2007 Purchase Post

[bitterfruit]

The Ponys - Turn The Lights Out (Pre-ordered!) (LP)

Robert Pollard - Meet The King - Asshole 2 (LP)

GBV - Dayton, Ohio 19 Something and 5 (7")
:: finally picked up a much needed copy on ebay

Acid Ranch - The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great (LP)

"The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great gives you 24 more classic tracks from the pre-GBV basement recordings of Robert Pollard, Jim Pollard and Mitch Mitchell."

[9000]

The Ponys - Turn The Lights Out (Pre-ordered!) (LP)


ditto, but, er, the CD.

[Fiona]

The Ponys - Turn The Lights Out (Pre-ordered!) (LP)

Me too. Thanks for the rec, Paul.

As an aside, it never fails to astonish me just what a price differential there is between the US and here. IIRC, the USD/EUR exchange rate was 1.301:1 (or thereabouts) at cob , so a cd at USD12 is roughly EUR9. The cheapest of the cheap introductory offers on new releases here are at least 50% more expensive. Even with shipping added, my vinyl pre-order was cheaper than it would be locally.

Also - The Wire Season 1 <-- 65% off on Amazon! Free Shipping! I'm scoring the bargains tonight :)

[Joel]

group doueh, "guitar music from the western sahara" lp - highly recommended
times new viking/psychedelic horseshit split 7"
der tpk lp
tirath singh nirmala/richard youngs lp
vashti bunyan, "just another diamond day" lp
nig-heist, "understanding basic economics" lp

[Paul]

Dusty Springfield - Gold [2xCD]

And I've been listening to it at near obsessive levels all week.

[sostark]

Face The Truth LP
Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery Dynamic Duo LP
Sonny Rollins and The Modern Jazz Quartet Vol. 2 LP
Broadcast Future Crayon 2LP

in the mail:
Vince Guaraldi - Boy Named Charlie Brown LP
Brokeback - Looks at the Bird LP

The Sonny record is a little dissapointing as he only guests on two tracks (and the Modern Jazz Quartet is a little soft and vibe-y for my taste).

[tinobeat]

so far in the '07

in the shops:
V/A - Bombay Connection Vol.1 CD
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna are you the Destroyer? 2LP
Panda Bear / Excepter - split 12"
Love of Diagrams - CDep
The Time Flys - Rebels of Babylon CD
Turpentine Brothers / Cococoma - split 7"

in the mails:
Times New Viking/Psychedelic Horseshit - split 7"
Tarentel - Ghetto Beats on the Surface of the Sun Vols 3 &4 LPs
The Stapler - Metaphysical Haircut CD
Psychedelic Horseshit - "Who Let The Dogs Out" 7" <-this + Stapler from an earlier CDR order than the newer split

[Fiona]

V/A - Bombay Connection Vol.1 CD

I had my eye on that one! Sounds like it should be awesome. What did you think?

[tinobeat]

Its unbelievable, one of the best purchases I've made in ages! I plan to get Volume 2 as soon as I'm back at Twisted Village. This one's the "Bollywood Funk" collection, and Volume 2 is the "Bollywood Jazz and Rock'n'Roll" which sounds at least as promising...

Highly highly recommended!

[Fiona]

Excellent! I was afraid track descriptions like "abstract safari chase percussion" and "chase surf funk visiting the elephant circus" in the liner notes might be too good to be true.

[davidleeroth]

Let's see, so far:

Cds
Magic Bone Rodents As Gifts
Sinéad O'Connor Sean-nós Nua
Sinéad O'Connor Universal Mother
Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge
Handsome Boy Modeling School White People
Lisa Dewey s/t
Lisa Dewey Lola Cuki
Lisa Dewey Weather Changer Girl
Regina Spektor Songs
Big Cock Year Of The Cock
Women & Children s/t
Kaki King Everybody Loves You
Love Of Diagrams EP
Morrissey Ringleader Of The Tormentors
Love Of Diagrams The Target Is You
Ricaine Urbanity
Various Make Mix Tapes Not War Comp

LPs
The Band Of Blacky Ranchette Still Lookin' Good To Me
Bob Dylan Empire Burlesque
Smog Supper
Kemialliset Ystävät Varisevien Tanssi/Silmujen Marssi
Mars Volta Amputechture
Slint Tweez
Traveling Wilburys Handle With Care

7"s
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Gates Of Zion/Ghosts
Boris/Tomsk-7 Mass Mercury/Dumpsite
Cat Power Nude As The News
Lucky Luke Simon Of The Desert/First Eastern Snow

I'm broke.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Magic Bone Rodents As GiftsA copy of that made it to Finland? That's one of my favorite Atlanta releases of the early 90s.

[pizzagratis]

Acid Ranch - The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great (LP)

"The Great Houdini Wasn't So Great gives you 24 more classic tracks from the pre-GBV basement recordings of Robert Pollard, Jim Pollard and Mitch Mitchell."

Please talk about this.

[bitterfruit]

Please talk about this.


It hasn't arrived yet.

[bitterfruit]

It hasn't arrived yet.

The postman showed up minutes after I mentioned that it wasn't here yet with a few of copies.

[9000]

wow, i think my mailman is just waking up about now.

[johansen smith]

Just ordered the new Nicolai Dunger Swedish-language album that comes out next week plus Nicolai Dunger Sjunger Edith... and the Bat For Lashes album from CD-Wow.

[vesper]

i bought the new shining record, grindstone, and that new hisham bharoocha (soft circle) record, full bloom. i'm excited about both but haven't yet listened to either.

[Moon Pix]

Cat Power - The Greatest (CD Single and 7")
John Zorn - Naked City.

HCI, can you recommend me some good Atlanta bands?:)

[maroonwalrus]

Sebadoh -- III (Re-issue)

Finally got around to getting this. A really nice package, but I'm a bit weirded out by Gaffney's repeated claim that Sebadoh is HIS band in the liner notes.

Apparently Domino is set to re-issue The Freed Man sometime this year! Cool.

[maroonwalrus]

HCI, can you recommend me some good Atlanta bands?:)

I'm no HCI, but you should check out The Black Lips--they're playing around London in the next few weeks! A nutso live show for sure...

[vesper]

moon pix, check out the newest deerhunter cd, cryptograms. good stuff.

[tinobeat]

Yes, that Deerhunter album is awesome, I highly recommend it.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

HCI, can you recommend me some good Atlanta bands?:)Hmmmmm . . .

Well, I'm not at all a fan of The Black Lips though I am apparently in the minority thinking they are stunningly derivative. Some of these are Athens bands and some have members living in or near both cities (we're around 60 miles apart). Most of the links are to MySpace pages so you've got handy-dandy MP3s to spin.

Artimus Pyledriver (http://www.myspace.com/artimuspyledriver)
Big Penguin (http://www.myspace.com/bigpenguin)
The Black Crowes (http://www.blackcrowes.com)
Brass Castle (http://www.myspace.com/brasscastle)
Brodie Stove (http://www.myspace.com/brodiestove)
Deerhunter (http://www.myspace.com/deerhunter)
Dropsonic (http://www.myspace.com/dropsonic)
The Forty Fives (http://www.myspace.com/thefortyfives)
Gonzalez (http://www.myspace.com/gonzalezband)
Gringo Star (http://www.myspace.com/thegringostars) (formerly A Fir-Ju Well [a much better name, IMO])
Harvey Milk (http://www.myspace.com/harveymilk)
The Heart Attacks (http://www.myspace.com/theheartattacks)
Hope for Agoldensummer (http://www.myspace.com/hopeforagoldensummer)
Hot Young Priest (http://www.myspace.com/hotyoungpriest)
Hubcap City (from Belgium) (http://www.myspace.com/hubcapcity)
I Would Set Myself on Fire for You (http://www.myspace.com/iwouldetc)
Jackyl (http://www.myspace.com/jackyl)
Je Suis France (http://www.myspace.com/jesuisfrancejams)
Jucifer (http://www.myspace.com/jucifer)
The Jupiter Watts (http://www.myspace.com/jupiterwatts)
Light Pupil Dilate (http://www.myspace.com/lightpupildilate)
The Liverhearts (http://www.myspace.com/lvrhrts)
Magicicada (http://www.myspace.com/magicicada)
Mastodon (http://www.myspace.com/mastodon)
Me and Him Call It Us (http://www.myspace.com/meandhimcallitus)
Moresight (http://www.myspace.com/moresight)
NO! (http://www.tsuthrash.com/no.htm)
Now It's Overhead (http://www.nowitsoverhead.com/)
Parade (http://www.myspace.com/paradeband)
The Rattler (http://www.myspace.com/therattler)
Rizzudo (http://www.myspace.com/rizzudo)
San Agustin (http://www.san-agustin.org/)
The Selmanaires (http://www.myspace.com/theselmanaires)
The 63 Crayons (http://www.myspace.com/63crayons)
Warren Steele Stylee w/ The Strung-Out Orchestra and The Crackhead Circus (http://www.myspace.com/warrensteelestylee)
Subsonics (http://www.myspace.com/subsonicsatlanta)
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (http://www.myspace.com/suddeninfantdeathsyndrome)
Sunday Drive Bye (http://www.myspace.com/sundaydrivebye)
Tiger! Tiger! (http://www.myspace.com/tigertigerband)
Tualatin (http://www.myspace.com/tualatin)
Untied States (http://www.myspace.com/untiedstates)
Willow (http://www.myspace.com/willowga)
Zoroaster (http://www.myspace.com/thezoroaster)

[Moon Pix]

Hmmmmm . . .

Well, I'm not at all a fan of The Black Lips though I am apparently in the minority thinking they are stunningly derivative. Some of these are Athens bands and some have members living in or near both cities (we're around 60 miles apart). Most of the links are to MySpace pages so you've got handy-dandy MP3s to spin.

