Eliminator Jr.

Relax. Just because it isn't fundamental to life, doesn't mean I can't critique the business practices surrounding the sale of it. I know its not medication (nor a credit card balance) and I never implied that it was in any way similar. In fact I completely rejected the comparison of record pricing to any other type of entertainment product but especially something as fundamentally necessary as fuel for your means of transportation. I merely pointed out that it is a lot by today's standards with direct comparisons to a nearly identical product of the exact same format and if people keep buying up the specialized versions of products at ridiculous prices they will encourage those who produce or sell said products to keep inflating the prices even on the regular non-specialized basic editions. I think that is a valid concern.
 
This is a vinyl message board. I'm limiting my critique to vinyl prices. I'm also not advocating that anyone buy more than one copy of any record. I guess you could say that I'm attempting to be persuasive against anyone buying Newbury Comics exclusives because their prices, in my contention, are an insult. I don't think that's a serious transgression. And still, I'm not even aggressively dictating to anyone that they must not buy those editions. I'm simply providing a voice of dissent for my own venting and for anyone who wishes to engage in the conversation. My concern is that it would be nice if engaging in the practice of consuming products like vinyl records could remain somewhat affordable to me. And of course I'm using my own measure of affordability to make that case admittedly. If the cost of production actually justifies such a spike in the retail price of the product then maybe that just means that I get priced out of participating in the consumerism of a product that is important to me and that is something that obviously concerns me. I hope that its clear that I enjoy accumulating and listening to vinyl records. Here I am on a discussion forum dedicated to records talking about that and all the aforementioned issues surrounding it. Also, if this topic and my position on it aggravates you that much, you luckily have the liberty of ignoring it. If you want to debate it, I'm clearly happy to.
 
PS Fuck golf still.

Nothing is being over-thought. Newbury is a straight up player who licenses popular record titles to have exclusive color variants made only to be sold at nearly double the cost of most other in print editions because their edition is "limited" and "exclusive" and the suckers lap it up. People are free to be taken in by it but when you consider that music purchasers generally aim to have a larger quantity of records at their disposal than rounds of golf, tanks of gas or IMAX movie experiences it stands to reason that if a product can be and is sold at a reasonable price, then selling the same essential product with an extra baked in level of exclusivity or scarcity just to pander to a certain gullible demographic is particularly reprehensible and also thereby your analogy does not land. Not the end of the world. Just a greedy and ugly way to take advantage of those affected by a very particular type of product hype. You vote with your wallet. Keep buying overpriced shit and the shit you want will keep going up in price. I'm one of those crazies who would rather their physical music format be further to the affordable side.
 
Plus, I'm not exactly sitting on a mountain of money  and would like each of my dollars to go as far as they can. I would also never play golf. Ever.

One of (if not the) most important bands of the last 20 years - fugazi.

Just picked up a few more Koz records so I figured I’d take a group shot. It’s a pretty minuscule collection compared to some other Koz collections I’ve seen here, but I pretty much have everything I want, other than April. The black/white marbled /300 April is a white whale of mine, I just don’t have $200 to drop on it.
 
Red House Painters - Rollercoaster (second press, 2015, black)
Red House Painters - Songs For A Blue Guitar (second press, 2015, black)
Red House Painters - Old Ramon (second press, 2015, smokey clear)
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway (second press, 2018, black)
Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises (first press, 2010, marbled grey /150)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji (second press, 2014, clear /1,900)
Mark Kozelek - Lost Verses - Live (first press, 2009, white /500)
Mark Kozelek - Live At Union Chapel & Sodra Teatern (first press, 2011, red/green /500)
 

all those bells and whistles don't stop it from being a Jack White record though sadly.

I'm active over there, too! Vinyl only, my life is too boring to be archived:
 
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Box set + CD just arrived at work! 

Mr. Meowgi and Flakka doin' what they do.
 

Moving this to the new page. Spent too long posting this to get lost on the last page haha. 

Blink-182 - Buddha

-First press black w/ mailorder
-Picture disk -Black repress -Bugglegum Pink -Orange Cream -Split Green/Blue -Sealed Hot Topic Splatter -Split Red/Yellow -Interpunk Splatter -Newbury Blue   Blink-182 - Cheshire Cat

-First press red eyes
-Hot Topic second press blue green in yellow haze
-Hot Topic third press blue yellow split
-Hot Topic fourth press splatter
-SRC fifth press blue
 
Blink-182 - Dude Ranch

blink-182 - Dude Ranch collection First press Grilled Cheese MTS first press black MTS first press split brown yellow MTS first press yellow MTS first press brown MTS first press misprint split brown yellow /147 with tag Hot Topic first press orange  MTS second press green MTS second press red MTS second press coke clear MTS second press blue marble Hot Topic second press splatter sealed SRC deluxe edition numbered  SRC red SRC green FYE exclusive    Blink-182 - Enema of the State

blink-182 - Enema of the State collection -MTS first press gold foil -MTS first press red -MTS first press clear -MTS first press blue -Hot Topic first press white -MTS red/white split -MTS blue/white split -MTS solid white -MTS clear green -MTS clear orange -MTS green/orange split -MTS latex blue /182 -MTS nude peach /182 -MTS opaque baby blue -MTS purple -MTS red/black misprint /25 -MTS coke clear -Hot Topic splatter (edited and non edited) -SRC black deluxe -SRC blue -SRC clear   
Bllink-182 - The Mark Tom and Travis Show

