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Turbinosamente posted:It does seem to paradoxically benefit the bigger local shops more over the real small hole in the wall type places. That's a feature not a bug.
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Finally managed to carve out some time to review my last few acquisitions. Owen At Home with Owen and The Avalanche   Into It Over It Figure  Fugazi 7 Songs  Minor Threat First 2 EPs  Haven't opened it to see if it's a 2020 blue vinyl pressing. hosed Up David Comes to Life (10th Anniversary)  The Promise Ring Very Emergency  Dan Andriano & The Bygones Dear Darkness  It's not a new Alkaline Trio album, but it's Dan so it will be great regardless.
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Traded in my OG Lovage (cause I ordered the deluxe reissue) Walked away with this gem.
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That Guy From Pearldiver posted:Fugazi  Who are Into It Over It or Owen, though, are they good or what
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Got this (on avery island - neutral milk hotel) for 11 dollars at urban outfitters. Very pleased that it plays fine and was so cheap.
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Toe Rag posted:
Short Answer: Capitol E Emo from Illinois. Long Answer: Owen is the solo project of Mike Kinsella who plays/played in all of the bands in Chicago (American Football, Owls, etc.,) since 1997. I want to say Owen at its core is a chamber pop/folk acoustic project. That is a brutal lovely explanation because each album is distinct from each other. The two albums I posted are my favorites. Might be good starting points. Into it Over it is the brainchild of Evan Weiss. (The Progress, Pet Symmetry, etc.) Most people would recommend the album "Proper" as a starting place as it refines the the myriad of styles he experimented with on the 52 Weeks compilation. To muddy the waters even more. Both Kinsella and Weiss are in Their / They're / There who put out two superb noisy kinda mathy EPs in 2013. ....... I'm p sure someone else could explain them better.
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RSD is only good for the big replenishment of New-Old stuff in the bins and walls. Nothing more.
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Feb 20, 2022 17:35
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The big local record store goes all out for RSD including opening early and free coffee and donuts. The other two small shops open at their usual time and put out a bunch of rare used stuff they hold back for the day and have some customers/friends spinning records throughout the day with pop-up shops outside. I'll usually stop in at the big shop the day or two after and what I sort of want is almost always still available. I like this set up.
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dorium posted:RSD is only good for the big replenishment of New-Old stuff in the bins and walls. Nothing more. Shop at better stores.
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CPL593H posted:Shop at better stores. i mean they're good stores  they just know when to drop the reserves in when the shops get busier on RSD and people are more willing to open their wallets.
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Feb 20, 2022 21:42
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That is also the day when the biggest shop puts out the bins of dollar records on a mass of tables, to try and get some of that stuff gone. It was how I got the ill fated Herb Alpert for pwn. Just had to pick the best of, like, 6 copies.
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ngl Fear Inoculum vinyl is amazing looking even from non-tool fan perspective. Just don't go looking at the price $800+ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaN6wbnFAZF/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Feb 21, 2022 06:20
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Looooooooool that much? That’s absurd.
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Feb 21, 2022 07:07
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Did they just do the old laser etched thing for the discs? I'm barely pulling down enough internet atm to get the video in any sort of high quality, but the shine on the records sort of looked like it.
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Feb 21, 2022 13:59
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Yeah they did a laser etch on the back of the disc
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I love that the person in the video is putting their fingers all over the playing surface of that 800 dollar LP.
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Turbinosamente posted:Did they just do the old laser etched thing for the discs? I'm barely pulling down enough internet atm to get the video in any sort of high quality, but the shine on the records sort of looked like it. I thought so too but i paused the video and the playable side is normal, just really shiny and reflecting some multicolored lights. But the back side of each disc has a picture etched on it. What do you call this aesthetic? New Age Photoshop poo poo? All the art in that book is terrible. Remember when tool had the coolest videos on Mtv? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspxAG12Cpc also   Tool.
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Feb 21, 2022 17:50
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sporklift posted:All the art in that book is terrible. Yes, it's a Tool album. Tool is just prog for 40 year olds that were goths in high school.
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Feb 21, 2022 17:53
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CPL593H posted:Yes, it's a Tool album. Tool is just prog for 40 year olds that were goths in high school. I dunno. I think Tool was too heavy for most of the goths back then. I am an old and remember Tool being lumped in with the heavier side of "grunge" and alternative. But I agree that they are a poo poo prog band now.
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Feb 21, 2022 18:00
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I went to a tool concert once and it was cool. It was a while ago though and I haven’t followed them since. Cool stage show though.
