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I'm still working on that vaporwave thread, because I'm a lazy sad bum, but! https://twitter.com/MWCollective/status/1652445105826197506?cxt=HHwWhMDT-bKE1e4tAAAA PLUME VALLEY REPRESS, SWARM SWARM SWARM!!!!!  midge posted:
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Converge announced today they're doing a vinyl release of a live performance of Jane Doe, called Jane Live. Pre-orders for a release in July. Definitely interested in grabbing this but I just bought The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die's 10 anniversary release of Whenever, If Ever. https://deathwishinc.com/collections/converge/products/converge-jane-live-ashley-rose-couture and the more limited Newbury variants https://www.newburycomics.com/collections/vendors?q=Converge&sort_by=created-descending
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I just had my first guest DJ over. Old pal of mine. We used to play out together all the time at various bars around town. Super stoked to have him and I might open my studio up to some of my old DJ buddies and maybe do a semi regular guest spot. I had kinda forgotten how fun it is to nerd out on records while playing them. Dude has mad crates and is constantly blowing my mind with the stuff he plays. https://www.mixcloud.com/mawesome/atom-13-for-45-day-2023/ quote:J-Rocc - Flight #2 Also, my May mix will be dropping soon and I'll be giving away a record so I'll let ya know the deets on that soon. Thanks for all the support over the years. Play yer records!
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I finally grabbed the LCD Soundsystem "final" concert boxset, because I found an Australian store with it for $150 which seems way too good to be true.
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wa27 posted:I stopped by some record stores this weekend: Go to YouTube and watch any "ranking the Genesis discography" video. Apparently Abacab killed these people's puppies on Christmas morning.
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So my kid is asking for a turntable for her 15th birthday "but not once as nice as yours" (I've just got an Orbit). What's my best bet for something that's likely going to be a fad for her and not worth spending $$$ on? It's going to need either a preamp or ability to play to powered speakers, and she's going to want to play my records so it can't have a dogshit stylus. Can you upgrade the carts on the $100 ones on Amazon? Take her to the pawnshop and get an old consumer one and an amp and learn to fix a turntable? Just throw money at it?
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stealie72 posted:So my kid is asking for a turntable for her 15th birthday "but not once as nice as yours" (I've just got an Orbit). I bought a $70 or something Victrola briefcase player early this year on Amazon and it's compact and sounds fine with its built-in speakers (I did buy external speakers) so that might be an option.
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Mister Kingdom posted:Go to YouTube and watch any "ranking the Genesis discography" video. Apparently Abacab killed these people's puppies on Christmas morning. Yeah I don't get it either. Although the existence of "Who Dunnit?" is, uh... a choice.
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stealie72 posted:So my kid is asking for a turntable for her 15th birthday "but not once as nice as yours" (I've just got an Orbit). As a college-aged zoomer with limited dorm space, I have the Anabas GP-N3R and it's basically perfect. Not too expensive (~150 smackers, less if you import directly), comes with an AT stylus, runs on D cells, and (most importantly) small as hell. Has a built in mono speaker but also includes a stereo line out. If you really want, you can wall-mount it and play records vertically
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Yeah I don't get it either. It's dumb, but it's not anywhere near the worst thing in their discography, I say looking at illegal alien also it gave us this series of ridiculous phil contortions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R6qu62xekE also it slots in nicely into the pantheon of songs where they're singing about a thing but refusing to tell you what it is - see also duran duran's reflex and faith no more's epic hexwren fucked around with this message at 19:28 on May 3, 2023 |
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stealie72 posted:So my kid is asking for a turntable for her 15th birthday "but not once as nice as yours" (I've just got an Orbit). My best recommendation would be the Audio Technica ATLP-60. It's inexpensive and is decent enough quality that she's no going to wreck your poo poo. They're popular enough that there are plenty of used ones floating around. Failing that check out old used turntables at a record store that sells them or an old stereo place if you've got one around. A lot of older moderately priced consumer grade stuff will be of much better quality than the new stuff of similar pricing. Though I don't know how typical pre-amps were of those. A lot of thrift stores have stereo receivers for next to nothing. I see all kinds of big huge ones in Savers for about 15 bucks on a regular basis. Alternatively: Make her read every single one of my posts from this thread and she'll lose interest entirely.
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WaitsUp, thanks for the heads up on Sonic Boom. Quoting my own post to say Weyes Blood's album from last year is hitting way harder than I expected it to - wow.....on repeat all week long, drat near spiritual.
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I picked up the third Pacific Breeze recently. it is amazing. even better than the other two.
