speaker thread anywhere? Didn’t you ask this same question in a different thread a month or so ago? Those pioneer speakers will sound fine and be very loud, and might be pretty efficient for how loud they get, but they’re not fundamentally amazing speakers or anything. They’re for 70’s stoners to crank the zeppelin on. See what’s on Craigslist/Facebook/thrift stores (you can check Goodwill online and look for local places too. Shipping speakers is expensive). If you’re patient and check often you will eventually find something interesting in your price range. Don’t pay to ship speakers unless either you’re rich or it’s a very special pair. Do you have a budget?
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BigFactory posted:Didn’t you ask this same question in a different thread a month or so ago? Those pioneer speakers will sound fine and be very loud, and might be pretty efficient for how loud they get, but they’re not fundamentally amazing speakers or anything. They’re for 70’s stoners to crank the zeppelin on. I...may have? I don't know. I don't have a budget and I'm not buying anything online for that very reason, I just want to know what the various terminologys mean (not just wattage but things like impedance, crossover, what brands are good, how many speakers in a cabinet are optimal, etc). If I see something at Goodwill or a pawn shop or something, I want to know if it's worth whatever they're charging. The biggest problem I have with the speakers I have right now is that if I'm even just a little bit to the side, they sound awful. All of the sound is directed straight ahead, if that makes sense.
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CornHolio posted:I...may have? I don't know. I don't have a budget and I'm not buying anything online for that very reason, I just want to know what the various terminologys mean (not just wattage but things like impedance, It’s how much power the speaker needs to do speaker stuff. 4 ohm speakers typically need a bigger amp than 8 ohm speakers. That doesn’t necessarily mean that one is better than the other, though, especially if you can’t drive a 4 ohm speaker. quote:crossover, It’s the electronics inside a speaker that sends the high frequency signals to the tweeters and the low frequency signals to the woofers. It sets the point where one driver crosses over to another. quote:what brands are good, That’s incredibly subjective, but most consumer brand Japanese electronics manufacturers made decent equipment up until about 1980. The pioneer, sansui, technics, Kenwood, Sony’s. After 1980 beware unless you know what you’re looking for. There were lots of high quality American speaker companies in the 60s and 70s AR, Advent, KLH, JBL, Klipsh, Ohm. You can get good deals on some of them (not JBL or Klipsh so much), and probably be very happy with the sound. There were plenty of high quality English speakers being made then, too. Audiokarma is a very good resource for looking up individual speakers. Chances are someone had talked about them there before. Higher end speakers from the 90s and on are often very good but it helps to know what you’re looking at too. Beware of home theater in a box surround sound speaker sets, though. They usually suck and sometimes use proprietary interconnects that won’t play nice with your existing stereo. quote:how many speakers in a cabinet are optimal, etc). There is no right answer to this one. quote:If I see something at Goodwill or a pawn shop or something, I want to know if it's worth whatever they're charging. quote:The biggest problem I have with the speakers I have right now is that if I'm even just a little bit to the side, they sound awful. All of the sound is directed straight ahead, if that makes sense. You’re going to find that with most speakers, and part of the problem might be your room, not your speakers. BigFactory fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Aug 16, 2021 |
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A lot of old speakers weren't magnetically shielded so keep that in mind.
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Was passing through Portsmouth, NH today and randomly popped in a used record store while my family was getting ice cream, and it was this great place with bins full of old jazz and blues records, a huge selection of 80s and 90s hip-hop 12"'s, and a very nice older gentleman running the place. He gave me a good price on a mint copy of Crowded House's debut album (he said a doctor had owned it and it looked like it has never been played). As we were talking, a friendly black lab walked through the store to hang out for a bit. And now I'm looking for the store on Google maps so I remember to go next time I'm passing through, and I don't see it, and a buddy who lives in Portsmouth says he's never heard of it, and only knows another record shop in town. So now I'm wondering if it was all a fever dream.
