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  1. Long post, but it's been a while since my last post and a lot of crazy stuff has happened: So about three weeks back a guy I jammed with a couple times (we'll call him "D") hit me up saying that he wanted to get on some "lofi experimental bassy noise rock" and that really piqued my interest. I show up at his place around 7 and right when I walk in, I see the lead singer/guitarist (we'll call him"G") of a very popular local band sitting on the couch with an old Casio. He turns to me and says "Grab your theremin, we have a show in two hours." G tells me that the band is called Gaytripp, we have three bands opening for us, and that we're going to be completely anonymous on stage - so grab whatever costume I had. It took me by surprise, but I was down for anything. I speed home to grab my theremin, effects pedals, bass amp, and old man mask/dick costume I had from Halloween. By the time I get back to D's place, they're in full costume (G wearing a faux-fur coat, bandana, goggles, psychedelic colored pants, and a big stupid hat; D is in a quazi-pirate getup including shiny pants, bandit mask, and a stripey shirt with holes). They're already moving the gear into the van, so I load up my stuff and hop in. As we drive to the venue, G explains that we have an hour long set and a few dozen people are going to be there. I get dressed in the back (I'm butt naked - this is a skintight morph suit with a 3 foot long penis and comically large balls). When we arrive to the venue, there's a bunch of people smoking cigarettes outside. The three of us stumble out of the van in full garb and people start looking at the spectacle. As I carry my gear past them into the venue, people are already storming us, asking all sorts of questions - "Are you guys Gaytripp?" "Is that a theremin?" "Who's under the mask?" etc. etc. We enter the venue and I see a folky band playing on stage, a few people dancing, and a crowd near the back watching. Their set is nearing its end, so we start putting our gear around the stage. By this time, I realize that this latex old man mask is going to be rather restrictive but I can't take it off as part of the show. I'm already breaking out a sweat and we're not even on stage. The folky band finishes up and we start moving our gear into place. G has his Casio attached to a looper pedal and a smaller Vox amp. D has a guitar, a Boss effects board, and a Fender '65 Reverb amp. I've got a Theremini, a Zoom effects board, a Swollen Pickle, and a Peavey Max 115 bass amp. The people from outside follow us in and crowd around the stage while we set up. G tells me to put the theremin right in the middle of the stage and "put on a fucking show". Well, we put on a fucking show. Right when we're all set up, they drop the lights until it's only a spotlight on us. I have no idea what to expect at all - what kind of music we're playing, what we're gonna do for an hour on stage, what I'm even supposed to do in the center of the stage. G hits a key and the fucking room shakes. The crowd screams and we drop into this wild noisy triphop shit completely off the cuff. G has a few loops recorded in the looper pedal, but most of it is completely improvized. I proceed to make weird noises with the theremin and dance around with my swinging dick while the other two provide semi-extraordinary music in the background. The next hour is a blur or sweat, pounding noise, and moving bodies. We end up doing random cover songs, original freestyle works, and just plain noise for a full hour. And for some reason the crowd loves it. Once the set ends and the lights come back on, we proceed to wordlessly pack up our gear while people rush the stage. I pack up my stuff into the van and smoke a cigarette through my mask-hole in front of the venue. People crowd around and try talking to me but I don't say a word, just nod silently and exhale smoke through the mouth hole. After the cigarette and pseudo-conversation, I meander to the back of the van and change back into my normal clothes. I look like I just took a dive into the pool with how much sweat is saturating my flesh. I walk back into the venue and a trio of girls are talking to G (sans-bandana). They all are clamoring to ask who the hell the guy in the old man mask is and G looks at me with a big shit-eating grin and we both laugh. They don't realize that I'm standing right next to them, and I don't let it on. We all joke around for a bit and then leave the venue. The next day D texts me saying that the venue wants us for another show in two weeks (this last Wednesday), so get everything prepared. We don't meet up until the day of the gig, about 2 hours before, but at least time we have a bit of time to jam and work out what we're going to do. The biggest rush of the ordeal is the spontaneity and improvisation, so we mostly just get higher than giraffe asshole and go through the whole preparation process. When we arrive to the venue this time, there's three times as many people and they all rush us the moment we get there. One guy is screaming "WHO ARE YOUUUUU!" at me the whole time I'm helping set up the gear. Again, three bands are opening up for us, but this time they're a little more coordinated with our sound (the guy immediately before our set - the only one I was able to see - is playing some spacey noise ambient stuff with a ton of bass and reverb). We jump on stage and proceed to create some of the most noisy (read: shitty ), raucous, and just plain weird (think a tamer version of '85 Butthole Surfers) music as we possibly can. Once we finish the set, even more people storm us (including the WHO ARE YOUUUUU! guy) and start talking about the show. Eventually, I pull off the mask around the corner and return to the crowd. Being completely anonymous, I listen in on conversations and they'e completely sucking our collective dicks. They're saying things like this is the birth of a new scene in our local area and that we put on the best show they've seen, etc. It's completely mindblowing and unexpected. I personally just went on stage to have fun and make some shitty music, but it seems like the crowd is very receptive to what we're laying down. The venue owners then take the three of us in the back and say they want to book us a gig in March. They tell us that we have to get a social media presence and the whole shebang if we want to do this and we'll have posters around town and marketing online. I'm still reeling from the show and everything that people were saying, so I'm just sitting there with a smile on my face while G handles the business. It's been three days since and my head is flooded with what we can do next. I have so many ideas for weird shit and I can't wait to unleash it upon the public. At the second show, a significant amount of people were taking pictures and video, so I'm gonna try to get that from them and see if I can post the spectacle here. It's fun. -- end transmission --
    4 points
