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Props to Top Shelf Records.  Everything was packaged up and a label created within an hour of placing my order; had my records on my doorstep 4 days later and everything was in pristine shape.

USPS handles records like assholes. You couldn't put that together?

14 year old me just shit his pants.

Just a public service announcement, the Sennheiser HD600 is up on massdrop right now for 275.  These are the best cans I've ever used and worth far more than that (the cheapest I've ever seen them is 350).  So if you were in the market for some headphones, you might want to jump on this.

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/sennheiser-hd600

Just a heads up, these need proper amplification.

"only opened to check color"
 
As if anyone on fucking eBay actually plays records. What the fuck else did you open it for, to smell it?

Well, I for one would've been impressed with the iPhone 6 if it was 2010. There's really nothing special about these phones that their competition hasn't been already doing for a couple years at least. My OnePlus One basically stomps this phone and we're talking about products that haven't even been released yet. Hardly impressive. I fear Apple's days of truly being innovative and leading the pack are over.

AMEN to that. As an American myself, I couldn't agree more. We're a nation full of naive and ill-informed people making decisions like we actually have a real grasp on the world and it's individual and often unique problems. The Middle East is a perfect example of that. We're a nation barely a few hundred years old attempting to fix problems that have existed for thousands of years. Often, they're well beyond our scope and actual understanding. It's sad and disheartening. Honestly, it scares me the type of knee jerk reactions most Americans have for just about any situation. I am not, nor have I really ever been, proud to be American because of this simple fact. We simply, often, have no idea what we're doing or talking about.
 
Americans do not seem to realize that often all we do is fan the flames than actually solve problems. We need to be extremely careful how our actions are perceived internationally because we WILL see the repercussions of it as history has proven all too often.
 
I'm sure I'll get flamed for this opinion but I stand firm by my statements. We need to be very careful else we risk complicating already complex issues. That almost always never ends well. Again, history has proven that all too well.
 
I'll admit I remember the morning of 9/11 quite well and my reaction to it. My dad woke me up and said, and I quote, "We're at war" and I walked out of my room to see the towers in flames. My first reaction and comment was, "Well, it's about time. I'm not surprised." not because I was happy we were attacked but because, even at age 16 or 17, I knew our foreign policy was begging a situation like this to happen and, of course, it eventually did. It was even more upsetting to see the world rally behind us only to have us do everything in our power to get them to disagree with our response. Scary for sure.
 
Anyway, that's my 2 cents. I know this is an explosive issue (no pun intended) but I figured I'd share my thoughts. I don't expect you all to agree. Hopefully, we will mature and learn to handle ourselves in the international community a little better than we have in my lifetime so far. Time will tell.

And here I thought supporting labels that didn't use kickstarter to release records was helping the "vinyl revival".

$5 more than epitaph before shipping, nice. Keep it classy, Hot Topic.

I see Good Charlotte in your tradelist, so it's probably your turntable
 
 

it felt so, so good to pull the trigger on LCW + Long Drive. never thought the day would come.

can't believe i just got LCW for $24 shipped. good day. 

I am most excited to here Dramamine on wax

Now...don't get me wrong, because I totally love The Lonesome Crowded West, but is anyone else actually more excited about This Is A Long Drive? Because I am. That album fucking ruuuuuuuuules.

Technically it's like their 3rd I think. Dunno if those cassettes and Sad Sappy Sucker count.
Long Drive has the best sequence of songs to end it which is prob why it's my favorite

Vinyl Collective existed before SRC.  They host us, but they don't own us. No Gods. No Masters. No ordering from SRC.

Is it time to circlejerk about our MM collections? Cause I'm pretty sure I win.

i cant wait until they reissue Building Nothing out of Something so we can do this all over again... 

Just reinterating you guys all are preordering a rumor. Have a pleasant evening.

Just a few more and I'll have a willful suspension of disbelief.

Well, now Modern Vinyl has jumped on the rumor mill... http://modern-vinyl.com/2014/09/01/lonesome-crowded-long-drive-reportedly-getting-reissued/

Well, now Modern Vinyl has jumped on the rumor mill... http://modern-vinyl.com/2014/09/01/lonesome-crowded-long-drive-reportedly-getting-reissued/

GREAT another 20 something schooling me on buying records. haha

A link would help:
 
http://bittermelodyrecords.limitedrun.com/