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Well hopefully this will stay up for a few weeks. I kind of just blew my vinyl budget for a while on something else. *coughTITUSANDRONICUS#SEVENSEVENINCHEScough*

Wow. That looks cool as shit. I still want to grab a copy, even though I just blew a lot of my cash at the Steam Summer Sale...

Joining the elation and surprise that my amber variant shipped today. Can't wait for it to get here.

 

 

GOT DAT AMBER

 

Now I can go eat lunch. 

Can't wait. I love John Williams. Saving money for school be damned, I'm getting this.

While I want to grab a copy of Greatest Hits, I kind of secretly hope that they sell out before I can get one; I need to save money for college in the fall. :/

Well I completely forgot about the non-picture disc version of Vol. 1. Now I have to try to get one of the Meth Blue ones that will surely go quickly. I really want this regardless of what color it is on, but it looks like this blue is my best bet right now. The color is just a bonus.

Eh. I'll at least get the '91, probably both as a matter of fact.

Got mine today. It's spinning right now and sounds wonderful. My copy has a lot more orange than green but still looks quite cool. Super excited to listen to the rest of this.

I actually forgot that there would be an etching on this. :|

My estimated delivery date for this is Tuesday. Looking forward to getting it.

Managed to score a swirl variant.

I had the alarm set on my phone but was actually in my friend's car on the way home from glazing hand-thrown bowls for our Empty Bowls (for hunger awareness) event and I also got an e-mail about getting an internship over the summer around the same time, so, combined with the PayPal issues, it was a clusterfuck.

I ended up getting home around 4:40 and I immediately got on my laptop and ordered one and it went through. 

Pretty excited for this; I wasn't really old enough to experience the ska craze first hand when it happened (I was like an infant...) but it reminds me of middle school because that was when I first started listening to RBF, even though it was kind of old by then.

This actually isn't the worst time for it to go up.

I have an alarm set on my phone for 4:20 in case I forget.

Kind of hoping this goes up Wednesday. I have an AP Exam on Tuesday and I don't want to miss it because I can't get online to buy it.

I really dig the packaging on the fun. 10" and love the fact that the vinyl matches my copy of Aim and Ignite.

I also really enjoy the Frightened Rabbit Live EP, but I wish there was more.

 

I kind of found some of the remixes on the Broken Bells 12" a bit lackluster, and both of the splits I got have b-sides that are lacking a bit:
The SDRE song is much better than the CS song, and the American Authors cover of "In A Big Country" is A LOT better than The Mowgli's cover of "You Make My Dreams Come True."

 

But I don't regret picking anything up that I did.

My store only had one copy and I picked it up despite being close to the back of the line. It's maroon though. :/

 

Anyway, I'll join the chorus in saying that the SDRE song is better than the CS. Kind of bummed my store was charging 12 bucks for it, but seeing what this is being flipped for, I guess it wasn't too bad. 

I think I made out pretty well at RSD this year. My store didn't have any copies of the Scott Pilgrim or the Blood Dragon soundtracks or the Cake box, so that was kind of a bummer, but I'm otherwise happy with what I got. I missed the REM set by only getting there 15 minutes early (the guy who got it was there a few hours early.)

 

 

(Phone camera quality)

 

Ended up with:

• fun. - Point and Light
• Broken Bells - Holding on for Life 
• Frightened Rabbit - Live From Criminal Records
• The Space Project LP (didn't see any 7" sets.)
• SDRE/Circa Survive split 7"
• The Last Internationale - Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Indian Blood 7"
• Sam Means - Blue Jeans 7"
• American Authors/The Mowgli's split 7"

Cost me about $126 before the gift certificate I had, which took it down to around 100.

Set an alarm on my phone because I was sure to forget about this and let's just say that I'm happy I did. Managed to snag a white copy at basically exactly 1 (EST) and got media mail via the paypal button. Super excited because I missed the white the first time, and I couldn't care less about the misprint.

I've been attending honor music festivals since the tenth grade and yesterday was my last one forever. It was the Pennsylvania All-State Concert Band and it was definitely a bittersweet moment. The friends I made throughout my three years could not be matched anywhere and it was phenomenal to play such fantastic music with fellow talented musicians and they were my absolute favorite part of high school.

 

Yeah, that shit sounded cheesy as fuck. In reality, I loved PMEA and NAfME festivals-I made some great friends from all over the country and loved playing the music.

 

EXCEPT AT THIS YEAR'S ALL-STATE BECAUSE I WAS ON BASS TROMBONE AND I DESPISE THE BASS TROMBONE WITH THE BURNING PASSION OF A MILLION SUNS. I wish PMEA would have Bass Trombone be a separate instrument, because it takes a different set of skills to play it. It sucks to go from playing Lead Trombone at regionals to Bass Bone at states--the parts are assigned to specific regions randomly and has nothing to do with the scores or parts players were on previously, which is shitty.

Made my list and it's actually kind of long. 

 

But I know I won't be able to get everything because I doubt my record store will get some of the more niche stuff that I want.

 

But one never knows, because this is the first year I can actually go to RSD.

If we're on video game soundtracks, my absolute favorite has to be the MOTHER series, Mother 2 (EarthBound in the states) and Mother 3 in particular. They're absolutely brilliant.

Ordered this on Thursday while on break at All-State Band rehearsal. Got a blue and am not to upset about it. Now it's just going to show up in late May long after I've forgotten about it and I'll be super excited.

Definitely getting the blue as opposed to the green. Looks better in my opinion.

Competely forgot they were putting out a new record. I may end up getting this either in a store or on amazon later on.

As more and more releases get added to the list, it's more money I'll have to spend. Goddamn.

 

The Fun. (especially becuase it's demos from Aim and Ignite) and Frightened Rabbit EPs are definitely added to my want list, and maybe the MGMT pressings, if I can afford them...

 

Damn. There are only 300 copies of the Blood Dragon soundtrack. I highly doubt my store will get any.

Hey congrats on being born the year it came out.

I can still like them...

 

And I was born in 1995, thank you very much!