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Yep, I remember the comic book insanity. They kept pushing out inferior product with many variants riding on the fear of "missing out" by collectors. Resale prices inflated. One day people realized that that pointless variant of an obscure soundtrack Lady Death comic wasn't worth much of anything. I see happy days ahead for collectors' record portfolios.

Bubbles and collapses can absolutely happen within niches and subcultures without the larger culture ever noticing. I'm sure most people aren't aware of the comic book crash of the mid-90s, and yet it had an inescapable effect on comics.

Sorry for being a post-whore but I just confirmed a trip on a very doomed boat along the coast of Sweden with Electric fucking Wizard headlining. Was set on not going but was lucky to find some last minute tickets from dudes who'd bought early and it will be a two day marathon with the free afterparty including Spelljammer. I'm losing it. Also, if for any of you die-hard Monolord fans, they'll be selling a sick print there that I might grab if any of you are super keen on it.

The silver vinyl is available at Amoeba, by the way. https://www.amoeba.com/slowdive-silver-vinyl-lp-slowdive/albums/3927451/ The current Music On Vinyl pressing of it is fantastic.

I used to go until I found out I'd rather spend a few days in Tokyo and get the same records almost half the price.

I wonder if my children will read about the great Beanie Baby crash of 1998 in their history text books.

As long as people are continuing to purchase vinyl for the purpose of listening rather than the purpose of collecting, I believe there'll be no bubble to burst. But if folks are only buying them as an investment, there will be a bubble to burst.

Saw them last night in Pittsburgh and they were amazing. They put on such a solid and emotional set. Grabbed me a peach copy as well.

I'm already looking forward to their third album Piglet. I heard it comes on Winnie The Pooh yellow/red swirl with heavy honey splatter. Also, selling my Goya Die Hard, enamel pin and all, if anyone's interested?

Oh hell yeah, gonna line up early to pay like $25 for a picture disc with 6 minutes of a hundred year old theme song on side A and a bunch of INTERVIEWS on side B

Spacelab9 coming in hot with more chintzy shit noone asked for

Banquet has the silver up for pre order. https://www.banquetrecords.com/slowdive/slowdive/DOC132CD

(Remember the 10% Amoeba.com coupon code 'clippers'. Works on pre-orders.)

It was just put up on FatBeats the other day for the same price as BM, so that is always an option, but I'll be super bummed if Amazon pulls out too.

You're a good man Gumbo. GOTCHA on the other hand.... A guy who can be this much of an asshole on the internet can no way be a standup guy to his girl in real life. My bet is she has no idea of this Internet persona and would be appalled by this behavior if she ever found it. Living an alter ego out online and acting another way in real life is not healthy and will manifest itself in his relationship soon enough. I sincerely hope you stop this and go spend your time learning and loving your wife/girlfriend instead.

FAT color is the blue/yellow split

Praise be to super markdowns and 40% off sale. I went to all three Atlanta stores today, and picked up the following: Nosaj Thing - Fated DIIV - Is The Is Are Purity Ring - another eternity Jamie xx - In Colour ...for about $9. Total. For all four. This is the best thing ever omg

I figure all money I spend on records is penance for the albums I pirated when I was younger.

a clear photo showing this plus a tweet with them tagged can go a long way in possibly solving the issue. what you stumbled upon is gold imo

This is the last of my Citizen collection with a few others thrown in. Prices are ppd. RFC 2013 7" Subscription boxset - $55 Anti-Flag / Hostage Calm Tigers Jaw / Code Orange Kids / Self Defense Family / TWIABP Shook Ones / Death Is Not Glamorous Self Defense Family / Meredith Hunter Miserable / Grey Zine Pity Sex / Adventures Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) / Joie De Vivre The Contortionist - Exoplanet - Picture Disc $50 Pity Sex - Feast of Love - Blue/White Split /200 with flexi (Banquet/UK tour exclusive) - Decent corner dings and creases from shipping. - $32 Citizen: -Everybody Is Going To Heaven1200 Oxblood A-Side / Gold B-Side $221300 Gold / Black Color in Color (Hot Topic Exclusive) $18 150 Deep Purple A-Side/Beer B-Side with Black Splatter (deluxe edition) $60 (some creases and dinged corners from shipping)2000 Bone $10 -Nail In Your Hand Flexi $25 Take any variant of the Turnover Split and any variant of Young States for $20ppd! -Turnover Split 300 Milky Clear W/ Oxblood Haze $15800 Sea Blue $8200 White, Grey And Mint Tri-Color $15300 A-Side/B-Side Oxblood And Mustard $15500 Bone $8300 Electric Blue/Hot Pink $12500 Ultra Clear $52000 Sea Blue / Oxblood $5 -Young States 200 Black/Gold Marble $15 300 Teal Blue (Band Exclusive) $10 300 Clear $8 500 White $8 300 Red/Black Marble $8 700 Gold $8 1000 Black $5 -Youth1273 Black/Red Marble $221052 Green w/Black Smoke $22 509 Pink/Red Marble $22 1100 Clear $15754 White/Green/Gold Starburst $202000 Black $123000 White $12

The part of me that nerds out over the most limited variant is the (your quotes) "hobby" in me. Take that out of the equation and rekkids is how I enjoy listening to music. So the only way a burst affects me is if it shuts down pressing plants. Actually, if the bubble bursts, we'll probably get better music, since pressing plants won't be choking on RSD bullshit.