  2. Here goes on the updated 7" records pictures. I'll get all the compilations together for pictures later this coming week and the LTJ specific vinyl/resin figures. G-Man Training Target 7" + T.V. EP 7" Kemuri Split 7" + Pez Kings 7" + Do the Math 7" Megadeth Split 7" + Slayer Cover 7" + Smoke Spot 7" + Muppets 7" Crash Course In Being an Asshole 7" + American Idle 7" + Live from Japan 2x7" + Live from Chicago 7" + Conviction Notice 7" + Anthem 7x7" Yo Yo Ninja Boy Flexi + Rest of My Life Picture Disc 7" + Overrated Picture Disc 7" + PS Shock the World 7" + I Think I Love You Flexi 7" + Go Gators Flexi 7" + Dopeman Jukebox 7" + All My Best Friends Are Metalheads Jukebox 7" + Pit Tin 7x7" + Pizza Box 7" + Cereal Box 4x7" + GNV FLA 3x7" + Better Class of Losers Tape + Pezcore Tape + Losing Streak 3 Song Sampler Tape + Jimmy Eat World split Tape + Parasongs Tribute Tape Food Not Bombs 7" + J Church split 7" + Pesto 7" + Rock n Roll Pizzeria 7" + Pung split 7" + Three Way Split 7" + Gainesville Rock City 7" + She's Gonna Break Soon 7" + Live from Chicago 7" + Sprocket Wheel split 7" + Does the Lion City Still Roar 7" + Unglued 7" + AAA split 7" + All My Best Friends Are Metalheads 7" Birthday Cake 7" + Cheese 7" + Making Fun of Things 10" + B Is for B Sides 10" + Boris the Sprinkler Flexi 10" + Losing Streak/Tom Collins 5" + Hello Rockview 7x7"
    4 points
  3. I'm not posting this for laughs. I'm not trying to gain cool-guy cred. And I'm not saying names. But. VC is plagued. And it has been for the past few weeks. Dramatic? Maybe a bit. But I think this thread supersedes most of your typical VC squandering and complaining. The fact that I won't be explicitly stating who or what I'm airing my grievances over – and yet still have 90% of recently-active VC participants know exactly what I'm talking about – should speak volumes about the issue at hand. If the topic title wasn't a firm-enough hint, I have no doubt that it'll be pieced together by anyone who finishes reading this post. I've seen a lot of assholes on Vinyl Collective over the years. (And I'm not saying that I'm not one, myself, on occasion. Or that I don't associate with them.) I'm talking about users who have laughs at the expense of others, religiously. People with zero "community" etiquette. Blatant flippers. Trolls who live just to piss on an otherwise enjoyable hype-thread. The list goes on. They're unfortunate, but they're walks of life on the internet. And barring the occasionally heated quarrel and shit-fest that ensues when they're called out, they aren't detrimental to the forums. But lately I can't frequent any thread without stumbling across a particular kind of bullshit. I fail to see see how a previously banned member is able to rejoin and go on a post rampage without any sort of intervention. This isn't me calling out the moderators – they're not oblivious to what's going on, nor are they dropping the ball. I would assume they just feel as though they don't have grounds to take out the trash, necessarily. Which is the point of this discussion. When VC left Proboards, there was a sort of buzz in the air that came with the acknowledgement that we were our own community. We had our own ruleset that allowed more flexibility than what Proboards limited us to. But even more important than relishing the opportunity to post T&A, I feel like the forums should be looking to exercise their authority in a fashion that makes the community a better place for all of its participants. This isn't me pitching a no rules! fuck the system! rant. Quite contrary to that, actually. Obviously there has to be order, and the moderators can't run around banning everyone they find annoying or disagree with. I get that. But the main admin of Vinyl Collective seems to have zero say in what happens on this board, and I don't think it's unrealistic for moderators to carry out what's in the best interest for the forum. This is completely true. And like I mentioned above – it's pretty easy to just roll my eyes or add someone to an ignore list when they feel like stirring shit or being an obnoxious asshole. But when it's one user in every. Fucking. Thread... I can't handle it. One user who – for all I know – is trying to prove a point by accruing as many senseless posts as possible. Popping into threads they have zero interest, just to get their posts plastered on the boards, I guess. It clutters everything up. Badly. This same user passively baits those of us who want to have actual discussions, often posting the most inane drivel and completely irrelevant horse shit for a reaction. They are actively ignored by the vast majority of us who've caught on to the game being played, but that doesn't help with threads being bumped for literally no reason. There is zero reason that anyone should pop into another user's WTB thread just to post "lol I've never heard this but I just bought it on Discogs because that album art is lit fam". That's straight-up trolling. It's unnecessary. It's obnoxious. It's got to go. On stricter forums I've been a part of, there were rules against incessant posting. Users were warned, temp-banned, or permanently kicked from the community for "spamming" and blatantly mucking up the forums just to raise their post count and increase their presence. I'm not sure why the first iteration of this user was banned, but it needs to happen. Again. And again, if need be. Bring their IP into the formula if need be. I really don't think this thread is me getting nasty or taking things too personally, and I know I'm not alone when I say that I'm completely exhausted seeing garbage posts around the clock. I frequent some pretty obscure threads that don't get a lot of bumps, and still find myself subjected to this filth on a daily basis. I can't even imagine what other corners of the forum their trash-posts have permeated already. I don't if there's anything that can be done. It doesn't seem as simple as making a poll to determine what sort of movement is behind a theoretical ban, but I've talked to a lot users who've confessed they're sick and fucking tired of it. I guess I'm just the first one to make a thread about it. Please eradicate the issue here. Or at least acknowledge it. Thanks.
    2 points
  4. Today is the label's 10th anniversary so they've made their digital catalog pay-what-you-want today only: http://www.topshelfrecords.com/categories/digital You have to go to each item's page and add the digital version to the cart (you can price at $0), then once you have everything you want you go through the checkout process and they send you an email with a link to your downloads.
    2 points
  5. LAUREN. PICTURE OF JEFF. MASK DOWN. TIGHTS STILL ON. AND A MONKEY SWINGING FROM THE 3 FOOT DICK. GO!
    2 points
  6. Got a little somethin on my shin last night.
    2 points
  7. No reason for matts nice looking piece of meat to be down voted. People are savages. How was that bad boy on the inside? Looks about medium there
    2 points
  8. Thanks! I've been streaming this record nonstop on Spotify. It is so good.
    2 points
  9. I like how the guy complaining in this screenshot is whining about what a pain in the ass it is to have to turn the thing off before switching records...I assume that until now, on his regular table (most likely a "vintage Crosley") he just kind of hovers above a platter spinning at whatever speed, and tries to drop his record on while it's still in motion.
    2 points
  10. 27 posts msn.com email address no extra incentive CHECKS OUT
    2 points
  11. There's a few youtube videos.. just search by recently uploaded. I can't believe they raised 1.5 million dollars... I wouldn't be able to use this shit, but to each his/her own. https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=CAI%253D&q=gramovox
    2 points
  12. Mars

