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@jhulud probably 

this is not good

You don’t have to purchase a ticket. You can just buy the vinyl. 
 
I highly doubt they’ll make a fortune off this. There’s 6 members in the band, plus the crew. They don’t all live in the same area. Some have to travel. Do you know how difficult it is to produce a good-sounding live stream? 
 
I never thought I’d be on the internet in 2020 defending Underoath. But here I am. Quality live-streams are ridiculously difficult to pull off. I’m skeptical myself. But artists need to be creative to create new revenue streams right now. I’m sure they’d rather tour if they could. 

this is not good

yeah. it sucks. Mail volume is actually increasing but funding and staffing is decreasing. I imagine, in most post offices and sorting facilities, express gets sorted before priority, priority before first class, media mail absolute last. So that's why Media Mail is sitting without scans for days at a time. 
On top of that, volume is so high and staff is so low, that mistakes are more frequent. All it takes is a package going into the wrong bin. 
 
I highly recommend, if you're buying something that is high value or really important to you, try to upgrade to Priority. Especially because it includes $50 of insurance.
 
It's also super annoying from a seller standpoint, because although I let all of my buyers know that Media Mail is significantly delayed, I've had a few buyers freak out when their package is scanned twice and then no scans for two weeks. As if I drove to Michigan, retrieved the package and kept it or something. After selling on discogs for the better part of a decade, I've received less than positive feedback for the first time, twice, in the last two months. Both buyers received their records without damage within a month with $4 media mail shipping, but they left negative feedback because it "never took that long before". 

I traded my OG copy probably about 8 years ago because I heard there was a reissue coming. But the reissue fell through. No regrets. Doubt I'd have played it much since then anyway. Might pick up Places if the price is reasonable, but I honestly don't know how much I'll spin it. Moon Is Down is really the only Chris record I revisit these days.

yeah. it sucks. Mail volume is actually increasing but funding and staffing is decreasing. I imagine, in most post offices and sorting facilities, express gets sorted before priority, priority before first class, media mail absolute last. So that's why Media Mail is sitting without scans for days at a time. 
On top of that, volume is so high and staff is so low, that mistakes are more frequent. All it takes is a package going into the wrong bin. 
 
I highly recommend, if you're buying something that is high value or really important to you, try to upgrade to Priority. Especially because it includes $50 of insurance.
 
It's also super annoying from a seller standpoint, because although I let all of my buyers know that Media Mail is significantly delayed, I've had a few buyers freak out when their package is scanned twice and then no scans for two weeks. As if I drove to Michigan, retrieved the package and kept it or something. After selling on discogs for the better part of a decade, I've received less than positive feedback for the first time, twice, in the last two months. Both buyers received their records without damage within a month with $4 media mail shipping, but they left negative feedback because it "never took that long before". 

Larger labels are always trying to protect their investments. Licenses always expire at some point. Not only is it easier to license out a finite amount, when the label decides on a number (in this case, 1000) they probably want to gauge interest while limiting their risk. Now that they saw how fast it sold  and what people are willing to pay, they now know they can license it out for higher fees or press it themselves. 
 
For instance, I licensed out a particular record several years ago and the label allowed me to press 500 copies. They sold out in a matter of days. When we asked to do a repress or talk about pressing other records by this particular band, we were told something to the effect of ‘we saw how successful the presale went. We’re going to handle future vinyl releases for this band.’
 
sometimes there’s a bigger picture that may or may not consider the best interests of the artist, the fans, or the label. But you know, capitalism. 

Larger labels are always trying to protect their investments. Licenses always expire at some point. Not only is it easier to license out a finite amount, when the label decides on a number (in this case, 1000) they probably want to gauge interest while limiting their risk. Now that they saw how fast it sold  and what people are willing to pay, they now know they can license it out for higher fees or press it themselves. 
 
For instance, I licensed out a particular record several years ago and the label allowed me to press 500 copies. They sold out in a matter of days. When we asked to do a repress or talk about pressing other records by this particular band, we were told something to the effect of ‘we saw how successful the presale went. We’re going to handle future vinyl releases for this band.’
 
sometimes there’s a bigger picture that may or may not consider the best interests of the artist, the fans, or the label. But you know, capitalism. 