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You walked into some awesome old guy’s house and he made a couple bucks off you. Sounds like a great day for all involved
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Ghost record store spoooOOOoooOOooooky I spent $72 at Jigsaw records and got mondo bang for my buck. Some 7 inchers, an LP, a 10", a tape, CD, a flexi, even a zine. I wanted a bunch of fun. My order arrived this past week and it was packaged so nice I needed to photograph it before scattering its component parts to the recesses of my collection. I threw everything at them and it was a masterpiece of economic packing   I didn't order that Bears CD, that's a total bonus! As was that poster on top but it was kinda boring so I didn't photograph it. There was more BONUS FREE STUFF WOW that I'll get to in a bit.  That zine is a bunch of different people (writers, musicians, DJs etc, many typical goon age, 12-16 in the early 90s) reminiscing about TAPES and what TAPES meant to them. I'm really digging it so far.  Stickers! Just a pile of stickers. That one that looks blank is a transparent Bears window cling.  Very small buttons!  A random-rear end photo print because sure why not!  Got yr Math and Physics Club LP.  Wait what's this I didn't order this. Great cover art. Another free record??  Nooo! It is an empty jacket, used as a protective caddy for the 10" I bought! gently caress!! Oh well it will look good on the wall, if I ever become motivated to start framing record jackets and hanging them up. Or maybe I'll luck into a real good cheap copy of that record someday with a beat-up jacket and then I'll have it made!  The cover art caught my eye, but previewing the album made the sale. the album is fun and great and Jigsaw still has at least one copy left. You should buy it if you like fun. Also if you enjoy good times. you should buy a bunch of other stuff from Jigsaw too because their site is easy to use and you can preview a lot of records which is cool.  It's orange! WOW  Bonus self-portrait of my head in the sunglasses. Anyway that was my haul and 14 MB of photos. I'm going to bed now pwn fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Aug 16, 2021 |
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pwn posted:Ghost record store spoooOOOoooOOooooky You scored bigtime. z0331 posted:I fully admit to learning about Jim Carroll from The Suicide Squad but drat if this isn’t a great album. Went out today to see if I could get lucky and found it at the first place I went to. Apparently a lot of people are aware of his poetry/writing and not his music, so people learn of him a variety of ways. Me, it was this album back in the 80s, which I have. SwimNurd posted:White or Black gospel? If it is the latter hit me up. Oh, very Caucasian. I'm about to go look at the crate again. There was some other notable stuff in there, I was near heat exhaustion at the time though, so I didn't pursue it at the time. petit choux fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Aug 16, 2021 |
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That great post makes me want to go spend $72 at Jigsaw records now hahaha
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petit choux posted:Oh, very Caucasian. I'm about to go look at the crate again. There was some other notable stuff in there, I was near heat exhaustion at the time though, so I didn't pursue it at the time. I love both black and white gospel, so good find regardless! Let me know if you want 'em off your hands. SwimNurd posted:White or Black gospel? If it is the latter hit me up. I posted this earlier in the thread, but check these out! Mine should be arriving today. https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7826-the-last-shall-be-first-the-jcr-records-story-vol-1 https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7827-the-last-shall-be-first-the-jcr-records-story-vol-2 Today's mail day is gonna be great; I'm expecting Mint Jams, the two aforementioned gospel records, and the Kentucky Route Zero OST. Definitely spinning Mint Jams first!
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Read After Burning posted:I love both black and white gospel, so good find regardless! Let me know if you want 'em off your hands. https://www.mixcloud.com/scottjab/ I post clips and poo poo here too: https://www.instagram.com/scottjjab/ EDIT: Some  about D-vine Spirituals
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 Conrad_Birdie posted:That great post makes me want to go spend $72 at Jigsaw records now hahaha My work here is done
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SwimNurd posted:Gospel Oh, I will definitely check this out! Thank you. Y'all like soul/funk/R&B, etc? Here's a re-print of a great 1982 album! (You'll definitely know the song Forget-Me-Nots) https://patricerushen.bandcamp.com/album/straight-from-the-heart-remastered
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Bit strange to steal typography from a Swedish softdrink but it IS pretty good typography.
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Toe Rag posted:How does this compare to MDK, and what are your thoughts on Yoshida Tatsuya? Well it's a 3 LP live set, of which the 2nd is a full performance of MDK. The sound quality is a lot better than the studio version. I think it uses a lot of overdubs though. Some major differences too; more synths and a long bass solo to kick off Side 2. as far as Yoshida goes - he's a god among men. his stuff gives me a headache sometimes and I'm pretty sure I've only listened to like half of his 80+ albums but I'd say I'm a pretty big fan
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Samsquamsch posted:Nice!! Mind posting a link? I know they're already going to make me cringe at the price, but that album art has always spoken to me. Takes me back to days playing GT5. It was from discogs, but this was the seller: https://www.discogs.com/user/STR-INTL
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Nick Lutsko is hilarious and I put up money for the campaign for this back in February. I'm honestly surprised it shipped this quick what with the state of the pressing industry rn. Glad I was able to support the guy and also get this p neat looking disc  Boat Parade is the perfect track for our anxious times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5YPCvowwJc
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Thanks for the links to Casiopea sources, guys. I'll keep an eye out. Our covid cases are once again off the charts, we are literally doing the worst in the country in terms of community spread. There was a packed stadium event right before we achieved this prestigious position...a Garth Brooks concert. Samsquamsch fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Aug 18, 2021 |
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Read After Burning posted:Oh, I will definitely check this out! Thank you. I was whistling the song to myself when my wife pointed it out the men in black song is a parody
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Samsquamsch posted:Our covid cases are once again off the charts, we are literally doing the worst in the country in terms of community spread. There was a packed stadium event right before we achieved this prestigious position...a Garth Brooks concert. I find myself continuing to buy random classical records and listening to them with my eyes closed like a 90s movie villain. It's not even that I like them that much, there's just a lot of different sound to listen to at once and it provides a few moments of zen concentration. A few dust pops adds to the experience.
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stealie72 posted:Ropin the COVID. Hey, you're enjoying classical music. Goth Odell Beckham posted:Nick Lutsko is hilarious and I put up money for the campaign for this back in February. I'm honestly surprised it shipped this quick what with the state of the pressing industry rn. Glad I was able to support the guy and also get this p neat looking disc I like Nick. He should form a band of sweaty, stressed-out musicians.
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Goth Odell Beckham posted:Nick Lutsko is hilarious and I put up money for the campaign for this back in February. I'm honestly surprised it shipped this quick what with the state of the pressing industry rn. Glad I was able to support the guy and also get this p neat looking disc Lol that is incredible.
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