Thankyou lots Mr HCI. I will listen to all of them.

Georgia interests me for obvious reasons and Id like to visit Atlanta one day:)

[Paul]

Georgia interests me for obvious reasons and Id like to visit Atlanta one day:) It's entirely within the realm of possibility that Chan served me pizza at Fellini's during one of my Atlanta visits in the early 90s, so... nyah!

(Of course, she wasn't famous at the time so I wouldn't have recognized her and all the girls working at Fellini's were cute.)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

That whole big list and I forgot to include Cat Power. Have y'all heard of her?

[tinobeat]

purchased today:

The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (mono) LP
Beachwood Sparks - Make The Cowboy Robots Cry 12"
The Bush - Got Bush If You Want It! LP
Knaughty Knights - "Tommy of the River" etc. 7"
King Khan & BBQ Show / The Flakes - Rolling Stones Tribute split 7"
DC Snipers / The Tampoffs - split 7"

[davidleeroth]

A copy of that made it to Finland? That's one of my favorite Atlanta releases of the early 90s.

It's good. God bless the interweb.

Another Atlanta band I didn't see mentioned yet is/was Smoke which ties together a whole bunch of Atlanta musicians.

[Moon Pix]

Another Atlanta band I didn't see mentioned yet is/was Smoke which ties together a whole bunch of Atlanta musicians.

Including Chan (in a non too direct way).:)

[tinobeat]

Including Chan (in a non too direct way).:)

It terrifies me that you are one of the mellower superfans...

[Fiona]

I remember meeting two Michael Jackson superfans through a friend of mine years ago. Now THEY were scary.

[Moon Pix]

It terrifies me that you are one of the mellower superfans...

How do you mean Tino?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Another Atlanta band I didn't see mentioned yet is/was Smoke which ties together a whole bunch of Atlanta musicians.I stuck with just currently extant ATL bands. I can recommend plenty more if'n ya' want historical stuff.

[Paul]

How do you mean Tino? Even though you're self-admittedly "mellow," you still force Cat Power/Chan Marshall into conversation. I love Van Halen, but I don't talk about them all the time!

[Moon Pix]

Even though you're self-admittedly "mellow," you still force Cat Power/Chan Marshall into conversation. I love Van Halen, but I don't talk about them all the time!

I only said it because she was friends with Benjamin of Smoke. She was never in Smoke but I always get the impression they were close and apparently it was Benjamin who advised her to do the Joan of Arc shows.

Shes on the DVD extras of the film they made about him too.

[Paul]

...apparently it was Benjamin who advised her to do the Joan of Arc shows. Some friend, ha!

I dunno, I've just never been a "superfan" of any one artist (except maybe for U2 when I was in high school, but even then I don't think I talked about them all the time). And since I don't have any experience with that kind of superfan-ness, it just seems odd when I see you bring her up at every opportunity.

[Moon Pix]

Some friend, ha!

I dunno, I've just never been a "superfan" of any one artist (except maybe for U2 when I was in high school, but even then I don't think I talked about them all the time). And since I don't have any experience with that kind of superfan-ness, it just seems odd when I see you bring her up at every opportunity.

I just thought to mention it in case DavidLeeRoth didnt know about it.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Fight! Fight! Fight!

[tinobeat]

How do you mean Tino?

Like what Paul said, pretty much. The most tenuous link is all it takes to bring up Chan, and it seems borderline pathological. had I read davidleeroths post I would have assumed "musical connections", not "who they were maybe acquainted with personally", you know? It seems a little, I dunno, overeager.

Yet its totally true that you're among the mellower and more open-to-life-outside-of-Chan superfans. I don't mean to be mean, it just fascinates me! I just can't imagine what that kind of focus on one artist even feels like!

[Paul]

I don't mean to be mean, it just fascinates me! I just can't imagine what that kind of focus on one artist even feels like! Yeah, that's more it for me than anything else. I just can't relate and I find it endlessly intriguing.

[Moon Pix]

Yet its totally true that you're among the mellower and more open-to-life-outside-of-Chan superfans. I don't mean to be mean, it just fascinates me! I just can't imagine what that kind of focus on one artist even feels like!

I always thought that most music fans have one person or band that they are more enthusiastic about than anybody else.

[Joel]

Paul is conveniently forgetting his obsession with Laura Ballance of Superchunk from some years back....

[Paul]

Paul is conveniently forgetting his obsession with Laura Ballance of Superchunk from some years back.... ?!?!?

I thought then (and still do) that's she sorta dreamy, but all my online music conversation didn't point to her in some way. And besides, once I met her and found out she was just a normal person like everybody else, the mystique was diminished.

[Moon Pix]

?!?!?

I thought then (and still do) that's she sorta dreamy, but all my online music conversation didn't point to her in some way. And besides, once I met her and found out she was just a normal person like everybody else, the mystique was diminished.

If you would like Paul we can set a challenge where I can't mention Chan untill I go to see her in May.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

If you would like Paul we can set a challenge where I can't mention Chan untill I go to see her in May.Penalty: one finger chopped off for each mention of Chan or Cat Power

[Lukas]

I think you all are a little to eager to point fingers. I have a healthy obsession with Pavement and I bring up Stephen Malkmus in conversation about once a day, but that doesn't mean I have to have someone analyze my tendencies and make fun. Let the man be, he just has a passion. One that he wishes to spread to others, like DavidLeeRoth here.

[Lukas]

Penalty: one finger chopped off for each mention of Chan or Cat Power
Yo I think you're getting a little too metal for me these days. ;)

[johansen smith]

Here's something to consider: don't refer to musicians, authors, or celebrities of any kind solely by their first names. Use their full names, which denotes that you are not, you know, friends with them. In text when referring back continuously, abbreviate by using the last name. Only call friends, relatives, acquaintances, and intimates by their first name. I'm not friends with Alec Baldwin, so I wouldn't talk about how "Alec was great in Glengarry Glen Ross." You're not friends with Chan Marshall, calling her Chan is just creepy.

[Joel]

Bbbbbut I saw a Baldwin (not Alec, can't remember which one) at a party recently!

[Paul]

I have a healthy obsession with Pavement and I bring up Stephen Malkmus in conversation about once a day, but that doesn't mean I have to have someone analyze my tendencies and make fun. Yeah, um... I should give you a pass on that because why? Malkmus uber-reverance is second to none in my ever-growing list of things people do to annoy me.

[tinobeat]

well, Lukas, I do remember you being at least as obsessive about SM and being called on it in much the same way..

I don't mean to start a shitstorm!

Also, I don't have a single artist I'm more enthusiastic about overall forever. One week I'll be more excited about one person, another week another. And then of course there's the pantheon of "favorite bands" but I tend to be more excited about learning about more and more music rather than just digging deep on one artist.

that's just how I operate, though...

[pizzagratis]

I can sympathize with you guys...if I only had a nickel for every time someone told me to shut up about Alan Jackson on this board...

[Lukas]

well, Lukas, I do remember you being at least as obsessive about SM and being called on it in much the same way..


I can safely say I'm now down to listening the the jicks/pavement on a weekly basis compared to what used to be hourly. The Jicks new stuff ripps though so I might revert back to my old ways soon...

[Patrick]

There's nothing wrong with being a fan... NOTHING!

Patrick

[tinobeat]

oh no! scolded!

:)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Ha! Pwned!

[Moon Pix]

Penalty: one finger chopped off for each mention of Chan or Cat Power

HCI is implementing Shariyan law!:eek:

[davidleeroth]

I love Van Halen, but I don't talk about them all the time!

Shame on you! *shakes head*

[Moon Pix]

There's nothing wrong with being a fan... NOTHING!

Patrick

Thankyou for backing me up Pat. Im still not going to mention her though till after the London show just to prove to y'all.:p

[Spion Kop]

Thankyou for backing me up Pat. Im still not going to mention her though till after the London show just to prove to y'all.:p

Have you seen your sig?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Thankyou for backing me up Pat. Im still not going to mention her though till after the London show just to prove to y'all.:pThat's one finger . . .

[Moon Pix]

That's one finger . . .

Oh come on man, Im not gonna just change my username and signature. I mean no meaning in posts.

[dola]

This challenge could backfire very badly. If you take the one voice of sanity out of the Cat Power forum then what's to stop things from getting out of control over there? They may spill over on down throughout the Matador roster until reaching here!

Upcoming Ian Svenonius' Soft Focus interview with newly minted Mrs. Marshall: http://www.vbs.tv/shows/index.php?show=Soft%20Focus

[Paul]

Upcoming Ian Svenonius' Soft Focus interview with newly minted Mrs. Marshall: http://www.vbs.tv/shows/index.php?show=Soft%20Focus Chan Marshall...whatevs. He's interviewing ANDREW WK!!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Thankyou for backing me up Pat. Im still not going to mention her though till after the London show just to prove to y'all.:pOh come on man, Im not gonna just change my username and signature. I mean no meaning in posts."Im still not going to mention her" is, in fact, mentioning her. Be careful, you've only got nine fingers left. :D

[Moon Pix]

"Im still not going to mention her" is, in fact, mentioning her. Be careful, you've only got nine fingers left. :D

Does this mean my guitar playing is over?;)

[tinobeat]

Does this mean my guitar playing is over?;)

did having less than 10 functioning fingers stop Django and Jerry Garcia? of course not! you're a trooper!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

did having less than 10 functioning fingers stop Django and Jerry Garcia? of course not! you're a trooper!George Reinecke of Tav Falco's Panther Burns had just a single finger on his right hand (I'm guessing it was a birth defect) and he was amazing.

[Patrick]

George Reinecke of Tav Falco's Panther Burns had just a single finger on his right hand (I'm guessing it was a birth defect) and he was amazing.

