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It was me! I’m glad you dug the records. And hope the stuff you haven’t heard yet scratches some kind of unexpected itch. I also hope your holiday and new year went well! Every time I participate in a vinyl Secret Santa, I like to take time to include a dossier/memo (you can see it at the top of ozfacter’s image) and present the package as if it’s evidence for an ongoing case being handled by the Federal Department of Music Investigation. Here is the letterhead I use. This was for a previous Secret Santa on a different forum. Like a dummy, I forgot to save the one I made this year! Otherwise, I could attach a copy here. This year, I addressed the dossier to Forensics Director ozfacter and signed it from Special Ageny Steven Wilsom Botticello (S.W.B.) and the story was that my task force had recovered these stolen records in a raid of a notorious record thief’s warehouse and I was sending this evidence to oz for forensics analysis so we could capture the theif. But my character (lol) was starting to get suspicious that oz specifically requested only the pop punk, emo, and punk rock titles that were recovered in the raid and asked me to send them to his house directly instead of the lab. I hinted that I believed he may be attempting to keep the evidence for himself. Haha. I made it look like some post it notes had accidentally attached to the back of the file with my suspicions scribbled down in them. In past years, I wrote the dossier so that the Santee was the record thief and the recovered evidence records were meant to be sent to another FDMI department but somehow ended up back in the theif’s hands. I printed out and cut out ‘poloroids’ of screenshots of posts I used to determine their tastes and other research. I think this is the last Secret Santa I’ll do, at least with this high concept idea, so I wanted to share it here. I’ve always loved high concept stuff, as well as physical stories that you could hold (like fold folders or keys or other totems) and it’s been fun putting these together for other vinyl collectors. Thanks to @backpackoat for having me in this exchange and to @ozfacter for being my Santee. Thank you again to @sasan for being an awesome Santa too. I’m excited to see more posts and hear what the rest of you received and what bonus/random stuff your Santas threw in. I’ll relinquish the mic and switch to lurking!

Why would you go to chorus.fm?

I ended up waiting until christmas to open my gift. Here it is! It was a gigantic package, and first thing inside was a nice handwritten note. Inside were some individually wrapped gifts. I started with the 7" mailer. Inside were two Pearl Jam singles that I didn't have yet, a signed Menzingers single (!), a Horror section EP, and a single by Nothington. Inside the 12" mailer was a "Jungle Love single by The Time, and album by Sundowner, and a greatest hits album from David Bromberg. There was also a boatload of stickers and CDs! And finally, in the last present was a die cast miniature of a BMW K1300S motorcycle. I'll be taking it tow work to put on my desk with my other miniatures, because I'm just a big child. Haha. My Secret Santa said in the note that the Menzingers are local for him, so that narrows my Santa down to Philadelphia. My Santa must have been ozfacter! Thanks so much dude, you nailed it! It was a good mix of stuff I love and stuff I haven't listened to yet. I've heard good things about the Menzingers for years, but have never listened to them. I was spinning that single yesterday and loved it. I'll be digging deeper into their discography for sure now. I haven't had a chance to listen to everything else yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Thanks again!

First, let me just say how awesome it is to have dorkrock back im my collection! A mark, a mission... from dashboard is might be the only other album besides swiss army id get so another good call there. Ive never listened to no age but have another album sitting in my to do shelf. ive never heard of why but am curious so will give it a spin at some point soon. Ive heard of the rest of the bands and appreciate everything that was sent! I want to say that reshiram was my ss?

What a RSD? I haven't gone for 40 years!

Can’t wait until we’re back on track here with bitching about a shitty RSD list, being the first to post “looks like I’m sleeping in that day” &/or “I haven’t gone out on RSD in years”.

Going to have to try this

Edibles + headphones on while listening to this album = YAY! I think I'm buying multiple variants of this and I hate when I do that.

I still wonder if @tug found his specific innersleeves yet

I got you.

Dude this is seriously the sickest thing, thanks so much for being part of it this year, especially to such an extent. Happy new year!

This... AP.net forums were such a staple for me growing up/high school years. The forums were such a better place then. What the site has turned into is completely sad.

Happy 2019 from your friends in Listener! We wanted to let you know that we are re-pressing the albums "Wooden Heart" and "Time is a Machine" on Vinyl and CD. They are up for pre-order on our store now and will ship the first week of February! Tell a friend and then go here to our new website and give it a look: iamlistener.com (If you are in Europe or the UK head over to our distributor out of Germany here: Sounds of Subterranea) **We have included several limited edition bundles (only available during the pre-order). All "vinyl only" orders will ship for free for the next 48 hours...that offer ends January 4th at 12 noon EST Good luck in the New Year. We hope to see you soon. -Listener

