Oblivions

I bought two full LPs of Johnny Jewel’s unused Twin Peaks: The Return score, so I get what it’s like to really like a project and want more. For some reason, I wasn’t as amped on this LP/soundtrack as I was hoping to be. No #FOMO when it comes to missing out on this.

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27 minutes ago, backpackoat said:

psst

Haha. I was just going to say that my heart skipped a beat when they said the package was damaged and that I was their SS, even though my brain knew I wasn’t their SS.

6 minutes ago, Ishtar said:

Is Mike on vacation or something? Placed an order on the 12/19 and haven't heard anything since.

I saw this on Twitter after my previous message: https://mobile.twitter.com/asianmanrecords/status/1080565735179509760

I’m assuming non-fulfilled AG and record club orders will resume shipping out afterward.

The tape player is a great gift for a kid. You can find more movie soundtrack tapes and kids stuff on tape pretty easily and for very cheap at thrift shops and record stores.

A co-worker gave me all her old tapes and a ton of them were animated movie soundtracks that her kids used to play, as well as cultural stories and multi-lingual learning tapes. I set them aside for my future little swbs.  

Awesome gift!

Is anyone here a member of Asian Man’s record club and have you received these 3 AG records already?

16 hours ago, ozfacter said:

 

 

First, let me just say how awesome it is to have dorkrock back im my collection! 

 

A mark, a mission... from dashboard is might be the only other album besides swiss army id get so another good call there.

 

Ive never listened to no age but have another album sitting in my to do shelf.

 

ive never heard of why but am curious so will give it a spin at some point soon.

 

Ive heard of the rest of the bands and appreciate everything that was sent!

 

I want to say that reshiram was my ss? 

 

 

 

 

It was me! I’m glad you dug the records. And hope the stuff you haven’t heard yet scratches some kind of unexpected itch. I also hope your holiday and new year went well!

Every time I participate in a vinyl Secret Santa, I like to take time to include a dossier/memo (you can see it at the top of ozfacter’s image) and present the package as if it’s evidence for an ongoing case being handled by the Federal Department of Music Investigation.

Here is the letterhead I use. This was for a previous Secret Santa on a different forum. Like a dummy, I forgot to save the one I made this year! Otherwise, I could attach a copy here.

This year, I addressed the dossier to Forensics Director ozfacter and signed it from Special Ageny Steven Wilsom Botticello (S.W.B.) and the story was that my task force had recovered these stolen records in a raid of a notorious record thief’s warehouse and I was sending this evidence to oz for forensics analysis so we could capture the theif. But my character (lol) was starting to get suspicious that oz specifically requested only the pop punk, emo, and punk rock titles that were recovered in the raid and asked me to send them to his house directly instead of the lab. I hinted that I believed he may be attempting to keep the evidence for himself. Haha. I made it look like some post it notes had accidentally attached to the back of the file with my suspicions scribbled down in them.

In past years, I wrote the dossier so that the Santee was the record thief and the recovered evidence records were meant to be sent to another FDMI department but somehow ended up back in the theif’s hands. I printed out and cut out ‘poloroids’ of screenshots of posts I used to determine their tastes and other research. 

I think this is the last Secret Santa I’ll do, at least with this high concept idea, so I wanted to share it here. I’ve always loved high concept stuff, as well as physical stories that you could hold (like fold folders or keys or other totems) and it’s been fun putting these together for other vinyl collectors. Thanks to @backpackoat for having me in this exchange and to @ozfacter for being my Santee. Thank you again to @sasan for being an awesome Santa too. I’m excited to see more posts and hear what the rest of you received and what bonus/random stuff your Santas threw in. I’ll relinquish the mic and switch to lurking! 

Sorry for the double post!

After some research, I’m ready to guess that my Santa is...

@Sasan (by way of @backpackoat?)!