I have to say, we have a good discussion group here.

Patrick

[Lukas]

Ha! Pwned!
hahahahahahaha that's what my hardcore buddy always says. I think it's a video game reference right?

[Paul]

hahahahahahaha that's what my hardcore buddy always says. I think it's a video game reference right? I think it's pre-L33T netspeak.

[tinobeat]

y3s, "pwned" c0m3s fr0m t3h d3pths 0f 1337-sp34k & b3y0nd...

Patrick, I can only hope, from my experiences all over, that our group here has shown itself to be something truly special. Anywhere else and this would have taken a turn for the truly idiotic, but you guys run a great ship here..

[pabost]

Dr. Dog - We All Belong
The Oblivians - The Best of the Worst, '93-'97
Ris Paul Ric - Purple Blaze (been looking for this forever and finally found it used)
Soft Circle - Full Bloom
Nobody - And Everything Else
Hisato Higuchi - Dialogue
Chris Stamey and Yo La Tengo - V.O.T.E.

[earl grey]

Chris Stamey and Yo La Tengo - V.O.T.E.

what's this?

[pabost]

I heard a track off of it on WFMU (I think it was Evan "Funk" Davies' show). It's a record by Chris Stamey of the d.b's with YLT as his backing band. I downloaded what I think to be the original release from eMusic, but if I understand correctly, it was rereleased under the moniker "The Chris Stamey Experience" with extra tracks by Yep Roc a year after its initial release. I'm digging it, especially the Television cover ("Venus").

[johansen smith]

Oh wow I forgot all about that rec

[vesper]

jim o'rourke, i'm happy, and i'm singing, and a 1, 2, 3, 4
times new viking, present the paisley reich
gonzalez, solo piano
some fonal records sampler. awesome stuff.

[tinobeat]

purchased today:

Harry Nilsson (w/ John Lennon) - Pussy Cats LP
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers LP
Various - A Drag City Supersession LP

[the Pawnbroker]

purchased today:
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers LP


I just bought the CD a few weeks ago. "Goin' Back," "Wasn't Born To Follow" and "Change Is Now" are great. It's the bridge between the early folk-rock stuff and the later country-rock.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

HCI, can you recommend me some good Atlanta bands?:)Forgot about Motor 76 (http://www.motor76.us)

[Funk]

Mary Weiss Dangerous Game LP (Norton) Has this album been slept on by the Reigning Sound fans on this board? More than half of the album is written by Greg Cartwright, he co-produced and RS are the backing band on this comeback album by the lead singer of the frickin' Shangri-Las! The Compulsive Gamblers' "Stop and Think It Over" finally becomes the 1960s girl group song it always sounded like.

[Dave]

Mary Weiss Dangerous Game LP (Norton) Has this album been slept on by the Reigning Sound fans on this board? More than half of the album is written by Greg Cartwright, he co-produced and RS are the backing band on this comeback album by the lead singer of the frickin' Shangri-Las! The Compulsive Gamblers' "Stop and Think It Over" finally becomes the 1960s girl group song it always sounded like.

This record it pretty amazing.

Dave

[jef]

I'm looking forward to getting it next week..

Did anyone see them on the Conan O'Brien show the other night? Not too great, but still looking forward to the record...

[tinobeat]

Mary Weiss Dangerous Game LP (Norton) Has this album been slept on by the Reigning Sound fans on this board? More than half of the album is written by Greg Cartwright, he co-produced and RS are the backing band on this comeback album by the lead singer of the frickin' Shangri-Las! The Compulsive Gamblers' "Stop and Think It Over" finally becomes the 1960s girl group song it always sounded like.

Its on my weekend shopping list along with the new Neil Young...

[Paul]

I just bought the new Moonbabies cd, but it probably won't get here for a few weeks (Parasol says May 1st). :(

[Lukas]

In the past week:

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible CD - I'm getting it on vinyl too, once it comes out.
The United States Of America - S/T Vinyl
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Vinyl

[sostark]

vynil crazy

Sea And Cake - Nassau 2XLP
Sea And Cake - The Biz
Television - Marquee Moon
Dead Meadow s/t
Wes Montgomery Trio - Dynamic New Sound/Round Midnight
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills

In the mail

Pavement - Terror Twilight
Jonathan Richman - Rockin' & Romance

[Salman]

I finally got my hands on the 9 volume Love, Peace & Poetry compilation. Can't wait to absorb all of that!

Also bought:

Oneida - Each One Teach One
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs
Lavender Diamond - The Cavalry of Light

[tinobeat]

I finally got my hands on the 9 volume Love, Peace & Poetry compilation. Can't wait to absorb all of that!

Did it get released as one monolithic set? Or did you get each one separately?

[Lukas]

Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs



VINYL?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Salman]

Did it get released as one monolithic set? Or did you get each one separately?

No, I got each one seperately used for $12 bones each. A bit of a hefty price to pay, but it seemed worth it.

VINYL?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope, CD.

[Lukas]

Okay, cause if it was vinyl - you know you would be my hero.

[tinobeat]

nah, he'd just be pretty rich, I'm guessing!


Also, Salman, that's cool about the Love Peace and Poetry sets. I feel like those are pretty solid all the way through, so $108 isn't a huge price to pay for 9 sick international garage comps...

I've heard the Brazilian, Mexican, Japanese and Turkish ones. What are the other 5?

[Salman]

nah, he'd just be pretty rich, I'm guessing!


Also, Salman, that's cool about the Love Peace and Poetry sets. I feel like those are pretty solid all the way through, so $108 isn't a huge price to pay for 9 sick international garage comps...

I've heard the Brazilian, Mexican, Japanese and Turkish ones. What are the other 5?

America, Asia, Africa (this one is off the hook!), Latin America and Britain.

[Joel]

i thought that mellow candle had been reissued pretty recently on vinyl? i could be wrong, tho.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

It's definitely been reissued on CD recently with the two sides of their 1968 debut 45 as bonus tracks. I don't think any other CD version has included those.

[Dave]

i thought that mellow candle had been reissued pretty recently on vinyl? i could be wrong, tho.
Two recent LP "reissues" One on Acme (most likely kind of legit, and decently priced) and one on Tapestry (most likely not entirely legit and very expensive as well).

It is a great record.

Dave

[Lukas]

Gonna grab the miracle fortress lp and hopefully beach house's debut on vinyl if cheap thrills have it.

[awol]

The Jesus Lizard- Down
Railroad Jerk- Raise The Plow
Sic Alps- Semi Streets
Turpentine Brothers/Cococoma- split
Turpentine Brothers- Get Your Mind Off Me
The Shadow Ring- I'm Some Songs
Souled American- Flubber
Salem 66- s/t ep

[Patrick]

Salem 66- s/t ep

Vinyl... on Homestead? ... or was it Radiobeat? either way an awesome selection.

Patrick

[Patrick]

Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs

VINYL?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Btw... you guys all know I hate reissues, especially vinyl reissues of classically recorded analog joyousness like this record. And I have to admit, I've never heard a Deram original.

But I have to say, if you can score one of the late '90s pressings from the Korean label Si-Wan of this particular record, it is *amazing*. And one of my most purist friends says it competes with the Deram. Mind you, that's hearsay. But if you can find the Si-Wan, buy it!

Patrick

[awol]

Yup, it's the vinyl on Homestead. Found, unopened, for cheap at Twisted Village. Haven't listened yet, but that Souled American LP is great!

[yovan]

The Ponys :: Turn the Lights Out
Ted Leo/Rx :: Living with the Living
Albert Hammond Jr. :: Yours to Keep

[Lukas]

Silver Apples - The Garden 2x Vinyl
Dr. Dog - We All Belong CD
Peter Bjorn & John - Writer's Block CD
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder CD
Arcade Fire - Wake Up 7"
Arcade Fire - Cold Wind/Brazil 7" --- AWESOMENESS!
Miracle Fortress - Have You Seen in Your Dreams 12"

[vesper]

i picked up a sub rosa compilation called double articulation -> another plateau, a tribute to french philosopher gilles deleuze. that i know this makes me a total snob, but i couldn't very easily pass up a disc with main remixing oval, oval remixing themselves, and mouse on mars mixing every artist on the compilation!

[ShadySides]

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (OST) (LP)
France Gall - Le Disque D'Or De France Gall (LP)
Francoise Hardy - Chante Ses Succes (LP)
Thee Headcoats - The Earls of Suavedom (LP)
Los Mockers - The Original Recordings 1965-1967 (LP)

[vesper]

scott walker, climate of the hunter
justine d, rvng mx5
jdh & dave p, go commando mix

the names jdh & dave p attracted my eye cos i recognize them, but i don't know how. i certainly haven't ever seen them spin. the playlist looks kinda eh and dated for a mix that came out in 2007, but i like a lot of the songs and it was cheap. it's nice to have them all in one place.

[earl grey]

jdh & dave p, go commando mix

the names jdh & dave p attracted my eye cos i recognize them, but i don't know how. i certainly haven't ever seen them spin. the playlist looks kinda eh and dated for a mix that came out in 2007, but i like a lot of the songs and it was cheap. it's nice to have them all in one place.

they're the two DJs behind the fixed party in NYC - where optimo always plays, soulwax, etc. fun DJs and really nice guys.

lately for me:

:: the field - from here we go to sublime. simply stunning.
:: gui boratto - chromaphobia. overshadowed by the field for me so far.
:: deerhoof - friend opportunity. best deerhoof record IMO since 'apple o'' or maybe even 'reveille.' can't get enough.
:: baby teeth - the simp
:: the sea and cake - everybody
:: au revoir simone - voices of comfort, assurance, and salvation
:: delia gonzalez + gavin russom - days of mars. still seething over missing their recent (horribly publicized) gigs here.
:: white magic - dat rosa mel apibus

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Picked up the Sly & The Family Stone box set at BestBuy the other day. They have it on sale this week for only $50 and it comes with a BB-exclusive (two song) DVD.