Rise records. Ordered the Hot Water Music bundle and a Dave Hause (favorite songwriter in a long time) cassette from their webstore. I also bought a couple Dave Hause items from Rise on Ebay around the same time. I had being trying to win a copy of the Dave Hause- Resolutions Test Press, but they kept going for more than I could afford. I missed out on it again, and just messaged the seller (who happens to own/run/works for Rise) and asked if they had anymore test presses they were going to put up, as I missed out on the two they had listed ($77 & $100 is what they went for) I also told him that if he hadn't shipped my Hot Water Music bundle yet, that they could just add these 2 ebay items to my HWM package, to save them on shipping. I never got a response. I get the Hot Water Music package today and this is what happened: 1. The record mailers were all wrapped in a plastic shipping bag, which prevented them from getting wet from the snow. 2. They threw in a free LP and 2 7" (Hidden In Plain View & Placebo) 3. Also in the package was a Resolutions TEST PRESS!!!! I couldn't believe it. I've bought from them a lot over the years, but never in my wildest dreams did I expect to get this. So, Rise Records: You are amazing. I love you. Thank you.

dude, i read that thing a couple times i cant believe i didnt figure it out! thanks so much for everything, you did a fantastic job. @Youinreverse it was me, im glad you liked everything! dont forget that there is still one more package that should arrive within the next month or two(?) whenever the pre order ships.

True. I still miss AP. But it's just not the same. The music news is buried by Apple news and reblogged feminist articles. And the community is kind of annoying.

Just a few notes #1 I find it funny that good ol' Mr. Tate Closed the BN forum on chrous.fm this week after stating for a year he wouldn't. #2 I sold my CD the week it arrived for $320 #3 I really really like this song. #4 Technically brand new was 2000-2017. They were MIA for 2018. #5 Regardless of his past, I still love, support, and miss this band. It had four members, not one. I feel bad for the other three guys. #6 I really wonder what BN had up their sleeves for 2018 being as it was going to be their last year.

Does this count? I just picked this up on Sunday. I also have On Stage or something to that effect by Rainbow.....

Well this is just the punch in the fucking face I needed to get me through the rest of my first day back at work!

now that 2018 has ended, here are my top ten LP's for the year 1. Infernal Coil - Within A World Forgotten 2. Sleep - The Sciences 3. UN - Sentiment 4. Fórn - Rites of Despair 5. Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms 6. SUMAC - Love in Shadow 7. Innumerable Forms - Punishment in Flesh 8. Panopticon - The Scars of Man... 1 & 2 9. Sulphurous - Dolorous Death Knell 10. Faustcoven - In the Shadow of Doom Really tough to only pick ten.

This is amazing. Reminds me of when I had a dream that I was seeing the Grateful Dead and Jerry was wearing a Deafheaven shirt and was into post-rock now lol EDIT: For the record, I love the Grateful Dead

Probably an exaggeration on both fronts. It only seems that way because Juan proclaims his love for Swift in a multitude of threads, and he's among the more frequent posters on the board – I don't think anyone else is on the same wavelength as that guy's adoration for Taylor Swift. So to use the word obsessed for anyone other than him feels like major hyperbole, to me. I'd realistically guess there's probably a dozen members who'd actively check out a new Taylor Swift record, and even less that'd pre-order it.

Same.

Amazon are usually pretty good at fulfilling an order even if there's a pricing error. I got Sufjan's Silver & Gold vinyl boxset for £14 as a preorder before the price went up to about £80.

had a dream this band changed their name to blankenbarge and became a really cool shoegaze barge for the fishing community in St Petersburg

My Top 30... 30: Terra Pines – S/T 29: Slow Crush – Aurora 28: Long Distance Calling – Boundless 27: Nothing – Dance on the Blacktop 26: Blush Response – Hearts Grow Dull 25: Holy Motors – Slow Sundown 24: Florence and the Machine – High as Hope 23: Holy Fawn – Death Spells 22: Molly Burch – First Flower 21: Thrice – Palms 20: Ovlov – Tru 19: Coastlands – The Further Still 18: Spurv – Myra 17: Tides of Man – Every Nothing 16: Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones – S/T 15: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – Tearing at the Seams 14: Denzel Curry – TA1300 13: Haerts – New Compassion 12: Muse – Simulation Theory 11: Feed Me to the Waves – Before this Wilderness Consumes Us 10: Wess Meets West – A Light Within the Fracture 09: Lume – Wrung 08: Mild Orange – Foreplay 07: Dave Matthews Band – Come Tomorrow 06: Manon Meurt – MMXVIII 05: møl - JORD 04: Heads. - Collider 03: Murder By Death - The Other Shore 02: Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You 01: Shakey Graves - Can’t Wake Up

https://undergang.bandcamp.com/album/levende-forr-dnelse-live-i-usa Undergang Live In USA pay-what-you-want download with vinyl to come. The recording sounds great. This album and Acathexis have been dominating my commute tunes.

I’ve got trash, you’ve got nothing. We’ll call it a draw.

Louis CK leak, Brand New leak, 2018 is going out with a bang (no pun intended).

I struggled to dig it up on YouTube, so to save anyone else some time;

Getting started early on your New Year's Resolution to be more self-congratulatory? Nice!

Just saw this here for anyone who still needs it: http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&BandId=3361

This thread was the shit... When it was crackin'