Thanks again for an awesome package. I know you aren’t into the same genres as I am but you did an incredible job choosing items of my want list and recommending Slowdive and Nomads. I am slowly getting through the CDs and mixtapes when I have time in the car and enjoying them. Hope your Secret Santa gift and Christmas and New Year went well!

Thermal shipping label printer

New model of Apple TV

23andMe box

A ton of Amazon gift cards

Some nice button-up shirts

^ #ChristmasInYour30s

On 12/18/2018 at 6:12 PM, swb said:

This is my first year participating in VC Secret Santa, so I think it's fitting that I am the first poster to share the awesome gifts they received.

 

 

My gifts arrived in two installments over the last month. In November, I received two packages from Amazon and, this week, I received a third package (that was somehow postmarked both from Arizona AND Germany and required a weird international receipt signature!).

My first gifts from November:

Slowdive's self titled LP from 2017! I have slept on Slowdive for 20+ years despite being familiar with the name, so this was a great choice. That upbeat, well-paced shoe-gaze sound is right up my alley.

 

Low's Double Negative LP from this year! This was one of my favorite records of 2018 but, the one time I went into Amoeba in LA to buy it, they were sold out and I never ended up grabbing a copy. Thanks to my Secret Santa for selecting this off my wishlist!

Now, flash forward to this week's gifts:

R.E.M.'s import picture disc single for Leaving New York (off Around the Sun), a Black Jesuses flexi, and CDs from Jeniferever and Thee More Shallows!

 

Nomads' Free My Animal LP from 2014!

 

Two mix CDs and a thoughtful, super nice handwritten letter! 

A huuuge yuletide thanks to my Secret Santa for crushing their gifts. I've participated in a few vinyl holiday exchanges and this was by far the best selection of stuff I've ever received. I'm excited to dig out my CD drive so I can spin those mixes and CDs and to play that Nomads LP! I have heard of almost none of these bands besides A Perfect Circle and Sigur Ros, which are on the mixes, so it will be a fun dive. I will definitely update this thread with my impressions of all the new music. My Santa did not identify themselves but I'm just gonna guess that it was swb. He seems to be a safe guess so far.  Seriously. Awesome gifts! Thank you!

Who else got dat Santa gift?

Update: I’m halfway through mixtape #1! It’s been in my car for my rides to work! I don’t listen to this kind of instrumental-focused serious rock much at all but this mid-paced, sorta upbeat side of that sound is super compatible with me. It reminds me of the mid-2000s when pop punk and emo splintered into the screamo genre and then a piece of it went off into the Mars Volta-y guitar nerd stuff. I feel like my brothers who play guitar would be super into the instrumentals on this mixtape. I’m excited to hear the rest and start mix 2.

DEAL ENDED

Mine has a scratch across the first 10-15 seconds of Side B that causes clicking. I hope they’ll replace! We’ll see.

This is my first year participating in VC Secret Santa, so I think it's fitting that I am the first poster to share the awesome gifts they received.

My gifts arrived in two installments over the last month. In November, I received two packages from Amazon and, this week, I received a third package (that was somehow postmarked both from Arizona AND Germany and required a weird international receipt signature!).

My first gifts from November:

Slowdive's self titled LP from 2017! I have slept on Slowdive for 20+ years despite being familiar with the name, so this was a great choice. That upbeat, well-paced shoe-gaze sound is right up my alley.

Low's Double Negative LP from this year! This was one of my favorite records of 2018 but, the one time I went into Amoeba in LA to buy it, they were sold out and I never ended up grabbing a copy. Thanks to my Secret Santa for selecting this off my wishlist!

Now, flash forward to this week's gifts:

R.E.M.'s import picture disc single for Leaving New York (off Around the Sun), a Black Jesuses flexi, and CDs from Jeniferever and Thee More Shallows!

Nomads' Free My Animal LP from 2014!

Two mix CDs and a thoughtful, super nice handwritten letter! 