[Joel]

deerhunter, "cryptograms" 2lp (comes with an ep on side 4 i think)
stars of the lid, "and their refinement of the decline" 2cd
peace, bread and land band lp
coloured balls, "ball power" lp

[earl grey]

lately for me:


ha! just realized i dumped my latest listening in the completely wrong thread.

[Fiona]

deerhunter, "cryptograms" 2lp (comes with an ep on side 4 i think)

Southern has a Cryptograms Plus listed on its release schedule. I wonder if that's it?

[Fayarin]

I'm going to buy the new Joanna Newsom EP, Joanna Newsom & The Ys Street Band, tomorrow. Can't hardly wait! :D

[rhoops]

Russian Circles - Enter 2nd pressing black vinyl with pink splash (keep in mind for any future LOD release. . .:D )
Death Of Samantha - Come All Ye Faithless
999 - s/t
Minutemen - 3-Way Tie (For Last)

[Joel]

got these yesterday too:

snake apartment/work death split 12"
dust devils, "geek drip" ep (ole-003)
schlammpeitziger, "freundlichbaracudamelodieliedgut" lp
born against, "the rebel sound of shit and failure" lp
the james gang, "yer' album" lp

[awol]

The Great Plains- Colorized!
The Great Plains- Naked at the Buy Sell & Trade
The Ponys- So Sentimental
Nurse & Soldier- Marginalia
Blues Control- Puff
Miss Alex White & The Red Orchestra- s/t

[ShadySides]

Pavement - Demolition Plot J-7 7"
Jay Reatard - Blood Visions LP
The Dirtbombs - If You Don't Already Have a Look 2CD

[Patrick]

Pavement - Demolition Plot J-7 7"

Expensive?

[A-Squared]

Seefeel - Quique: Redux Edition 2CD

I just picked this up over lunch and started with the second disc, so far, so good.

Now if they would just do a redux edition of the More Like Space and Pure, Impure EPs!

[ShadySides]

Expensive?

Well, I'm not sure how much one is supposed to pay for these things, but it was $30, which to me is well worth it. The sleeve is in very good condition and the record itself is near mint.

This actually brings up a subject I've been wondering about. How do you as a collector determine what you should pay for a record? I've been looking at all these 60's and 70's Brazilian records on GEMM and while there are records I'd really like to have, the prices can be somewhat steep and I'm wondering if there are more economical ways of acquiring them.

[Patrick]

popsike.com

[ShadySides]

Ah, yes. I encountered that in my incessant trolling of vinyl asylum. I guess I was just hoping that some of those records could be found cheaper.

Patrick, do you ever go to estate or yard sales in the NYC area? Is there a good resource for finding these?

[Dave]

Ah, yes. I encountered that in my incessant trolling of vinyl asylum. I guess I was just hoping that some of those records could be found cheaper.

Patrick, do you ever go to estate or yard sales in the NYC area? Is there a good resource for finding these?

I myself don't make a habit of hitting up these things specifically, but over the years have stumbled on a few "stoop sales" with some good record finds.

In terms of finding rare records the NYC area has always been a double edged sword. With such a large population of people from all over there always has been and always will be a ton of exotic, interesting records in the marketplace here, but you will almost never find them priced below their current or percieved value. Of course, in this internet age this is becoming a worldwide issue, so if you're looking for the heavy hitters you've got some soul searching to do on what you're comfortable with paying etc.

Dave

[ShadySides]

Thanks!!!!

[Patrick]

The internet, fortunately or unfortunately, is making prices rational. While this undermines the chances of getting a bargain, it also decreases the chances of getting ripped off.

High prices on common items are being forced down (and some records previously thought "rare" are turning out to be common, as eBay draws them from their nooks and crannies)... and low prices on rare items are climbing.

The only problem is that the fixed costs of auctioning and shipping a single record are quite high... much higher than the cost of a record store in the old days keeping a record in its 99-cent bin (or even miscellaneous R). This means that the supercheap deals are dwindling fast.

Patrick

[rhoops]

Railroad Jerk - s/t
No Age - Get Hurt EP
Silkworm - Developer
The Evens - Get Evens

[Funk]

The Stooges The Weirdness 2LP Well, of course the good tracks would be the ones exclusive to the vinyl.

Constantines/Unintended LP I'd never heard the Constantines before, but based on their side, consisting of 4 Neil Young covers, that was probably a good thing. Awful, awful soulless indie rock. The Unintended side, consisting of four Gordon Lightfoot songs, by these relative veterans-- Rick White (Eric's Trip, Elevator), Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) and the Sadies (the Sadies)-- show the kidz how it's supposed to be done.

Optimo Walkabout CD Only listened to the first 1/3, but good stuff so far. Only Wilkes had anything to do with the mix, though, Twitch fans.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The Stooges The Weirdness 2LP Well, of course the good tracks would be the ones exclusive to the vinyl.
How many extras on the vinyl? What I've heard of the CD has been rather . . . disappointing

Constantines/Unintended LP I'd never heard the Constantines before, but based on their side, consisting of 4 Neil Young covers, that was probably a good thing. Awful, awful soulless indie rock. The Unintended side, consisting of four Gordon Lightfoot songs, by these relative veterans-- Rick White (Eric's Trip, Elevator), Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) and the Sadies (the Sadies)-- show the kidz how it's supposed to be done.Didn't know about this release but the Constantines' first two albums are excellent (third is so-so). How can you call them "awful soulless indie rock" when all you've heard is them covering Neil Young?

I've been going mailorder crazy, what with being house-bound and all:

Birushanah Touta CD
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Abbatoir Blues Tour dbl-DVD/dbl-CD
Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers Bongos Over Balham dbl-CD ← deluxe remaster of the second LP by Snakefinger's pub rock band
Dead Raven Choir Selenoclast Wolves CD
Elekibass Mystic Brothers Magick Sister CD
The Fall Reformation! Post-TLC CD
Flap Buldug's or The Kid Is Hott Tonight CD
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Kobe Kobe Yee !! CD
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo Live!! CD/DVD
Jacks Super Session CD ← followup to Vacant World
Nachtmystium Eulogy IV CD ← expanded version
Parenthetical Girls (((GRRRLS))) CD ← already have the vinyl
Parenthetical Girls Safe As Houses CD
Raising the Fawn By the Warmth of Your Flame CD
Rose Tattoo Blood Brothers CD
Bic Runga Sway CD single ← Austrian version (diff. b-sides in diff. countries)
Samhain Final Descent CD ← expanded remaster
Scorpions Lonesome Crow CD ← deluxe remaster on Brain
16-17 Human Distortion CD EP
Stalaggh Nihilistik Terrror CD
Unearthly Trance The Axis Is Shifting 10"
Warning Watching from a Distance CD
The Alan Milman Sect + Man-Ka-Zam Stitches CD collection of late 70s recordings by both bands (same members)
Bishamon comp. CD

A good number of the above have either been via Amazon marketplace sellers or via eBay Buy It Now! so I've not spent nearly as much as it appears. On the other hand, the Elekibass CD was around $30, as the only way I could get it was via Tower Records in Japan (http://r.tower.jp/WL3NR0O9A) and the only shipping option they offer to the USA is EMS, which runs around $10 for a single CD.

[maroonwalrus]

The Fall Reformation! Post-TLC CD

What do you think of this? Opinions seem pretty polarized among those I've spoken with about it, and I haven't yet had the opportunity to hear it...

Shopping in L'don:
13th Floor Elevators -- Easter Everywhere
The Soft Boys -- Invisible Hits
The Orgone Box -- Things That Happened Then
The Orgone Box -- S/T
Steve Reich -- Phases: A Nonesuch Retrospective 5xCD (only $40 new, quite the deal)
Todd -- Forget the Minions tour 7" (Karp cover on the a-side, nuts!)

[awol]

Blues Control- A Full Tank cd-r
Home Blitz- Apocalyptic Grades 2005 A.D. 7"
Home Blitz/Friends & Family cassette
Hutch & Kathy- s/t cd
Scratch Acid- The Greatest Gift cd
The Proper Nouns- Birds & Butterflies cd
Cheater Slicks- Refried Dreams cd

[Miss Tasty Princess]

What do you think of [the new album by The Fall]? Opinions seem pretty polarized among those I've spoken with about it, and I haven't yet had the opportunity to hear it...Hasn't arrived in the mail yet so I don't know yet. :(

[Moon Pix]

Royal Trux - Cats & Dogs
Nas - Stillmatic

[Lukas]

Joan Baez - The Best Of Joan C. Baez

[Moon Pix]

If you would like Paul we can set a challenge where I can't mention Chan untill I go to see her in May.

CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT CAT POWER!!!!!!!!

I never want to be criticised for my Cat Power fandom again.:)

[Futureman]

The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Velvet Underground - Loaded
Velvet Underground - While Light/While Heat

Yes. I'm just now getting around to buying some VU.

[Lukas]

CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT POWER CAT CAT POWER!!!!!!!!

I never want to be criticised for my Cat Power fandom again.:)

Well done, you're a new man!

[Moon Pix]

Well done, you're a new man!

Is this correct about them picking on you Lukas just cause you like Malkmus?

[Lukas]

That and the fact that my grammar is far superior to their's.

EDIT: exactly

[Moon Pix]

That and the fact that my grammar is far superior than their's.

Don't you mean to theirs?

[Fiona]

Don't you mean to theirs?

Surely http://matadorbb.bway.net/showpost.php?p=55168&postcount=182?