blink-182 - The Mark Tom and Travis Show collection -Hot Topic first press green and blue -Hot Topic second press purple and pink  -Hot Topic third press splatter -SRC deluxe black numbered  
Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket collection First press EU Universal w/ hype strip sealed Hot Topic first press tri-color split  Hot Topic second press black Hot Topic third press splatter sealed SRC fourth press 180g w/ Mark Hoppus foreword and colored 7"s SRC 180g clear subscription series /182 w/ colored 7"s SRC Red w/ black 7"s SRC Yellow w/ black 7"s SRC Green w/ black 7"s SRC White w/ black 7"s SRC Pink w/ black 7"s SRC yellow FYE exclusive SRC red   Blink-182 - Untitled

blink-182 - Untitled collection -MTS first press black 180g signed by Mark and Travis -MTS first press green/pink swirl  -MTS first press pink/green split -MTS first press pink/white swirl -MTS second press pink /120 -MTS third press white -MTS third press green marble  -Hot Topic first press pink and green -Hot Topic second press splatter sealed -SRC first press black 180g deluxe numbered  
Blink-182 - Neighborhoods

blink-182 - Neighborhoods collection -Interpunk first press pink /500  -First press blue marble -First press gray marble -First press white -Hot Topic second press splatter (sealed)  
Blink-182 - California

blink-182 - California collection -First press purple signed by the band  -First press red (sealed) -First press white (sealed) -First press black (sealed) -First press EU silver indie variant -Second press clear tour variant (sealed) -Hot Topic second press splatter (sealed)  
Blink-182 - California DLX

blink-182 - California Deluxe collection -First press pink w/ slipmat (sealed)  -First press green w/ slipmat (sealed) -First press blue w/ slipmat (sealed) -First press yellow w/ slipmat  (sealed) -First press black 180g (sealed) -First press EU pink/black haze variant -First press AUS yellow/black marble variant -Second press ROTOFUGI teal variant /182 -Third press royal blue marble /182 -Third press turquoise/black marble /182  
Blink-182 - Test Pressings/Rare Records

blink-182 - Rare Vinyl collection -Cheshire Cat RTI Test Pressing (sealed)  -Dude Ranch RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -Enema of the State RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -The Mark Tom and Travis Show RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -Take Off Your Pants and Jacket RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -Untitled RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -Greatest Hits RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -Neighborhoods RTI Test Pressing (sealed) -California DLX Gold 17/182 with Thank You letter -Shortbus Maroon 7" with Message of Hope -Dogs Eating Dogs EP 12" bootleg 3/3   All RTI test pressings were used for the SRC releases and custom jackets.      Yes, this has taken me forever. No, I do not have a life. No, I don't care what you think. This isn't even all the blink albums I own, this is just from monthly posts I did in 2017 on instagram. Thanks to anyone who has helped me in the past. What an insane journey.

It's tearin up my cart when I add you, cuz when I click check out the color's blue.

Here we go. All boxes are packed and will go out tomorrow.
 

the most scintillating part of the record release cycle.
 
ryantark: has it in hand with nice pics
njpunk: no ship - no ship - no ship - still no ship send email to pmt -  shipping email!
yesplease: no ship
theedge: in hand - not impressed.
sillybarry: received! MATRIX INFO
s_r0d: shipping email!
kess: extremely upset. brand new may have just lost him, a longtime superfan.
fowty dollars: shipping email!
figgypud: no ship - shleby shipping email - official shipping email
arcjesseh: shipping email! received same day!!!
stl_ben: already on ebay
jhulud: expecting delivery today!!
danmpie: shipping info says thursday delivery!!
rooks: shipped
trainsaw: donated his to voyager 3 so aliens assume there is no intelligent life on earth
lethalenforcer: freezing his dried roses to seal in the flavor
 
keep this updated guys, don't want to lose track of anyone.
 

Haven’t posted any of my babies for a while:
 

Morning snuggles.
 

This is actually a screenshot from an end of a video.  I love it so much.
 

Waiting for me to throw something for her to fetch.
 

Harley loves beer.  Of course I don’t let her actually DRINK it, but she likes to lick the openings of the cans or bottles when I have one.  And in this case, what’s left around the inside of the glass.
 

Cat tree hangouts.
 

*X-Files theme plays*

This is my cat, ISIS (named after the band, of course).  She had to have her left eye removed shortly after we found her when she was only a few months old.  She's the sweetest cat!
 
 
 

They uploaded another image and yep I was right. It's a tub instead of a bag though.
 

I don't know if anyone here cares about some of the social and political views of black metal artists, but I'm always cautious about what I buy in this genre, especially when it comes to fascist crap. I was investigating the controversy about the Cobalt singer and came across this article. It's an interesting read and points out a lot information that I have found about other black metal artists. There is so much music out there, that I can be choosy about what I support. I don't expect to agree with everything an entertainer believes in, but for me sometimes that blurry line has to be recognized.
https://music.avclub.com/metal-music-still-has-an-unaddressed-nazi-problem-1798258676

I mean for me its god tier, partly to do with when it came into my life it resonated and still does very powerfully. I like their screamy stuff too but Keep You is definitely my favourite record of theirs. My opinion is obviously at odds with a lot of people here just on that alone. 

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