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i had to dig through like three different email archives (because for some dumb reason i don't have an account?) but i totally ordered this. not crazy about the cover either, or the release date, but am still stoked of this to finally arrive. me and the kids watched it for a third time over christmas break, and goddamn do i love the show.

ugh, never mind.

Bought immediately - many thanks for the discount code @freezeflash!

I never would have expected Lucier to show up in a Nothing thread. (Not a snobby knock on them, it’s just an odd linkage); glad I have this coming to at least check it out, as I am Sitting in a Room is one of my favorite pieces of the last century.

I received tracking a couple days ago (email on the 21st) but it's still sitting in the "label created" status with USPS.

I was so sad when I clicked through on this earlier today; I was prepared to pay an inflated price for a nice edition but neither the $200 or $500 ones are remotely close to appealing or priced appropriately. 😢

lol, good luck with that - I’m a few years past having to really worry about my kids sleeping through the night. I’m playing on PS5 so it’ll be like 11PM before it goes live for me. I’m work from home through the end of April (at the earliest) though so I’m not in any rush, I’ll have of lots of time to play during the days.

I'll be on it first thing Friday for sure. It's by far the most excited I've been for a game for ages.

I see the postcard image / comments above - I don’t think it one was supposed to come with the first run (clear w/blue+black splatter) of this reissue, right? I did get the fully signed setlist with mine, so I’m content, was more just curious since it’s been a bit since I ordered this.

Holy shit that’s insane.

Yep, worst case that’s the plan!

ah, thanks. i guess i have a week to decide if i want this or not. i'm leaning yes if the above range ends up correct, maybe especially so if it ends up at or below $100 shipped. this is one i had before i sold my collection, and i've yet to pick it back up, so it'll fill a hole for me.

Completely independent of how good or bad the new TCM is I went ahead and picked up the soundtrack through Waxwork because I ❤️ Colin Stetson a great deal.

I might’ve missed it, but has a cost been disclosed for the box yet?

Interested to hear your thoughts on it - the reviews I've seen so far have been... less than kind. We started that Netflix limited series Sweet Home last night and I'm really digging it through one episode, even if most of it was setup. The overall trajectory they're putting in place by the end of the episode looks completely batshit insane (a quality I treasure in horror media) so very much looking forward to this one.

Not specifically horror but enough overlap to warrant mention here - my wife and I finished up that Netflix limited series Hellbound (by Yeon Sang-ho who directed Train to Busan) last night. It's a quick watch at only 6 episodes, and i highly recommend it. With a couple small caveats. First, the CGI of the angel and the creatures looks *not great* which is easy to get past, but it stands out since overall the series is really well done and in general has really solid production. Second, I went in expecting something completely different than what i got, and i should note that the series is waaaaay more meditative and contemplative than i expected. It's still pretty bonkers, but it's way more on the smart side than the crazy side.

Oh, I'd missed the Speed Glue + Shinki release, that's definitely on my need-to-have list. I'll also pick up the Nick Cave release, but I really don't see that one being tough at all.

Yeah, I’m literally interested in nothing here (at least not interested in getting up / going out for anything). Maybe the Superchunk 2LP? I can’t imagine that’ll be hard to get through the afternoon online drops.

Wrapped this up tonight. Well worth checking out, really well done, last couple episodes (especially some of the cinematography) are great. Note that it is long though - nearly 12 hours - and the high school drama continues throughout, but I greatly like the characters so I didn’t mind, and found that every episode zipped right the hell along.

They threw up a random restock of at least one copy on the Further Seems Forever store of their version this morning so I grabbed a copy - glad being out of cell-phone range all day yesterday didn't force me into aftermarket prices!

Ah dammit, that's crap timing. I'll be hiking + completely out of cell phone range all day tomorrow. Bummer!

I thought Slapface was fine. Less bleak/nihilistic than i wanted it to be, and somehow manages to be both heavy-handed *and* overly ambiguous at the the same. I enjoyed it though, moved pretty quickly, overall well done.

Awesome, can’t wait to check it out this week 🤣

I read (this morning) that it’s nihilistically bleak. Fair assessment?

Catching Nick Cave & Warren Ellis and Spiritualized in March; Blushing and Charli XCX in April, Bikini Kill and Bright Eyes in May. Going to Austin for both of those May shows because the Dallas venue they’re both playing sucksssss.