    Search Not Working

    If only there was some way to find it . . .hmmmmm
    2 points
  13. So, update. We had our baby! Ada was born Feb 11 at 3:10pm, and 3 and a 1/2 weeks early. She's totally awesome. Though I'd share a few pics: About an hour old: Today after her bath: Yesterday with my mom:
    2 points
  14. if i'm ever out in cali, i'm gonna request to make a guest appearance as some sort of mini agogo-playing munchkin monster
    1 point
  15. hahahahaha literally crying. i think we might have to arrange a photoshoot for that to happen haha. it sounds like the start of some perfect cover art for their first EP though!!! i'm picturing some nice retro palm tree wall paper and then jeff cropped at the shoulders with a monkey making his best tarzan impression while swinging to and fro from the massive schlong. yep. i can totally see this.
    1 point
  16. Dammit Jeff, after this story and talking to you for a while I was like I need to see what you actually look like. I found your IG and its nothing but records! Hahaha.
    1 point
  17. i tried youtube, but had no luck. found these 2 on instagram. both on https://www.instagram.com/batdogrecords/ i'm also excited to officially be gaytripp's lucky 13th official follower on instagram. don't disappoint me!
    1 point
  18. hahahaha so much of my job is just finding weird shit on the internet. peeps be like "i need a photo of kanye crying while hugging a puppy" and i'm like "ON IT!"
    1 point
  19. That picture is fucking incredible. As are your stalker skills Lauren.
    1 point
  20. omg. that was an amazing story. amazing. i definitely had to stop mid way through it to see if i could find any photos or videos of this craziness (i'm not a creepy stalker, this is just what i do for a living haha) yep. so much better with the visual to go along with it hahaha can't wait to see some video/hear some sweet jams from this amazing new supergroup sweeping the cali experimental EDM scene.
    1 point
  21. I really hope there will be an option to pay less than $50 for this record.
    1 point
  22. I'd try and make a snarky comment, but the search function is broken... http://boards.vinylcollective.com/topic/119108-po-panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor/
    1 point
  23. corey.

