moodist

Hey guys. This threads getting old and this is crazy. But my number's been leaked, so call me, maybe...

Here's a vibe they haven't thought of yet - #brandnew - and I don't mean the fuckin' band. 

Here's a vibe they haven't thought of yet - #brandnew - and I don't mean the fuckin' band. 

Yowza. With only a handful of friends stateside to hassle about this, one of them has managed to get a copy from a store in Seattle. 

Yeah, Sean from Fortuna Pop said on his FB that they all turned out like that. Mine's got a faint green-ish hue in the middle. 

Good luck fighting your demons? What a crock of shit. As if any of us haven't had buyers remorse. Get off your fucking high horse.

Good luck fighting your demons? What a crock of shit. As if any of us haven't had buyers remorse. Get off your fucking high horse.

Good luck fighting your demons? What a crock of shit. As if any of us haven't had buyers remorse. Get off your fucking high horse.

Good luck fighting your demons? What a crock of shit. As if any of us haven't had buyers remorse. Get off your fucking high horse.

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN

I guess I personally feel like maximizing profit - something Tate alludes to a few times in both posts - is a motive more in line with a publicly traded company whose sole concern is the bottom line. In the "scene" of underground music (whatever the fuck that means post-internet), however, people have always trumped money. I know countless articles have been written on this subject - how street cred doesn't pay a mortgage, the concept of selling out is stupid, "punk is totally irrelevant", etc. I myself have long been reticent to leave the stability of a dead end job for more fulfilling creative endeavors just for the fact that I need money to live, so I empathize with that struggle. I do still believe, though, that if you're playing in a rock band in 2014 and you're not satisfied with coming out of a gig with enough to get you home and an affirmation that people like what you're doing, maybe you should look into the tech sector.
I also don't appreciate the condescending tone of "well, you don't want to pay for music, but you'll blow a bunch of money on bullshit". I don't go out to eat. I don't smoke. I don't drink regularly. I'm not a $4 coffee person. Roughly 90% of my expendable income is spent in patronage of the arts. I'm sure that chicken wing person exists, but some of us are just bummed that $50 doesn't go half as far at the record store as it did 5 years ago, and the only people getting richer from it are the labels who have never been afraid to kill the goose in pursuit of its golden eggs, along with a few opportunists who 15 years ago would've been in the collectible stuffed animal game.
I feel pretty fortunate in that so far, none of the stuff with bonkers ($30+) pricing has been anything I'm interested in, but sooner or later there's going to be something I want that ends up being an SRC exclusive on vanilla fudge swirl, and I'll be angrily shaking my fist at all you dummies who long ago decided that 45 minutes of high school nostalgia was worth $30 a hit.

HMV are doing it for £69.99 in the UK, that's a tenner less than Amazon. Also I was holding off posting this until I got a shipping confirmation (which I just got) but this is the most ridiculous bargain ever: http://www.tmshop.co.uk/lcd-soundsystem-this-is-happening-pack.html 
 
That's a tee, a record bag, and This Is Happening on both CD and double LP for SEVEN POUNDS. I've no idea what their international shipping costs are like, but either way that's a crazy deal.