Moon Pix, register your complaints here (http://matadorbb.bway.net/showthread.php?t=4049)

[Moon Pix]

Surely http://matadorbb.bway.net/showpost.php?p=55168&postcount=182?

Moon Pix, register your complaints here (http://matadorbb.bway.net/showthread.php?t=4049)

Coincidentally Ive just watched a DVD I rented off Amazon called Bushisms which is basically taking the piss out of his mispronuncifications.;)

[Salman]

Someone is selling everything below for $400. I own about 30 in the entire lot, and I'm familiar with about 70%, at least by name, of the artists. I'd be stupid not to get this, right?

Andrew Thomas - Fearsome Jewel LP [Kompakt]
Apparat - Duplex LP
Apparat - Sizilium EPx2
Arovane - Tides LP
Autophonic - Bathrobin EP 12"
B. Fleischmann - Poploops For Breakfast LP
B. Fleischmann - Sidonie EP 12"
Barbara Morgenstern - Ein Verabredung 10"
Bjork - Alarm Call (Bjeck Mixes) 12"
Boards Of Canada - Campfire Headphase LPx2 (Warp)
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi LPx3
Boards Of Canada - Hi Scores 12"
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children LPx2
Boards Of Canada - Peel Session 12"
Bomb The Bass & Lali Puna - Clearcut 12"
Borko - Trees And Limbo 12"
Cat Power - Moon Pix LP
Cathode - Special Measures LP
Christian Kleine - Beyond Repair LP
Christian Kleine - Real Ghosts LP
Christian Kleine - Valis LP
Chronomad - s/t 12"
Chronomad - Sokut LP
Clickits - September Sounds Like This 12"
Cloinc - Lonely Bits LPx2
Console - Reset The Preset LPx2
Crunch - 10"
Crunch - The Laurel EP 12"
Deru - Pushing Soil 10"
Dialect - Buildings With Towns In LP
Digitonal - 23 Things Fall Apart LP
Dijf Sanders - Dijf 12"
Dijf Sanders - Mating Season LP
DNTEL - (This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan 12"
Donato Wharton - Trabanten LP
EU - Wienn / Srez 7"
Four Tet - Pause LP
Four Tet - Rounds LPx2
Funkstorung - Disconnected LPx2
Glanta - Luchtung 12"
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists LPx2
Greenbank - Rotating The Square 12"
Guineo - Toss Tones 12"
Harco Pront - Epos 12"
Harco Pront - Jibberish LPx2
Harco Pront - Skifo EP 12"
Hood - Cold House LP
Kaman Leung - Shifting Shapes EP 12"
Lemon Jelly - Spacewalk 10"
Lilienthal - Anti-Matter 10"
Lowfish - Eliminator LP
M83 - Run Into Flowers 12"
Machine Drum - Half The Battle 12"
Machine Drum - Half The Battle 2 12"
Machine Drum - Half The Battle 3 12"
Machine Drum - Now Your Know LPx2
Machine Drum - Urban Biology LPx2
Manyfingers - s/t LP
Masha Qurella - Unsolved Remained LPx2 (Morr Music)
Matthew Herbert - On Your Feet 12" (Soundslike)
Max Tundra - Mastered By Guy At The Exchange LP
Metamatics - Remixes 10"
Michael Fakesch - Marion LPx2
Minotaur Shock - Motoring Briain EP 12"
Modeselektor - In Loving Memory 12"
Mouse On Mars - Cache Couer Naif 12"
Mouse On Mars - Niun Niggung LPx2
Mouse On Mars - Radical Connector LP
Mr. Projectile - Love Here 12"
Ms. John Soda - No P. Or D. LP (Morr Music)
Multiplex - Pinghaus Frequencies LP
Mum - Finally We Are No One 10"x2
Okara - Months Like Years LP
Out Hud - One Life To Leave 12"
Paddington Breaks - Smart But Casual 12"
Phako - Structure Hierarchies 12"
Phoenecia - Odd Jobs 12"
Piano Magic - Panic Amigo 12" (Morr Music)
Pizzicato Five - Five By Five 12"
Populous - Quipo LP (Morr Music)
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher LPx2
Psapp - Buttons And War EP 12"
Psapp - Do Something Wrong EP 12"
Push Button Objects - Unauthorized 12"
Richard Coleman Devine - Schematic 005 12"
Secret Frequency Crew - Deep Blue 12"
Sigur Ros - Svefn-G-Englar 12"
Solvent - A Panel Of Experts 7"
Solvent / Lowfish - Statue From Zimbabwe 12"
Sonovac - EP EP 12"
Styrofoam - A Short Album About Murder LP
Susumu Yokota - Grinning Cat LPx2
Susumu Yokota - Sakura LPx2
Swap - swp4mas1 12"
Team Doyobi - Push Chairs For Grown Ups LP
The Books - Lemon Of Pink LP
The Books - Thought For Food LP
Thinking Felers Union Local 282 - Strangers From The Universe LP
Tied & Tickled Trio - Observing Systemes LPx2
Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Trains Passing By LP
VA - Assorted Pieces 10" (ft Lowfish, Pluxus, etc)
VA - Dosage 2 12" (ft Xela, Machinedrum, etc)
VA - Dublab: Summer Selections 12" (ft Prefuse 73, Beneath Autumn Sky, etc)
VA - Kollektiv3 12" (on Bpitch Control, ft Feadz, Modeselektor, etc)
VA - Mas Confusion LPx2 (ft Metamatics, Lusine, Xela, Autophonic, Michael Fakesch, Mr. Projectile, etc)
VA - Rapid Transit LPx3 (ft Prefuse73, Push-Button Objects, Roots Manuva, Dose One, El-P, etc)
VA - Ru.Electronic (russian IDM) LPx2
VA - Station LPx2 (ft Sofalofa, Michael Manning, Yellotone, etc)
Xela - Frosty Mornings And Summer Nights LP
Xela - Tangled Wool LP

[Lukas]

crooked rain VINYL reissue. The last time I went to buy crcr on vinyl - God kicked me in the ass when this guy, who I opened the door for on the way in, beat me to the last copy. Not this time buddy!

[Lukas]

four tet and steve reid - tongues

[otto midnight]

blank dogs - yellow mice sleep 7"
the a side is very lo-fi, reminds me of early sebadoh with early pavement catchiness.

white savage - destroy your style b/w orphans (teenage jesus & the jerks cover) 7"

[tinobeat]

ooh, my interest is now piqued for this Blank Dogs biz..

I bought the new 2CD Guided By Voices "Live in Austin" set. Its, um, OK. I think those shows were incredible to experience firsthand, but hearing him slurring and forgetting the words to I Am A Scientist loses its charm when you're stuck in traffic and just looking to rock.

Live albums are tough that way, though. Still glad I got it!

[johansen smith]

selling a live album in the age of most musicians allowing live show torrents just seems unnecessary

[otto midnight]

tino, it was surprising to me because it doesn't sound like anything else he's/they've done before.

[9000]

tino, it was surprising to me because it doesn't sound like anything else he's/they've done before.

explain me this.

[Dave]

Although I have not heard this Blank Dogs 7" yet I belive that Otto is saying that the 7" is unlike the Blank Dogs 12" that is out (which is pretty cool). Mr. Blank Dog is also in a band that sounds nothing like the Blank Dogs (D.C. Snipers).

Dave

[Miss Tasty Princess]

selling a live album in the age of most musicians allowing live show torrents just seems unnecessaryTorrents don't come with artwork or play on my home or car stereo. They also can't be sold at a profit on eBay. :D

[otto midnight]

Although I have not heard this Blank Dogs 7" yet I belive that Otto is saying that the 7" is unlike the Blank Dogs 12" that is out (which is pretty cool). Mr. Blank Dog is also in a band that sounds nothing like the Blank Dogs (D.C. Snipers).

Dave

that's it exactly. the song on the a side sounds different, the two on the b side are pretty similar to previous output.

i did not know that mr blank dog was in the dc snipers, i was listening to the shop fronts/snipers split this evening.

[tinobeat]

oh awesome. I have the DC Snipers/Tampoffs split, and that's fantastic, I'll definitely look more into these. What labels are we looking at?

Releasing live albums in the age of torrents is as weird as releasing regular albums in the age of torrents. Some bands may allow for the material to be free, some might not be so stoked on it. A live album, also has to be recorded, mixed, performed, which separates it from a mere bootleg. Also, I think assuming everyones a savvy taper/torrenter isn't the best marketing a band can do. Hell, to this day there are still "official" releases of Dead shows (some of those Dicks Picks CDs are stunning), because the tapes/torrents will only take you so far.

[Patrick]

Releasing live albums in the age of torrents is as weird as releasing regular albums in the age of torrents. Some bands may allow for the material to be free, some might not be so stoked on it. A live album, also has to be recorded, mixed, performed, which separates it from a mere bootleg. Also, I think assuming everyones a savvy taper/torrenter isn't the best marketing a band can do. Hell, to this day there are still "official" releases of Dead shows (some of those Dicks Picks CDs are stunning), because the tapes/torrents will only take you so far.

Hurrah, tinobeat.

Patrick

[Dean]

selling a live album in the age of most musicians allowing live show torrents just seems unnecessary

My favorite CD so far this year was Neil Young's "Live At Massey Hall." I've never understood why people expect live music to be free. I guess it has something to do with an idea that live performances are substandard listening to studio albums. But for a lot of great bands, (The Who, Cheap Trick) half their reputation rests on live albums that were better than their studio counterparts.

[vesper]

I've never understood why people expect live music to be free. I guess it has something to do with an idea that live performances are substandard listening to studio albums.

i think it also has to do with old school ideas that performances are temporary and can't be commodified in the same way that a studio recording can.

-edit-

not that studio recordings aren't also performances, but there is something about liveness that a lot of people once thought (and i guess still think) dams up the circulation of products.

