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hey jhulud have you found out anything else about those discontinued singles yet?

Not yet. I have a few things in the works. You and ronniethebear are in line to be the first to hear as soon as I do.

Are you talking about the "Holy Tears" singles with "Wrists of Kings" on it instead? I saw some for sale and wondered if I should pick it up.

Indian - The Syncophant (Bloody Gold color)

Motorhead

Black Sabbath

Agoraphobic Nosebleed

At the Gates

Dead Kennedys

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Cavity - On the Lam

Planes Mistaken for Stars - One of my favorite bands but terrible name

They were selling them at the final show but I didn't look at the colors.

skeletonwitch - beyond the permafrost [ice blue]

It sounds so good. I had to start a circle pit with my wife and daughter.

...and Cavity was even radder

So good

I didn't comment on the band, just his playing. His skills are negated by that horrific drumming, anyways.

I don't have any White Stripes stuff, but I do think Jack White is a really good guitar player. I saw them perform on some award show a few years back and he was ripping it up.

^^ Completely agree. I definitely feel a lot more in the loop now that this place is here, but at the same time as everyone knows, sometimes all these great deals/finds are irresistible and the ol' wallet suffers. Case in point, sometime this week, someone will post that the Isis box set is on sale, and I will HAVE to buy it.

Yeah, you all have a way of getting me so amped up and excited, I have to buy everything!

I like Sunn O))), but I think they could also be one of those bands that people "laud more than listen to"

This is pretty funny, from Westword.com:

Snob Talk: Nobody Really Likes Sonic Youth

Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 01:20:06 PM

Every hipster—who’s as mysterious and obscure as the band buttons(1) on his vintage leather coat—owns a copy of every Sonic Youth record ever released(2) This cultural phenomenon occurs organically, despite the trivial handful of good songs the group wrote over the course of its painfully over-appreciated career. Sure the band was innovative(3) and unique(4) but that doesn’t always equate with “good” or even “listenable.”

That’s why it’s always been much cooler to claim you listen to Sonic Youth than to actually listen to the band—the former activity will earn you the respect of cute, bespectacled hipster chicks; the later, a sneaking urge to listen to something better.

Even at Sonic Youth shows, the mood is morose. If look at expressions plastered on the respective faces of the crowd, you will osmotically gain a profound understanding of the difference between “enjoying” music and “enduring” it. Sonic Youth performances are like funerals(5)—you only go for two reasons: A) to make an appearance. And so you can tell people you were there.

Of course, I could be wrong(6) Maybe Son-You is one of those bands you have to hear a hundred times before you can even begin to like it. But if that’s the case, then how could so many fickle hipsters with their flavor-of-the-month get-ups invest sufficient time and effort to justify placing a Sonic Youth pin on their fancy attire? It seems they’d too busy finding a place to park at Urban Outfitters.

-- Brian Polk

Footnotes:

1) Hipsters always prefer buttons to sew-on patches. They claim the latter are too immature and punkish for someone with tastes as refined as theirs. But mainly it’s because sewing a piece of cloth on a vintage leather coat is too much of a commitment, and of would lessen its resell value.

2) If the vinyl is from the SST days, add at least another ¾ an inch of hipster boner.

3) If you consider a gratuitous amount of distortion and noise “innovative.”

4) Mainly because no other band possessed the gall or fortitude to disguise bland melodies underneath walls of clamor.

5) Very loud funerals where the subject of attention is not a dead person. Still, everyone dresses up and no one can figure out why they paid good money for it.

6) Admittedly, everyone who likes this band likes tons of good bands. Strange.

That is a great picture with the kid. I'm not quite there with my daughter yet, but i'll start by letting her practice with my Heavens record

Yeah, that will be interesting. I think there may be some risk for those that are buying multiples to flip. The retail price is high enough that the demand may not support it.

I'll think i'm gonna skip. I might be tempted if it was around $200 but that may be wishful thinking.

Conspiracy has it set at 160 euros.

160.00 EUR = 232.048 USD

I'd venture to say that Robotic will have it set at $250.00 easy.

That will make my decision an easy one

really digging the layout for the new store. especially that it tells you how many are in stock.

agreed, the "amount in stock" is a great feature

She was definitely funny. She starred in all the High School plays.

Yeah, no Isis set for me. I need to start moving the other way on my credit card.

Here's the other one from 1994

Hey Ronnie, here's one of them (1993 yearbook). I've got another one to post once I figure out how to resize it.

Besides local bands, i've seen Neurosis and Isis about 6x a piece.

Records are not/never were meant to be kept sealed. They're for PLAYING.