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if only there was some way to test that theory.

One for the wall in his room and one for the wall in the living room.

I was going to put this in the poetry thread, but I thought that it wouldn’t hurt to have a separate thread. I teach 3rd grade in a high poverty urban area. In my classroom I teach the kids the craft of poetry, even though it is not a part of our curriculum. I feel it’s an important avenue for them to express their views and to realize how powerful they can be with their words. This allows even the lowest achieving students to realize success because the focus is on expression rather than mechanics or correct grammar. One of the experiments I started doing was to play them music by Explosions In The Sky while they were writing. I’d give them the title and let them use the music to influence their writing. Through the years I have collected some good ones and decided to make an anthology of these titles to give to the band. This is the email I got from them: Hey there, This is Chris, the drummer from Explosions in the Sky. Sorry it's taken so long to send you a message, but we just got back from tour recently and there are always a million things to catch up on once we're home. Anyway, I just wanted to thank for giving us the copy of The Season of the Waterfall. We all read the poems and were deeply moved. Not even sure what to say other than that i'm glad that there are people like you helping out and doing things like this. Reading them was not easy. They were beautiful but also incredibly heartbreaking. If there is some way for us to help out, please let me know. Even if its something dumb like sending you a bunch of CDs or something to give to your class. I'm not really sure 3rd and 4th graders would have any interest in meandering, long winded instrumental rock music, but I can't really think of anything else. A lot of people have given us stuff over the years but nothing has compared to this collection of poems. Not even close. Thank you. Sincerely, Chris explosions in the sky Here are some of the poems. Please keep in mind that I teach them the craft, give them the tools, but this is 100% their writing. I wish I could take credit for what they write, even sometimes steal some of the lines for my own lyrics. I’ve had mothers and fathers in tears as they read their child’s poems. It amazes me every time I read a new one. These are all using titles from EITS songs. The Birth and Death of the Day Death is in the sky and Light is in the ground. When people say be gone death death stays. It never went and now it disappeared like fallen warriors. Light has come back to the sky. -Jorge Our Last Days As Children We used to go to the park together then it was time to grow up. You are a fashion designer and I am a doctor. We get off work at 3:00 and see each other at the buffet and eat and talk about when we were little and remember times like when we ate chocolate mint ice cream on Saturdays, when we played with each other, when we were friends forever when we played Bratz and you used to be Sasha and I would be Cloe, when we went to each other’s houses and watched Disney movies, When we used to talk about ourselves and what colors we liked. You liked red and I liked pink. When we played dodgeball and we would be on the same team and we would run or jump so we wouldn’t get out, but we would catch the ball and get other people out, when we painted each other’s nails, when we colored each other’s drawings. when we played soccer and we would win, during recess we would play four square and you would be in the A square and I would be in B. After we talk we start to cry. I miss those things. -Lilibeth The Only Moment We Were Alone I feel dead dead like nothing People just pass by like Nothing Ghosts being nothing Laying down being a jerk Biting ghosts one at a time Water from God biting water forever. -Juan

So unless Copeland owns their own music (which is plausible), it appears that EMI is willing to license out old Tooth & Nail titles under certain circumstances. Does SRC care to comment? Also LOLOL @ being worried about "boring" color options.

It is truly an honor.

Peregrine is remastered specifically for vinyl finally. Maria, who did the art for Casket Girls and Marshmallow Ghosts, did embroidery based on the original art. It looks really fucking pretty.

They say living well is the best revenge but I guess this is also an option.

Tell your Dad to adopt me.

LOL HEY RYAN

already pre-ordered this. I don't get why so few people even know this band/record exists. This is one of the best efforts of 2013 and I am really excited about this finally being released on vinyl. Can't say this enough times

REASONABLE. Because the last thing I need is a $5 pouch of oolong tea.

Is there a story behind this?

I asked them on FB yesterday and they said it's next up after this batch of represses.

Yeah...move the speakers.

They Live is fantastic! There are some other good ones in that list too, Bad Taste is kind of a hidden gem.

OooooOOooooh. Nice!!

some real gems

Update, got a copy of SSHH. Someone sell me DLBT.

Whats up everyone? Found a record store near my hotel and picked up some new music. Also just found out that our next reunion will be in Vegas! Gotta start saving for that flight.

And cousin Charlie FTW ! I'd be down for 'album-share' if you want. We could trade back and forth every 6 months or so, take some IG pics, etc. Seriously, thanks much again! And glad you think Black is beautiful, too.

Hahahahaha ... what album was being sold, out of curiosity?

Only Lvl 1's bitch about inherent values.

I have one, except it's from an obscure 7" so no one has recognized it yet haha. If the imagery goes well as a tattoo I'd say go for it.

someone post a pic

Thou - Heathen. Double LP, 180gm black, super thick tip-on jackets, gatefold, /1000, bought it from the band for $15. People on here need to wake up and realize how badly all these nostalgia-core labels are hosing them.

