overdue Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Wait, Boner's dead?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Koenig In his memory, this is now officially the Growing Pains thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desk Cop Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 R.I.P. Boner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeepo Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Here at VC, we pride ourselves in our ability to cover a broad range of topics within a single thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsimmons Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 To this day still love that his dad's name is Sylvester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinji Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Agreed. I laughed more than I have in probably a month at this.My life is quite depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Dad and mom born in 1947 and 1948, respectively.I was born in 1980.I started buying records in 1998.If your formula is different than mine, you're doing your life wrong. YOU MUST FOLLOW MY LIFE PATTERN. grizzlyfoz, No This Is Patrick and davey 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Similar to what Kurtz and tape said, I think this is a bummer to some people (myself included) because it's a signifier that vinyl is all but completely out of the hands of alternative culture at this point and into the hands of the people who have shown great enthusiasm for running every trend in music into the ground since the days of the wax cylinder. It was a fun, cheap format, kept alive by indie rock bands and punk labels through the 90s and early 2000s, and now it's gotten to the point where it's too expensive to put out releases that aren't guaranteed big sellers, and plants are busy enough pressing Good Charlotte albums and fucking Aerosmith reissues that they can turn down someone who wants to put out 300 7"s of their band's demo. I think that sucks. I know it's a pretty sentimental opinion, and that the internet has created a lot more open outlets for artistic expression, but WHATEVA. I reserve the right to be grumpy about things sucking. GalacticMelt, Royce, monsterrod and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Prices will fall again. A lot of labels never raised them that much to start. I agree that majors will price in a way that leads to buyer fatigue but that seems like a net positive. Frankly gents, I don't see this being big news. GalacticMelt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numanoid Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I think the only part of the vinyl craze getting out of hand is all the crazy color combinations the plants keep trying to do. The more whacky colored vinyl I see, the more I want a plain black variant available. Honestly, if labels/artists didn't want such elaborate color schemes, production would probably go much faster. Color irritates me because it's usually case of fashion over function; colors, opaque more so than others, tend to be noisy. And to people who do buy expensive turntables and play their records, this sucks. Clear colors usually sound fine, but those ugly ass opaque splatter bullshit colors... They look like shit and usually sound worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindovermatter Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I have many grievances with United. I wouldn't return to them if they were pressing for free at this point. Unless I decide that I am 100% cool with taking 9+ months for a release that is already cut to lacquer. Nothankyou. matthewfrank and brianmorgante 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aflycon Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Similar to what Kurtz and tape said, I think this is a bummer to some people (myself included) because it's a signifier that vinyl is all but completely out of the hands of alternative culture at this point and into the hands of the people who have shown great enthusiasm for running every trend in music into the ground since the days of the wax cylinder. It was a fun, cheap format, kept alive by indie rock bands and punk labels through the 90s and early 2000s, and now it's gotten to the point where it's too expensive to put out releases that aren't guaranteed big sellers, and plants are busy enough pressing Good Charlotte albums and fucking Aerosmith reissues that they can turn down someone who wants to put out 300 7"s of their band's demo. I think that sucks. I know it's a pretty sentimental opinion, and that the internet has created a lot more open outlets for artistic expression, but WHATEVA. I reserve the right to be grumpy about things sucking. Well fucking said, man. This is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distinctlydustin Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Plus, if I weren't buying records, I'd be just downloading mp3s for free and not supporting most artists I listen to. Exactly what I was going to say, though I have been buying my digital music... even outside Melodishop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahPah Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fat Possum just opened their own pressing plant to meet their own demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 from what ive heard, URP had been buying up and mothballing extra machines for awhile now.. they haven't made a new one in decades, and the few that hit the market have been snapped up by the existing plants to keep competition down (also the few people who can work on these machines pretty much protect the clients that have kept them afloat for years as well).. I kinda wonder if the Scientologists will ever break out their stash of DMM machines and open a plant.. because rumor has it they're holding TONS of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinch Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I was born in 1980. I started buying records in 1998. YOU MUST FOLLOW MY LIFE PATTERN. I was born in 1988 I started buying records in 2006 IN A WAY I DO. somethingvinyl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I was born I buy records IN A WAY I DO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 from what ive heard, URP had been buying up and mothballing extra machines for awhile now.. they haven't made a new one in decades, and the few that hit the market have been snapped up by the existing plants to keep competition down (also the few people who can work on these machines pretty much protect the clients that have kept them afloat for years as well).. I kinda wonder if the Scientologists will ever break out their stash of DMM machines and open a plant.. because rumor has it they're holding TONS of them. dammit tom cruise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowty Dollaz Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 dammit tom cruise THE_James_Champ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I was bornbut I forgot it koljou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Records suck. Get a real hobby like railroad photography or model making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futures Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 yo railroad photography is sweet Hairy Potter, grizzlyfoz and GalacticMelt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I got some OC locomotive photography, taken by me from the cab of the unit I was just driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I got some OC locomotive photography, taken by me from the cab of the unit I was just driving. Wait, wait, wait. Rambo, are you a train conductor?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distinctlydustin Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 He is a train, sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGhostOfRandySavage Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I just thought he ran a lot of trains. ::badumtsch:: Seriously though, if you're a train engineer, that's fucking cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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