I think about this guy, and his custom made t-shirt, a lot.

This guy understands what a "bubble" actually is.

That's a good point. I guess it depends on the size of the bubble. For example, everyone knows about the Beanie Baby crash, to the point that it's become a pop culture reference.

Excellent now there's still room for more shitty soundtracks to get a repress

You're tearing me apart lisa

$44.25?

Saw them last year, what an incredible live band. Looking forward to the new album!

the oxblood is beautiful!!!

Edit.. Posted same thing as Jrodan ha.

Sugar For the Pill sounds like a This Will Destroy Song, but I can dig it.

Deathwish is running a 20% off sale on all Touche Amore merch, including vinyl. Most of their 7-inches and their first two LPs are currently in stock. Code is TOUCHE17: https://deathwishinc.com/collections/touche-amore

Whoa, plot twist. That Amazon UK price still seems too good to be true. Praying nothing changes with it.

Yep this specific item would currently be against ebays pre-sale rules. But over all, you are allowed to pre-sell items up to 30 days in advance.

Grau pressing of ashes sounds fine to me. Although i have no other versions to compare it with

I go every other year, because mostly I end up spending way to much money. On average prices are a tad higher than on Discogs, but you will save on shipping. Also I often find stuff I never seen before and aren't listed on Discogs. Plus there are so many high ticket items to choose from, rare 70's Springsteen singles, they are there, Dischord, Revelation classic are for sale, booths filled with Japanse/South American/South Africa pressings. The list goes on. I do find a few good to very good deals if you take the time the whole day to search as much booths as possible, you just have to dig and be a bit lucky. 2nd press Bad Brains - Pay To Cum for 40 bucks. Green Day slappy EP on green for 10 bucks, which sold for 430 three days later. Quicksand - Slip LP for 5 bucks. Inside Out 7" on blue for 2 bucks. Ray and Porcell 7" out of 100 for 1 buck. A few of the ones that stood out for me.

So we called it quits today. Kinda bummed, but... what can you do. It's the best course of action. We talked for a bit, and still might see each other... who knows. She still pulled the "Well I told you multiple times I didn't want a relationship" when i pressed her about not being truthful about fucking up school. So apparently to the younger generation, you can say "I want to be with you, but don't want a relationship" and because you voiced that concern, that gives you the green light to be deceitful and evasive and not be on your best, most genuine behavior. This girl is in for a long life of heartache and instability I fear. It saddens me. I see us being somewhat of a semi-frequent friends with benefits thing, I suppose. Maybe not the healthiest option haha, but.... both parties involved have needs I'm still sad, because the whirlwind romance has now ended. Lesson learned: don't date a fucking 21 year old lol

Just don't order the "super ultra limited hand signed" edition any everything will be ok in the end!

Just don't feed this troll. He's an asshole and his behavior is pathetic. He'll continue his superiority bullshit and making dumb sex doll jokes. It's like the old school Simpsons Halloween episode about ads come to life: Just don't look.

Sounds like it was a Good Friday.

So we're still running with that joke, huh? Nice. I do admire how you completely ignored cantdance's inquiry about your immaculate marriage. As much as I value your innovative and not-at-all uninspired """sick burns""", I really am curious to hear how content you are with your personal life. It must be a slice of heaven considering how much you enjoy lashing out at various members in threads, and just how bitter of a shitposting troglodyte you come off as, in general. How old are you? 40? And you're peddling Hot Topic records on eBay while preying on the hardships of complete strangers on the internet? I'm sorry that you genuinely fucked up in life and had to settle in every possibly regard, but there's no need to take that out on the boards. Please keep attacking me and cluttering up this thread. I would quite enjoy seeing you banned. Again.

So I'm a sucker and part of the problem. I am the reason why Newbury Comics gets away with their bullshit. About a week and a half ago I stopped into one on my way home from work. And I found a copy of Newbury's exclusive The Strokes - Room on Fire. $49.99. And of course, I bought it because I was seeking that variant and it was the cheapest I was ever going to find it considering what it goes for on the secondary market. I asked the cashier why it was so marked up, and he said, "I don't know. We're just told to change the prices. But this is a really good price for this pressing." To which I replied, "It's unfair to hike prices of your exclusives just because of how its sales are behaving in the secondary market, but I'm the sucker that's falling for it so whatever." He just laughed. Anyway, I found something amusing when I took the shrink wrap off of the record. All of the price tags were placed on top of one another. Since the beginning of its sale back in 2015, the price had changed 9 times. There were 9 separate tags on the jacket, all on top of one another. I tried to peel them so I could get a picture to show the increase, but basically it went from $26.99 to $49.99 gradually. Usually when something sits on the shelf it goes down in price, right? Hits clearance maybe? So I'm done with Newbury. Will never support them again, and don't have to now that I've moved from rural Massachusetts to NYC. But I guess they got the last laugh. TL;DR I suck.

Yup, I totally forgot - they're just Humanz.

The Record Store Day press conference:

Literally all I picture when I read about 90% of Gumbo's posts.