    Recent purchases

    Kind Of Like Spitting - Nothing Makes Sense Without It (RSD 2XLP Re-issue) Test Press /5 from Run For Cover.
    1 point
  24. Greg looks super stoked to be there
    1 point
  25. One of the saddest days of my preteen years was when I left my DS on an airplane, which was holding my copy of Diamond and a less-than-50-Pokemon-left-until-complete Pokedex.
    1 point
  26. corey.

    Near Mint (Label Thread)

    photos of the new Rocky Votolato cassettes:
    1 point
  27. Silver was the greatest Pokemon game ever. I'm probably gonna rebuy the VC version of blue even though I still have my OG cart. I really enjoyed X as well so high hopes for Sun/Moon.
    1 point
  28. Talkeetna

    Video Game OSTs v2.0

    Streets Of Rage 2 is up, grab it while you can.
    1 point
  29. Ugh, my weight loss journey has been miserable. Last year I gave myself completely over to calorie counting and lost 35 pounds. I hit my goal weight of 215 and all my clothes fit wonderfully. I stopped being so adamant about counting calories and then I ballooned back up to 252. It's super hard to make total lifestyle adjustments. On another note I haven't eaten anything that has a drive thru this year. I'm trying to stick with that for the entire year. I'll input my weight on the spread sheet after my morning workout.
    1 point
  30. these are up! Smurf Blue /104 and Sandy Puke /435 - $13.98 http://www.victorymerch.com/merch/vinyl/14718/the-sleeping-questions-and-answers-vinyl there's also a bundle option for your choice of vinyl and a bunny shirt for $21.98 http://www.victorymerch.com/merch/packages/14723/the-sleeping-questions-and-answers-vinyl-package
    1 point
  31. That old timey mood lantern light thing really made the whole video. I have officially seen it all now.
    1 point
  32. Email! Bluemail looks cool I'll try it out
    1 point
  33. How much for that Lawrence Welk?
    1 point
  34. I'm basing my reluctance entirely off of his wife. They seem pretty confident.
    1 point
  35. Mailers came in. I have 75. Start buying before I put it on Discogs.
    1 point
  36. CWhit is in fact, not better than this.
    1 point
  37. You're better than this.
    1 point
  38. Somebody wake me when that dead to fall is released
    1 point
  39. target cd: lp: my copy of the lp has some black mixed into the clear vinyl
    1 point
  40. andy.

    Recent Purchases

    Ive had like three copies form Goodwill
    1 point
  41. pizza face

    Recent Purchases

    Just picked up No Strings Attached by N*Sync at a thrift shop haha couldn't pass it up
    1 point
  42. monsterrod

    various download codes

    Moon Curse - "Spirit Remains" CODE: rryv-jemg bandcamp.com/yum
    1 point
  43. travis

    Upcoming Hot Topic Releases

    Yup, already looking into it. Yea I was told the HT exclusive would be ready 4/1.
    1 point
  44. Latest post - they're (shock!) running way behind on fulfillment as well..... "You have no idea how pissed I am right now. I supported this campaign more than a year ago. I received the record player today. Hooked it up and it sounded like crap. Loud scratchy sound when playing my first, and second and third LP. Almost like there was a grounding problem. I've submitted a ticket to support but I have to say this is a total cluster f**k."
    1 point
  45. Scott is very approachable re: the lovesliescrushing album, message him. On the new Saint Marie KS, I found Orange by Orange on the board member here's youtube sub: "JustusMeinFreund1" Has anyone found the other albums to listen to in their entirety? I'm not on Spotify. All 3 sound very similar from the sample tracks, especially the female vocals, which have a little something different to them,
    1 point
  46. 1 point
  47. counterpoint: the performances on this are kinda poorly chosen. The Live at Reading record is my go-to Nirvana live album (the one that came with the Bleach reissue is good too).
    1 point
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