-edit again-

not that johansen necessarily thinks this, just speaking generally.

[dola]

a show is a shared experience. regardless of how much production is done after the fact, no one mixes the 'live' out of a recording whose value is bound up to a large degree in the feeling generated. so people (in the abstract) that participate on some level in the creation of what becomes a commodity alienated from and sold back to them are understandably uncomfortable. is this primarily a struggle between artists and fans? i'm not sure.

[otto midnight]

What labels are we looking at?




Hozac Records, run by Todd Novak and Brett Cross the dudes who used to publish Horizontal Action. They do a tremendous job with the packaging of the first 100 records, the spider 7" came with a booklet and an armband, the white savage record came in a fur sleeve, i don't remember what was up with the volt record. You may want to contact them quick because i'm guessing they're probably sold out and you'll have to find a copy via whomever is distributing the records.

[Elijah]

a show is a shared experience. regardless of how much production is done after the fact, no one mixes the 'live' out of a recording whose value is bound up to a large degree in the feeling generated. so people (in the abstract) that participate on some level in the creation of what becomes a commodity alienated from and sold back to them are understandably uncomfortable. is this primarily a struggle between artists and fans? i'm not sure.Sounds to me like it's a struggle between people who put their talent and sweat into recording music (i.e. "artists"), and people who believe that watching and listening as other people put their talent and sweat into recording music somehow makes them special (i.e. fans who suffer from a massively over-inflated sense of entitlement).
.

[Lukas]

Back in the day, I was very into trading live bootlegs, but I've since become apathetic with the whole trading community. Aside from a few tapers, most recording are of low quality that only degrade the artist's actual performace. At the moment, I only know of one persion who 'produces' high quality live recordings, and when I say 'produces' - I mean that a matrix is used. A matrix is a multiple source recording that is blended to achieve the closest resemblence to the actual show. Modern bootlegs are pretty much unlistenable IMO, so as long as the quality sucks, recording shows should not be too much of an issue. They're just worthless recordings that are held dearly by obsessed fans who have lost sight of the quality of music they are listening to.

[dola]

Sounds to me like it's a struggle between people who put their talent and sweat into recording music (i.e. "artists"), and people who believe that watching and listening as other people put their talent and sweat into recording music somehow makes them special (i.e. fans who suffer from a massively over-inflated sense of entitlement).
.


oh the solitary genius, whittling her vision in a vacuum completely outside of the rest of society. this particular system is built on commodity production and i don't expect musicians of all people to step up and be self-negating angels. outside of the compulsions at work here though, it seems to me that when the results of talent and sweat are displayed to the public, those performances necessarily become collaborative efforts, or else why not just sell what is recorded live in an empty studio? i'm talking about enjoying and sharing these experiences with others, not feeling *entitled* to profit off of someone else's hard work. on the contrary, i think your notion of entitlement reflects troubling and widespread conceptions that serve to relegate artists into their own special class, outside of and ultimately not especially concerned with their important role in the wider whole.

say we play little league together and my mom happens to videotape you tossing a brilliant 7 inning, 2 hit shutout. does that mean that everytime we show it to our friends you need to get paid $.99 an inning? wow that was the most strained analogy i've ever made.

[tinobeat]

I think you guys are getting a little too "lit-crit" on what's a pretty straightforward business transaction.

Bootlegs:
A performer plays copyrighted material in front of a (more often than not) paying crowd. If the performer consents to having that recording taped by said public (an increasing number of bands), then yes, that bootleg becomes public domain, in a way. There's an unspoken agreement that that specific recording will not be sold for profit, just shared, hence the existence of taper communities. For someone to sell said bootlegs would be heresy to these traders. I used to be one of them, but, like Lukas, I got tired of sifting through sub-par recordings of sub-par performances, though I did get a few amazing gems from that time.

Now, when a band or venue actually goes through the trouble of doing a proper job of recording the performance, meaning putting together a more competent mix of soundboard vs. room mics, mastering said mix, pressing said recordings onto wax or plastic and packaging it all up, and promoted, it becomes no different from a studio album, save for the source material. Now, if the show being mixed and mastered and packaged and released was also once available as bootleg, there's still no conflict, because they're essentially different things. Its not about the songs, its not about the performance, its about the way its delivered to the public.

There's the whole other issue of copyrights and whatnot, but that's a bit more technical than I know...

[dola]

shit sorry - tino THANK YOU for defining the terms. it makes me realize how i muddied the waters with the little league part. bootlegging is something most everyone can agree on hopefully, irrespective of quality and distribution (assuming no sale). i still maintain that something, and not "freebird!" from the back, is captured and added to the end result, before mixing, artwork, etc., that complicates questions of individual ownership. i mean, if you want to get into it, i saw another asshole last night (not bright eyes) ripping dylan off with abandon. could i say any of those 'originals' were really even his, or a stalled attempt at contributing to the ancient and specialized human conversation that we call art? haha i'm kidding. i'll stop this now.

[Elijah]

say we play little league together and my mom happens to videotape you tossing a brilliant 7 inning, 2 hit shutout. does that mean that everytime we show it to our friends you need to get paid $.99 an inning?No one involved in the little league game is earning a livelihood from it, and no one watches a little league game if they don't have a real-life personal connection to one of the players.

And sure, every single member of the audience does add something to a live recording; but if you replaced anyone in that audience with someone else, no one listening to the recording would know or care. In that regard, the audience's contribution is inconsequential.
.

[dola]

and no one watches a little league game if they don't have a real-life personal connection to one of the players.

oh yes they do, and not just in good will hunting. especially since the yankees have a fork in them, but i digress.

[awol]

Home Blitz/Friends & Family- split cassette
Pedro The Lion- Winners Never Quit cd
the dB's- Stands for Decibels/Repercussion cd
Magazine- Secondhand Daylight cd
Jay Reatard- Night of Broken Glass 12"

[otto midnight]

Jay Reatard- Night of Broken Glass 12"


did you order this from in the red? i ordered that and the sultanic verses but have been waiting, at times more patiently than others, for the postman to bring it.

[awol]

did you order this from in the red? i ordered that and the sultanic verses but have been waiting, at times more patiently than others, for the postman to bring it.

yeah i did. came quick actually, not to rub it in or anything...

[otto midnight]

mine was waiting for me when i got home.

[tinobeat]

I'm still waiting for that exact order (Reatard + Sultan), but its only been about a week. come home soon, rekkids!

Other recent purchases:
Luxurious Bags - Voluntary Lifelong Quarantine/From Heaven To My Mind CD
Luxurious Bags - Frayed Knots CD (Tom Leonard is a fucking madman! god bless him!)
Trans Am - Illegal Ass 12"
Smog - Wild Love LP
Lambsbread - Stereo Mars LP

[Paul]

Lambsbread - Stereo Mars LP That's some crazy shit.

[tinobeat]

no joke, man...

I still need to track down the 7" they released earlier this year (or late last..)

[Patrick]

the dB's- Stabs for Decibels/Repercussion cd

I've been listening to these too recently... and man they still sound good. However, that's 'Stands' for Decibels, right? :)

Patrick

[awol]

I've been listening to these too recently... and man they still sound good. However, that's 'Stands' for Decibels, right?

Patrick Yes, indeed. Quick typing got the best of me again!

[Dave]

Luxurious Bags - Voluntary Lifelong Quarantine/From Heaven To My Mind CD
Luxurious Bags - Frayed Knots CD (Tom Leonard is a fucking madman! god bless him!)

Oh man, is he ever. All of those records are essential. Really if you're reading this and don't own them there's a hole in your record collection where some great records could be.

Dave

[otto midnight]

I'm still waiting for that exact order (Reatard + Sultan), but its only been about a week. come home soon, rekkids!



tino bebop, the sultan is very similar to the bbq lp on sounds of subterania (or the cd version on alien snatch). even though it was recorded with a "full band set up" it's still basically just mark. i was hoping for more of a mind controls type of thing but it's still a great record.

the jay reatard record is really good too, total pop sounds.

[Moon Pix]

Various artists - Stax: 50th Anniversary Celebration.

I havent heard the 2nd disc yet but the first disc is amazing. Theres a whole bunch of songs on there that Id heard before and liked but didnt know who they were by or what they were called (Eddie Floyd's "Knock On Wood" being one.) Plus I never knew that Channel 4's cricket theme is "Soul Limbo" by Booker T & the MGs.:)

[Fiona]

Plus I never knew that Channel 4's cricket theme is "Soul Limbo" by Booker T & the MGs.:)

"Soul Limbo" is probably one of my favourite Booker T. & the MGs tracks. I remember for a long time the only way to get your hands on it was on Stax Gold.

Incidentally, Channel 4 have only had the test cricket for a few years. Prior to that the BBC had the rights and used "Soul Limbo" in the titles for as long as I can remember (i.e. back to the early '80s). Ah, being old.

[awol]

Pink Reason- By A Thread 7"
Jay Reatard- In The Dark 7" (anyone heard this? how is it? i'm waiting to recieve this and a new needle so i can play it)
Terror Visions- World of Shit cd
Alasehir- Sharing The Sacred cd
The Feelers- Learn to Hate The Feelers cd
VA- Messthetics #101 cd

[tinobeat]

"Soul Limbo" is probably one of my favourite Booker T. & the MGs tracks. I remember for a long time the only way to get your hands on it was on Stax Gold.

Incidentally, Channel 4 have only had the test cricket for a few years. Prior to that the BBC had the rights and used "Soul Limbo" in the titles for as long as I can remember (i.e. back to the early '80s). Ah, being old.

Oh man, an absolutely wonderful LP!

AWOL, I still need to get that Reatard 7".. the new 12" is fantastic, kid's on FIRE! hopefully I'll see you at that Turps/Black Clouds coming up soon!