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I will admit some bias in my hatred of Tool. It's one of those bands where the fanbase makes me hate them more than that actual music. I was friends with a guy in high school who really liked them. We eventually had a falling out because he's a douchebag and a couple years after we graduated he raped someone at a party. So when anybody mentions Tool it reminds me of him. If there was none of that baggage my opinion of Tool would basically be "Meh. But those videos were pretty cool.".
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I enjoyed them back in the day. That Maynard wine documentary was kinda unintentionally funny and a little cringy. Agreed that their fans can be insufferable and sorta ruin enjoyment of the band. Undertow is pretty great in a peak 90's kinda way. sporklift fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Feb 21, 2022 |
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I thought it was common knowledge that Tool are prog? One of their chief inspirations is Rush after all. Edit: also lol that they didnt laser etch the playable surfaces, just opted to do a blank side (if I'm reading it correctly here).
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I don’t think they’re a great band but worth a ticket in the cheap seats if you’ve got nothing else going on.
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I don't really listen to Tool, but I like Puscifer's "V is for Vagina" album, so I'm probably trash. :P
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CPL593H posted:Yes, it's a Tool album. Tool is just prog for 40 year olds that were goths in high school. As a 41-year-old who was a goth in high school for the two weeks I bothered to even go, Tool was always one toke over the line for me. And you know the kind of dumb bullshit I’m into. I liked Tool better when they were in Green Jello.
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BigFactory posted:I went to a tool concert once and it was cool. It was a while ago though and I haven’t followed them since. Cool stage show though. Yeah their stage shows are pretty amazing, up there with NIN. I'll always try and see them if they come through town and it's not a million dollars a ticket. I've always considered myself a fan (who doesn't listen to the lyrics really or care whatsoever about the time signatures or whatever) but fully recognize that they're a band ruined in the public eye by their generally insufferable fanbase. Same thing with DMB and Pearl Jam and a few other bands I really like
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Barry posted:Yeah their stage shows are pretty amazing, up there with NIN. I'll always try and see them if they come through town and it's not a million dollars a ticket. Pearl Jam doesn’t have an insufferable fan base, they’re all just baseball reporters. Oh wait
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I love Tool but I have to admit 90% of their fan base is terrible. I went to their show in SF last tour and everyone either dressed like Lemmy (without pulling it off) or wore Tool shirts. 95% or the crowd were dudes and the place smelled like an armpit. They played fantastically though.
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:I love Tool but I have to admit 90% of their fan base is terrible. If you change that band on the shirt, you've just described every metal concert I've ever been to.
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Fans are the worst. This is why I dont talk about poo poo I like with anyone. why would I do such a stupid thing?
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caligulamprey posted:I liked Tool better when they were in Green Jello. Wait, what? dorium posted:Fans are the worst. This is why I dont talk about poo poo I like with anyone. why would I do such a stupid thing? This but unironically because I like comic books.
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CPL593H posted:Wait, what? Maynard the singer and Danny the drummer from TOOL both were in Green Jello back in the early 90s (before they had to change their name). Also, TOOL rules, they always get pretty interesting opening acts for their live shows, and their fanbase is the loving worst. I've seen both the Melvins and Tomahawk booed relentlessly at TOOL shows.
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Tomahawk was a cool band. Especially that first album.
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Enos Cabell posted:and their fanbase is the loving worst. I've seen both the Melvins and Tomahawk booed relentlessly at TOOL shows. You have to find the biggest baddest on day one and roundly kick his rear end or else
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I've tried to like Tool since the 90's, but I just can't. A ton of my friends were and are super into them. It's some of the most boring music I've ever heard. Their continued popularity blows my mind.
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Blue Raider posted:I've tried to like Tool since the 90's, but I just can't. A ton of my friends were and are super into them. If the Tool fans I know are indication it's one of those "Everything I liked when I was 12 is and always will be the coolest poo poo ever!" things. I know I'm probably stepping on some toes here when I say this but I'm just putting out what I've come across the most.
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Went to a physical record store for the first time in forever and picked up a couple things. Untourable Album is really well mixed and sounds fantastic. Good for showing off your stereo if you're looking for something like that. Also, I'm a member of a ~~*secret society*~~ and heard that there was a bunch of abandoned audio gear in storage that had been at our hall for like 30 years. On scoping it out, I found a Yamaha CA400 and a pair of Altec model 9s but everything looked like they needed some love. More interesting to me was this thing:  I have fuzzy memories of my dad's audiophile friend using one of these before playing records in the early 90s. This one has lost its stick, but apparently they can be "reactivated" by washing them in really hot water. I'm curious to try it, although I doubt it'd be much better than a regular old brush.
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Tool is awesome, but I've personally never encountered a rabid Tool fan so that helps. I did go to high school with a bunch of rabid emo/core fans though, so leaning towards the progressive stuff was a natural counter to that I think.
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Nobody likes the bottom of the page!!
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