Some people prefer first presses, or rarer presses of albums, variant collect, or sometimes would rather 180gram black because black is supposed to sound better than colored vinyl, etc. etc. so I thought I'd give someone on the boards an opportunity to get this album rather than ebay - but regardless, who are you? (don't really answer that cause I don't actually give a shit)

In my opinion Suns and Lovers sounds more post punk and Downward feels like the shoegaze sound they went for and Guilty feels the same except heavier. All really great albums though.

You mustn't kill time boys, you must cherish it, seize the day..... Can I have some change to go get loaded?

I feel like a complete and utter tool walking into Hot Topic/Urban Outfitter looking for vinyl. I know, I shouldn't care what others think of me but...

I just got very interested.

I got mine maybe 10 days ago. Completely forgot to post about it. Thanks again! It was cool enough to be able to help out, let alone receive something in return.

I got a copy of HOFX for $10.

vinyl sure isn't one of them!

Hot Topic exclusive highlighter yellow w/ black splatter

Fuck it, I'll boot it on tape myself.

That is part of the reason they keep increasing the price of records at their store. You should have been honest and told them you already got your record.

So I messaged LUNAmusic via Discogs. In case anybody was wondering... this is what they had to say... Me: I was curious, seeing as though Caldo Verde put up a 'Blue vinyl' 2xLP option for Benji today.. Does this differ from the copies you guys are selling? LUNA: No, they are the same. They are also already sold out on Caldo Verde. Me: "Limited to 100 copies on blue vinyl. In a gatefold sleeve with lyric sheet." <-- Is this misinformation? LUNA: No, the release was limited to 100 copies. I guess we'll let Vinyl Films prove them wrong because we all saw roughly 300~ copies for sale via Caldo Verde

=D (Also, yes, I am the tall guitar player with glasses for those that were wondering.)

I got this on store credit that I saved up for working weekly doing inventory. $400 store credit.

This is Mordecai. He is a Maine Coone 1293045_10201803576306809_66770279_o by JacobMckinley, on Flickr This is Tobias. He is a Norwegian Forest Cat 1008268_10200278288615570_1551040981_o by JacobMckinley, on Flickr I literally can't imagine life before them or without them at this point.... I'll just be here waiting for my rocking chair to arrive from amazon.

The combination is certainly exciting. Can see them working really well together!

The Smiths are bad

I was hoping to see a repress of The Moon Is Down someday... Pretty bummed that I'll have to drop so much money for this, but I feel worse for people who don't have all the Copeland albums they want.

tooth and nail can no longer release vinyl of old releases. they don't own them. capitol can, but let's be honest, probably won't. tooth & nail is relaunching as an independent label and can release whatever new records they want. not that i really care, but why would this be a good thing for old releases? it probably really sucks for all the artists too... having their old music sold to a major that'll probably just sit on it or hold it for ransom. also, this is the reason broken circles wasn't able to press records he already had in the works. so more vinyl... no.

Thank you again for all of your comments. The arts helped me through school and so I try to offer it to my kids, they just might not get this experience anywhere else in their pre-college academic career. Here are some more poems. These are non-EITS poems. Whisper In The Wind I am the wind. I whisper to you that you can do anything. You can’t forget who you are. I tell you the secrets of life You live and learn it. Rakim. , age 8 Goodbye You always say goodbye. You say it when you or someone else leaves. You say it when you’re sad or happy. You say it in a lot of places like an airport, houses, and when someone leaves for college. You can tell how you feel when you say goodbye if there are teardrops from your eye or if you are smiling like a bunny. We all say goodbye all over the world. -Jose, age 8 The Fox Who Like To Do Tricks I am a fox who likes to do tricks. I Am a pretty cat who lives near a mean fox who likes to do mean tricks. I am a bird who lives in a park where fox lives. Nobody likes him because he does bad tricks that he would not like if we did that to him. And we have to teach that fox a lesson. Angie, age 8 The funny thing about the poem above is that the girl who wrote it actually acted like the fox. She didn't know she was kind of writing it about herself. She reveals the duality of her personality, fighting the good and bad like we all do. This next poem was written by a boy who was born into a family of hunters. It was something that was part of his family, but he had a difficult time reconciling that fact with his love for animals and nature. He really struggled academically, especially with writing paragraphs, this was his way to shine. I Am Nature I am a wonderful world of nature. I am in a rainforest with rainbows and the sound of rivers. I am father nature I make Nature wonderful and enjoyable I make waterfalls . People love nature. I am saying to people go to the icy mountains and go hiking and see animals, see eagles, and wolves too. I am saying to people love and share with each other and don’t fight just love and fit in. I am seeing butterflies, robins, and other animals. You can pretend your backyard is a forest. I am helping the environment to make our world a better place. I am happy to see animals and people not fighting. I don’t like hunters because they kill animals. I am in the sky looking at people being kind to others. Carlos, age 9