[awol]

Oh man, an absolutely wonderful LP!

AWOL, I still need to get that Reatard 7".. the new 12" is fantastic, kid's on FIRE! hopefully I'll see you at that Turps/Black Clouds coming up soon!

I got the new "I Know A Place" 7" on Goner and the "Night of Broken Glass" 12". Both are awesome! Then randomly stumbled upon this new 7" on Squoodge Records. Had no idea it was coming.

Will definitely be seeing ya at The Turps/Golden Boys/Black Clouds/Strange Boys show, Tino!

BTW- for any Thermals fan around here; just got this new Insound Tour Support disc in the mail this morning. Forget I had ordered it! So far, sounds great!

[Patrick]

AWOL, I still need to get that Reatard 7".. the new 12" is fantastic, kid's on FIRE!

Agreed, the 12" is SICK! I ordered it - it hasn't arrived yet...

Patrick

[Fiona]

Agreed, the 12" is SICK! I ordered it - it hasn't arrived yet...

Patrick
Hoping I'm of the same mind as you all when mine arrives. Sadly the tour wasn't stopping off anywhere near these parts so shelled out $19 mailorder. Yikes!

[awol]

Fabulous Diamonds- s/t 7" + cd
Blues Control/Heavy Winged- split 7"
The Rock*A*Teens- s/t cd
Rock*A*Teens- Noon Under The Trees cdep

[A-Squared]

Fabulous Diamonds- s/t 7" + cd
Blues Control/Heavy Winged- split 7"

I just bought both of these the other day! The Blues Control side dominates over the Heavy Winged side (not that Heavy Winged is bad, but Blues Control is just that great). Fabulous Diamonds are very unique, I'm excited to hear more from them in the future.

[awol]

I just bought both of these the other day! The Blues Control side dominates over the Heavy Winged side (not that Heavy Winged is bad, but Blues Control is just that great). Fabulous Diamonds are very unique, I'm excited to hear more from them in the future.

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to both! Is the Fabulous Diamonds cd a full-length thing? Again, another band you'll be missing if you're leaving Boston is Blues Control! They're coming to PA's Lounge on 8/17!

[A-Squared]

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to both! Is the Fabulous Diamonds cd a full-length thing? Again, another band you'll be missing if you're leaving Boston is Blues Control! They're coming to PA's Lounge on 8/17!

I can't believe I'm going to miss Blues Control! How is it that two bands I've been wanting to see for ages both come to Boston within a month of my departure.

Unfortunately the Fabulous Diamonds CD is just the digital version of the 7" tracks. I was hoping for extra music on the CD. Either way, it's really good stuff, you'll enjoy it.

[Patrick]

Finally got the latest Joanna Newsom, Of Montreal and Fucked Up LPs on vinyl.

When I was in the UK I got some insane '60s UK freakbeat and psych 7"es. I'll post details later.

[tinobeat]

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to both! Is the Fabulous Diamonds cd a full-length thing? Again, another band you'll be missing if you're leaving Boston is Blues Control! They're coming to PA's Lounge on 8/17!


!!!!!

god I love PA's. They asked us to play there with Cheater Slicks (!!!!!!) in September too, so really, god bless their pointy little heads.

Patrick, what do you think of the Of Montreal? the LP is really SO lavish and I love it, though I'm rarely feeling quite hyperactive enough to go through the whole thing...

I'm excited to hear about the UK 7" haul. I need to get a few more paychecks and then I need to go crate digging up in Salem.

[johansen smith]

the new Adrian Orange 7" !

[Patrick]

Patrick, what do you think of the Of Montreal? the LP is really SO lavish and I love it, though I'm rarely feeling quite hyperactive enough to go through the whole thing...

Haven't opened it yet! But will report back.

I'm excited to hear about the UK 7" haul. I need to get a few more paychecks and then I need to go crate digging up in Salem.

Report coming soon. And Salem Record Exchange I'm guessing? Fantastic store.

[awol]

!!!!!

god I love PA's. They asked us to play there with Cheater Slicks (!!!!!!) in September too, so really, god bless their pointy little heads.
oh man, tino! i will be at that show for sure! congrats on that.

[otto midnight]

i picked up the kids "naughty kids" lp at thirsty moon in san diego today, wish i'd hit that place a little earlier in my trip i would've bought the fuck out of the place.

[maroonwalrus]

the new Adrian Orange 7" !

What is this called? I wasn't aware there was something new!

[johansen smith]

What is this called? I wasn't aware there was something new!
it's an International Pop Underground 7" on K-Recs as Adrian Orange and Her Band, three non-album tracks-- and get happy, Lillyyss Adrian Orange has a new album coming out soonish-- I think K is releasing it so he can't just put it out once it's done like he has in the past. I already commented on it in the listening thread, but it's good too.

[awol]

Naked On The Vague- s/t 7"
Kemiallisett Ystavat- s/t cd

[Salman]

Kemiallisett Ystavat- s/t cd

Fantastic album.
Fonal has been releasing so many wicked albums since its inception.

[Dean]

On the way to see Harry Potter on the Upper West Side yesterday, I hit up Housing Works and scored the following for a grand total of $1.

Brian Eno-Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks LP
Richard & Linda Thompson-Shoot Out The Lights LP
The Beach Boys-Party LP
The Lemon Pipers-Green Tambourine LP
Some 1957 RCA Victor LP of Stravinsky's "Rites Of Spring"

[vesper]

i just bought the silent shout re-issue (includes the album, live audio, live video, and a bunch of music videos). i can't wait to watch the live stuff tonight.

[awol]

The Ski Instructors- s/t 7"
Nothing People- Problems ep 7"
Nothing People- 6 song cd-r
The Reatards- I Lie Too 7"
The Reatards- Not Fucked Enough cd
The Chinese Stars- Turbo Mattress cd
Cheveu/Tyvek- split 7"
Homostupids- The Brutal Birthday e.p.

[A-Squared]

Nothing People- 6 song cd-r

Where'd you find this?

Recent purchases...

Blank Dogs - The Doorbell Fire 7"
Blank Dogs - Diana (The Herald) 12"
Thomas Function - Relentless Machines 7"

[awol]

They're selling it through their MySpace page...

[vesper]

neil young, live at massey hall 1971

[baconfat]

Judee Sill-Live In London: BBC Recordings 1972-1973
Silkworm-Blueblood (used)
Bjork-Volta (used)
The Knife-Silent Shout Deluxe Edition
Ghostface Killah-Ironman (used) (this record was everywhere used for the first 4 years after it came out in 1996, but once he dropped Supreme Clientele it became very hard to find used in stores, at least in Virginia)

[earl grey]

neil young, live at massey hall 1971

i don't think i'll ever get tired of telling people how amazing this is.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

i don't think i'll ever get tired of telling people how amazing this is.I'll bet you would if that was all anybody said to you for the rest of your life.

[vesper]

mr. hci, are you having some communicational problems IRL?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Uh . . . what?

[vesper]

yr response above sounded like something you might say if you in fact were having someone tell you ___ for the rest of yr life. nevermind, it was a bad joke that justly fell flat, no offense intended.

[awol]

Harlan T. Bobo- I'm Your Man cd
Z Gun- No. 1 magazine (features on Brainbombs, Pink Reason, Not Not Fun Recs., San Francisco Art Punk, Sympathy For The Record Industry and tons of reviews)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

HP LaserJet 2600n Color Laser Printer

regular price: $404.99
sale price: $299.99
12% BestBuy Rewards discount 'cause it was my birthday last month (bought it yesterday): $36

Final total: $263.99 (+ tax) for a color laser printer, toner cartridges included!

[Patrick]

On the way to see Harry Potter on the Upper West Side yesterday, I hit up Housing Works and scored the following for a grand total of $1.

Brian Eno-Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks LP
Richard & Linda Thompson-Shoot Out The Lights LP
The Beach Boys-Party LP
The Lemon Pipers-Green Tambourine LP
Some 1957 RCA Victor LP of Stravinsky's "Rites Of Spring"

Great haul for $1. And the Harry Potter movie's pretty good.

[johansen smith]

Tegan and Sara: the Con (SE with DVD)
Chromeo: Fancy Footwork
Shannon Wright: Let in the Light
Electrelane: No Shouts No Calls

[vesper]

telepathe, sinister militia 12"

soooo good.

[A-Squared]

Home Blitz - Home Blitz CD

Yes! I'm so excited about this. I didn't know this was even coming out until I received an e-mail from Gulcher this morning. This compiles the first two 7"s and the split cassette with Friends & Family, plus it has the tracks from the upcoming Parts Unknown 12" and two otherwise unreleased tracks.

[Fiona]

telepathe, sinister militia 12"

soooo good.
This was on my shopping list on Thurs, but Road was sold out of it so I've to wait until it's back in stock next week, rats!

[awol]

Home Blitz - Home Blitz CD

Yes! I'm so excited about this. I didn't know this was even coming out until I received an e-mail from Gulcher this morning. This compiles the first two 7"s and the split cassette with Friends & Family, plus it has the tracks from the upcoming Parts Unknown 12" and two otherwise unreleased tracks.

Hot Damn!! Thanks for sharing this news...
Ordering mine now!

[awol]

Bought a bunch of 7"s, which sadly I can't listen to due to the fact that I cant find my 45 adapter.:(

Factums- s/t
Pink Reason "Throw it Away" repress
Tall Birds "Internalize" b/w "The Sky Is Falling"
White Savage "Destroy Your Style" b/w "Orphans"
Wax Museums "Traffic Violation" b/w "She's It" "Slime"
TV Ghost "Atomic Rain" b/w "Bird Flu"
So Cow "Moon Geun Young"

[Patrick]

you can center 'em by eye. might take a nudge or two after they start spinning. careful, there.