Larger labels are always trying to protect their investments. Licenses always expire at some point. Not only is it easier to license out a finite amount, when the label decides on a number (in this case, 1000) they probably want to gauge interest while limiting their risk. Now that they saw how fast it sold  and what people are willing to pay, they now know they can license it out for higher fees or press it themselves. 
 
For instance, I licensed out a particular record several years ago and the label allowed me to press 500 copies. They sold out in a matter of days. When we asked to do a repress or talk about pressing other records by this particular band, we were told something to the effect of ‘we saw how successful the presale went. We’re going to handle future vinyl releases for this band.’
 
sometimes there’s a bigger picture that may or may not consider the best interests of the artist, the fans, or the label. But you know, capitalism. 

I didn't fully appreciate IAETF until I listened to it at home on vinyl. Now I spin it all the time. It's really grown on me. 
 
Also, I just received Cherry Tree Vol 2. 
 
It appears to be the full recording of this show: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-national/2019/mission-ballroom-denver-co-3b9ca494.html

In for that deluxe MEW record. 

They responded to me on FB and said, of course there’ll be beer. 

Unfortunately, ~$250 for a 3 day fest is pretty normal these days. Also, you have to consider that this is a one time thing. No way to make up profit the following year like most fests do. Also, the bands are significantly more expensive to book than they were 20 years ago. In fact, I’m pretty sure a ton of them played for free back in the day. Now, many of them have to be paid enough to take the time to get together and rehearse and travel to the fest to play. 

I’m surprised there’s not a post for this yet. 
Furnace Fest (2000-2003) is having a one-off fest in 2020.
lots of bands reuniting to play. Almost half the lineup has been released since December. 
 
Sept 18-20 Birmingham, AL
 
68
August Burns Red
The Beautiful Mistake
Beloved
Better Off
Boysetsfire
The Casket Lottery
Cave In
Codeseven
Converge
Evergreen Terrace
Few Left Standing
Further Seems Forever
Glasseater
Haste
Hopesfall
Hot Water Music
Knocked Loose
Life In Your Way
Living Sacrifice
Luxury
Misery Signals
Norma Jean
SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Shai Hulud
Unearth
With Honor
Zao
 
www.furnacefest2020.com

Nah. I liked Sway and the Nothing split a lot more. The new one just isn't doing it for me. It's power chord shoegaze. 

just got mine yesterday. 
 
are we all listening to the same album? i thought it was boring as hell. 

just got mine yesterday. 
 
are we all listening to the same album? i thought it was boring as hell. 

Looks like Pikul is being reissued on blue marble the same day as well. 
 
https://www.bullmoose.com/p/31030138/silversun-pickups-pikul-blue-vinyl-blue-marble-colored-vinyl

Looks like Pikul is being reissued on blue marble the same day as well. 
 
https://www.bullmoose.com/p/31030138/silversun-pickups-pikul-blue-vinyl-blue-marble-colored-vinyl

ya'll are crazy. this record is great. 

ya'll are crazy. this record is great. 

Found it in amazon. Worth a shot 

Definitely whatever you are 

Gold LP /500
https://www.napalmrecordsamerica.com/store//the-smashing-pumpkins-shiny-and-oh-so-bright-vol-1-limited-edition-gold-vinyl-gatefold-lp.html
 
Violet LP Box Set with 3 7” /2000
https://www.napalmrecordsamerica.com/store//the-smashing-pumpkins-shiny-and-oh-so-bright-vol-1-limited-edition-deluxe-vinyl-boxset.html
 
Violet LP
https://store.smashingpumpkins.com/music/shiny-and-oh-so-bright-vol-1-lp-no-past-no-future-no-sun-violet-lp-bundle.html
 
Clear LP (Spotify Exclusive) /1000
https://store.smashingpumpkins.com/shiny-and-oh-so-bright-vol-1-lp-no-past-no-future-no-sun-clear-vinyl-bundle.html
 
Standard Black
https://www.napalmrecordsamerica.com/store//the-smashing-pumpkins-shiny-and-oh-so-bright-vol-1-limited-edition-black-vinyl-gatefold-lp.html
 
Indie Exclusive: Silver
Currently only EU listings:
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/172853-smashing-pumpkins-shiny-and-oh-so-bright
 
 
Will add more links as they become available