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CPL593H posted:My best recommendation would be the Audio Technica ATLP-60. It's inexpensive and is decent enough quality that she's no going to wreck your poo poo. They're popular enough that there are plenty of used ones floating around. This is the correct answer CPL593H posted:Alternatively: Make her read every single one of my posts from this thread and she'll lose interest entirely. I love you CPL593H  midge posted:WaitsUp, thanks for the heads up on Sonic Boom. I saw her on the Colbert show last month and really enjoyed the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZvTA5Bae8 Thanks to you and my poor impulse control, I bought the purple LP from Bandcamp.
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pwn posted:I love you CPL593H Clearly you haven't read my posts.
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Read After Burning posted:I'm still working on that vaporwave thread, because I'm a lazy sad bum, but! Hell yeah. Got that purp. Thanks dude!
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pwn posted:Thanks to you and my poor impulse control, I bought the purple LP from Bandcamp. I hear ya, this thread has a lot to answer for. It's a combination of this album finding me at the right time in addition to its objective high quality/artist merit Speaking of poor impulse control, Level Select by Pizza Hotline just dropped, 500 units....too rich for my blood. https://wereleasewhateverthefuckwewantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/level-select
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum finally announced a 2024 reunion along with reissues of all three of their albums!  https://sleepytimegorillamuseum1.bandcamp.com/merch
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caligulamprey posted:Sleepytime Gorilla Museum finally announced a 2024 reunion along with reissues of all three of their albums! Dresden Dolls also doing reunion tour this year. First time ever seeing either of them was a split bill at the living room in providence RI. Nils was running the merch table and he kinda laughed when I bought their live album.
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Hot drat I swapped out the ortofon OM5e that came with my orbit finally (had it long enough that I figured it was about time even if not strictly necessary) Opted to go for the seemingly recommended everywhere mp110 since I have a lot of older records I'd read that cartridge would smooth over a bit better and I was fully expecting my busted ears to hear no difference between the two but I swear to god the difference is night and day
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BigFactory posted:Nils was running the merch table and he kinda laughed when I bought their live album.  The SGM socials are hinting at Idiot Flesh reissues too, fingers crossed.
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caligulamprey posted:He once spent a couple of minutes trying to talk me out of a copy of Idiot Flesh's Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death (which he had to run out to the bus to grab a copy) 'cause he said it was embarrassing. Like that was gonna stop me from buyin' it. Extremely excited for more SGM in concert. I only got to see them a few times, which is probably a lot for someone from the east coast, but they’re so good.
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It finally happened. The algorithm gave me an ad for a company that will grade/authenticate cds and vinyl. https://audiomediagrading.com/ Apparently it's a collaboration between a company that is known for doing this with Apple products and Steve Aoki. The ad I saw featured a graded 9 sealed Japanese issue of a Billy Joel - 52nd Street cd, which sounds exactly like the type of poo poo people would send in and then pay money for.
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Schremp Howard posted:It finally happened. The algorithm gave me an ad for a company that will grade/authenticate cds and vinyl. They grade 8-tracks. If I had a whole bunch of disposable money, I'd send them a few 8-track to grade, just because I want to know what exactly they consider an above average 8-track. I've never heard an 8-track that didn't sound like thick mud. And that's when they've been in good enough shape to actually function.
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SwimNurd posted:Records are to be played. That grading site is gross and scammy. They have this for all different kinds of stuff. It's for joyless assholes who just enjoy having overpriced vanity items for the sake of having overpriced vanity items. Half the people who collect records now don't even own a turntable. I really wish people would stop acting like all this mass produced stuff is valuable antiquities. mutantIke posted:also re:CDs, isn't bitrot just like unavoidable? If you're sealing it in a hard plastic case never to be handled or listened to again what's the difference?
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Did some light shopping today. drat friend you got at least 5 in there that I want for my own collection. Consider this Goon to be jelly as gently caress.
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Boinks posted:It's hard to find Rubber Soul without a split cover. Tip on covers just tend to split like that. They're held together by what's essentially a paper decal and there probably wasn't much thought or care about them being passed around decades later.
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Boinks posted:It's hard to find Rubber Soul without a split cover. I'm 0 for 2 now. But at least I have a listenable copy finally. The last one I bought had been played so much it sounded like garbage. Anyone know a good alternative to these jacket repair strips that isn't $1.50 per foot? Maybe just 2" brown reinforced packing tape would work? edit: I see many people suggesting "paper hinging tape", which seems like a solid option. wa27 fucked around with this message at 22:49 on May 6, 2023 |
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