[Lukas]

Great haul for $1. And the Harry Potter movie's pretty good.

Did you buy those records from a store?

[tinobeat]

nice haul today:

VA - Thai Pop Spectacular (Sublime Frequencies comp) CD
Caribou - Andorra LP <- wow, stunning LP gatefold presentation of an album that's hovering very close to the top of my '07 pile.
Fucked Up - Year of the Pig 12"
Los York's - '68 LP
Love Child - Witchcraft LP
Tyvek - Summer Burns 2x7"
Blues Control - s/t LP

[Miss Tasty Princess]

over the weekend, all used: DMZ DMZ CD remaster Pinback Some Voices CD EP Poison Idea Dutch Courage CD Raising the Fawn The North Sea CD Richard Thompson The Life and Music of Richard Thompson 5-CD boxset Slipknot Slipknot CD, original pressing with the now deleted songs; bought to sell to offset the cost of the above 'cause I already have a copy for my own collection

[Salman]

nice haul today:

VA - Thai Pop Spectacular (Sublime Frequencies comp) CD


I saw this a couple of days ago... how is it? I got the Radio India Sublime Frequencies comp (my first from the label) recently and its unbelievable.

[tinobeat]

The Thai Pop Spectacular CD really is spectacular. Radio India, for my ears, is a little tough to listen to all the way through regularly, the recording quality on so much of it is so shrill. The only one of the Radio series I can listen to just for listening's sake is Radio Thailand, which is what led me to get this one. It totally rules.

My other recommendations for Sublime Frequencies newbs are:
Radio Thailand
Group Doueh: Guitar Music of the Western Sahara (not sure if this is still available, its LP only)
Cambodian Cassette Archive
Omar Souleyman: Highway to Hassake

[johansen smith]

no, the best Sublime Freq release is Guitars of the Golden Triangle. I can listen to that one straight thru, unlike almost any other comp

[tinobeat]

I forgot about that one, it *is* really good.

I still like Cambodian Cassette Archive better, and Group Doueh is really one of the best records I own.

[johansen smith]

(mostly) playing 2007 catchup today:


Adrian Orange and Her Band: s/t
Sibylle Baier: Colour Green
Bill Callahan: Woke on a Whaleheart
CocoRosie: the Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
the Dirty Projectors: Rise Above
Do Make Say Think: You, You're a History in Rust
Julie Doiron: Woke Myself Up
Madeline: the Slow Bang
the Oblivians: Play 9 Songs With Mr. Quintron
Prints: s/t
Times New Viking: Present the Paisley Reich
Patrick Wolf: the Magic Position
v/a: Guitars of the Golden Triangle

[otto midnight]

i really wish i bought a hot dog today. if swank franks hadn't been forced out of it's building and exiled to logan square i'd hike down there now but my only choice is underdog and that's no choice.

mmmmmm, dog.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

(mostly) playing 2007 catchup today:

CocoRosie: the Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
I thought you hated them?

I'm gettin' ready to order a bunch of used stuff off Amazon Japan.

[johansen smith]

I thought you hated them?

I'm gettin' ready to order a bunch of used stuff off Amazon Japan.
That's funny, my best friend says the same thing every time she starts talking to me about them, I don't know why everyone thinks I hate them. Their new one is their best one yet

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Yeah, well, you did tell me your favorite band was Black Sabbath in that weird dream I had.

I like Noah's Ark quite a bit. I recently got the first but wasn't blown away. I definitely want to get the new one soon. I enjoyed their set when I saw them in NYC in Oct. of '05 but I was there mainly for Dirty Projectors.

[Lukas]

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Vinyl
Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence Vinyl
Laurie Anderson - Big Science Vinyl
Kinks - Golden Hour Series "Lola, Percy and the Apeman" Vinyl
Leonard Cohen and Spector - Death Of A Ladies Man Vinyl

[Futureman]

Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
Okkervil River - The Stage Names

I almost bought the new Liars, but I wanted to get this board's thoughts about it first. Yea or nay?

[otto midnight]

I almost bought the new Liars, but I wanted to get this board's thoughts about it first. Yea or nay?

if you need to get validation from someone else you probably shouldn't buy it.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Groceries!

[johansen smith]

Hilary Duff: Dignity
Iron and Wine: the Shepherd's Dog
Matt Pond PA: Last Light
Okkervil River: the Stage Names

[vesper]

effi briest, "mirror rim" 7" <-- awesome

[vesper]

studio - "life's a beach!" remixes 12"
dragons of zynth - "xerathyn"/"harlot blues" single 7"
electrelane, no shouts, no calls lp

-edit-

and i suppose that beach house and sebastian tellier - "la ritournelle" also count since i got them from emusic.

[tinobeat]

Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments LP
Sir Richard Bishop - While My Guitar Violently Bleeds LP
Harmonia - Muzik von Harmonia LP
Strange Boys - s/t 7"
Hot Machines 7"

[Dave]

Strange Boys - s/t 7"

The Dusty Medical 7"? What's yer take on this? It's got me scratching my head (in a pretty good way.)
Dave

[HBSP-2X]

The Dusty Medical 7"? What's yer take on this? It's got me scratching my head (in a pretty good way.)
Dave


Took me a month to get it from D.M.R. and I must that it was worth the wait. "Nothing" gets me everytime. Feels like a Dylan or Beatles cut. Get it before its gone.

[tinobeat]

I love the shit out of The Strange Boys. The 7" is amazing, the CDr I got from them at their (amazing) live show is amazing. Its really wild that these kids (they're all between 17-19) seem like they were just taken right off the stage of some high school battle of the bands in 1965 and dropped off here. I can't wait to see them play again soon...

[Dave]

Yeah, I can only imagine they were hit real hard by those folk rock volumes of the Teenage Shutdown series. What's on that CDr?

Dave

[tinobeat]

the CDr has all four songs from the 7" plus 6 more songs, all at least as good (the last one is just a weird no-fi piano moan that sounds 80 years old), tremendous...

[Funk]

Dear Abby:

With the Canadian dollar being higher than the US one these days, I've been ordering many CDs from the states. Unfortunately, the US-made CDs place those barcode stickers on the top of the cases, so now I have this whole slew of CD cases that are really sticky because the labels come off, but the gluey residue does not, and I'd rather not place them on my shelf getting stuck to the other CDs around them. This morning one of my new CDs was stuck to an older one, and when I grabbed the newer CD, it pulled the older one as well, causing the case to crash to the floor and break into many pieces. Seeing how the US CD manufacturing scene isn't likely to start doing something sane, like place the stickers on the outside of the shrink-wrap, is there a tried and true method of getting this sticky gunk off the jewel cases?

Confounded in Canada.

[Dean]

Dear Abby:

With the Canadian dollar being higher than the US one these days, I've been ordering many CDs from the states. Unfortunately, the US-made CDs place those barcode stickers on the top of the cases, so now I have this whole slew of CD cases that are really sticky because the labels come off, but the gluey residue does not, and I'd rather not place them on my shelf getting stuck to the other CDs around them. This morning one of my new CDs was stuck to an older one, and when I grabbed the newer CD, it pulled the older one as well, causing the case to crash to the floor and break into many pieces. Seeing how the US CD manufacturing scene isn't likely to start doing something sane, like place the stickers on the outside of the shrink-wrap, is there a tried and true method of getting this sticky gunk off the jewel cases?

Confounded in Canada.

Dear CiC (pronounced "sick"?),

Those stickers alone make buying on vinyl better than buying CDs, and make arguments about sound quality and appearance totally beside the point. There's no giant sticker over one end of an lp that will never come off properly. But if you must buy on CD, there are a couple methods of removing the sticky stuff--none of 'em are perfect, though.

1. There's a product called something like "Goo Gone" that's probably your best bet, but it's sort of expensive and smells funky.

2. Some people swear by scrubbing the affected areas with lighter fluid, but I'd only recommend this for non-smoking households.

3. Weirdly enough, scrubbing with peanut butter is supposed to work as well.

Good luck.

Your pal,

Abbie Hoffman

[Tony]

Dear Abby:

With the Canadian dollar being higher than the US one these days, I've been ordering many CDs from the states. Unfortunately, the US-made CDs place those barcode stickers on the top of the cases, so now I have this whole slew of CD cases that are really sticky because the labels come off, but the gluey residue does not, and I'd rather not place them on my shelf getting stuck to the other CDs around them. This morning one of my new CDs was stuck to an older one, and when I grabbed the newer CD, it pulled the older one as well, causing the case to crash to the floor and break into many pieces. Seeing how the US CD manufacturing scene isn't likely to start doing something sane, like place the stickers on the outside of the shrink-wrap, is there a tried and true method of getting this sticky gunk off the jewel cases?

Confounded in Canada.

I use the label tape itself to pull up the leftover glue, but it can take a while. And you have to do it right away. If it's been smeared, you can forget it.

[pizzagratis]

What I bought at the WFMU record fair:

Sublime Frequencies-Choubi Choubi (Folk and Pop of Iraq)
Gong Music of the Philippines Vol. 2
Some Greg Ginn 12 inch
the third MSR Madness cd
Folkways Music of the North Coast of Java cd
The Tinklers-Casserole
Tenement Halls-Knitting Bells or whatever it's called
cd of New York-Cuban music from the 70s and 80s
Verlaines- Juvenilia

Could not find:

More Tom T. Hall, Brainbombs-Burning Hell, new Psychedelic Horseshit, Jerry Reed-Man with the Golden Thumb, Trojan Dancehall box

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I use the label tape itself to pull up the leftover glue, but it can take a while. And you have to do it right away. If it's been smeared, you can forget it.
Scotch tape also works well for this. If the glue has been smeared, I rub it with my finger to get it to ball up somewhat then usually can get it off with Scotch tape.