A huuuge yuletide thanks to my Secret Santa for crushing their gifts. I've participated in a few vinyl holiday exchanges and this was by far the best selection of stuff I've ever received. I'm excited to dig out my CD drive so I can spin those mixes and CDs and to play that Nomads LP! I have heard of almost none of these bands besides A Perfect Circle and Sigur Ros, which are on the mixes, so it will be a fun dive. I will definitely update this thread with my impressions of all the new music. My Santa did not identify themselves but I'm just gonna guess that it was swb. He seems to be a safe guess so far.  Seriously. Awesome gifts! Thank you!

Who else got dat Santa gift?

9 minutes ago, anchorclose said:

Anyone gotten shipping info from Asian Man?  My order is still in "Awaiting Shipment" status.

I am in their record club and have not received a shipping notice.

Got my last package yesterday. Pics and recap coming soon!

Just now, timsimmons said:

 

You guys still waiting? I am.

 

 

I got shipping confirmation on 12/11 and it's supposed to arrive on 12/21.

9 hours ago, Dunc said:

Is everyone waiting for Christmas?

This is the quiet before the storm...

Leaving out any White or EWBAITE references in the Damon character’s argument shows this was written by a verified Weezer scholar.

On 11/29/2018 at 10:03 AM, swb said:

BONUS DEAL:

Ten 7" records for $26 with free shipping.

Zero Heroes 7"
Rad Company/Sok - Thrashpop EP 7"
Tricot - Potage/On the Bottom 7"
The Credentials/Dead Uncles - Split 7"
Japanther - Divorce/Evil Earth 7"
Punkemon (members of Mr. T Experience and Peechees) - Gotta Catch Em All 7" (SEALED)
What's Eating Gilbert - Cheap Shots 7"
Koala Caust/Big Kids - Split 7"
Rations - Martyrs and Prisoners 7"
Vanbuilderass/Lazy Slobs/The Marlon - Three of a King Beats Two Pair 7"

Genres are punk and rock. Condition is VG to VG+. Some may feature minor warping or a corner bend. All guaranteed to play without skips/jumps.

PM me to order. Thanks!

This weird/barely thematic bundle of punk and rock 7"s are still available!

Small list of new items added!

On 12/4/2018 at 7:32 PM, swb said:

Mitski - Be the Cowboy**

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake**

The Vaccines - Combat Sports**

Benjamin Lazar Davis - Nothing Matters

Low - Double Negative**

Frog - Whatever We Probably Already Had It**

Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

Mount Eerie - Now Only

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog

Floating Action - Heartache Essentials

Soccer Mommy - Clean

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

Trace Mountains - A Partner to Lean On

Beach House - 7

gobbinjr - ocala wick

David Byrne - American Utopia

Tony Molina - Kill the Lights

 

Double asterisks denotes that these were especially enjoyed.

Finally had time to run through everything I listened to and make a proper favorites list, so I updated my post.

BTW I got parts of my gifts already! And they arrived safe and sound! I believe I am waiting on one more package, so I will hold my official 'pictures and appreciation' post until then. 

(What I've received so far is A+ though! Thanks, Santa!)

28 minutes ago, Dunc said:

I got mine today. I was going to wait until Christmas but the package was absolutely destroyed so I figured I better open it. It was fine and I am guessing from swb. I love it. I basically have a record store in my house and didn't have those records and hadn't even heard of that split.  I also have quite a few punk and hardcore picture books and didn't have that one. DJ quik? I'll spin it this weekend and report back but Im sure I will love it.

Remind me to reply to this once everyone’s identities have been revealed. 

The National are an awesome band and their merch distributor is fine but they deliberately do not feed the vinyl collector beast with over-communication and personalized support regarding shipping updates, etc. You just get what you ordered whenever it comes, no frills, old school style. I'm hoping I get mine before Christmas so I can sit and listen to it on my days off.

Anyone else have a Music Vaultz order with tracking that is sitting at "electronic info submitted" since 11/30? I know Canada had a postal service strike but not sure if that is related to items not being scanned as received for that long.