Barry Zito
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1 hour ago, ThunderPantz said:
Dead mail? Thats a new one.
Dead mail generally means that there are no addresses on the package that are valid, usually due to a damaged label for a parcel. It goes to the Dead Letter Office and they try to figure out if there is a way to deliver it properly.
I wonder if the label was terribly mutilated with the address and the return address completely destroyed. Only way I could see that being semi-logical...
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7 hours ago, lexicondevil said:
The only thing I would be concerned about is that it is being sold by MovieMars and they have screwed me in the past by listing something, but not actually having it/getting it.
I'm just pleased that "Where the Wild Roses Grow" is on this.
When I pre-ordered it, it was being fulfilled by Amazon. It might be that Amazon isn't going to get any further copies of the colored vinyl, since I see that they have a new listing for the collection on black vinyl, still with the same release date.
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Mine came from ROG too, with no damage. Shipped via UPS.
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I definitely came here to see Lynx brought up.
One of my best friends' bands opened for Lynx in late 1999 at a tiny place in Kalamazoo, MI (Harvey's on the Mall, if anyone knows the area), and there were about three people at the show in addition to the opening bands. He struck up a conversation with the drummer about Slint, bought their 3 song EP, and discussed that they (Lynx) finally found the studio they were going to record their album at (which was Soma, owned by John McEntire of Tortoise/Bastro/The Sea & Cake/etc) and that Bob Weston was going to record it.
I think the album is so hard to come by because it came out on a really small arm of the old Southern group of labels, Box Factory. I don't think Box Factory Records put out more than 10 releases overall, leaving this album to get lost in the mix.
Both the album and the EP (which has different recordings of two songs that are also on the album, Prynx [then called Nighthush] and Mrs Lynx, and one exclusive to the EP) are some of my most listened to CDs of the last 20 years, easily.
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I definitely need the first three records too. I picked up Kingdom of Rust when it came out and I happened across The Sea EP 10" years ago too. f
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Thrill Jockey sent this in their weekly email. 5 different releases, each only $5.
https://www.thrilljockey.com/products/545
1 LP, 2 12", and 2 CDs to choose in the deal.
Nobukazu Takemura - Mimic Robot - 12"
Andrew Coleman - Blame It On Adam - 12"
Microstoria - Model 3, Step 2 - LP
Oval - 94diskont- CD
Microstoria - Init Ding - CD
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I wonder if they opted to go the One Little Indian route since they took great care with the re-issue of The Butcher and The Butterfly.
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I love Katie Jane, and Ruby Throat is so unique compared to her work with Queenadreena and Daisy Chainsaw, so I can't resist this.
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2 hours ago, Pupples said:
Done and done! This would be amazing!
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Absolutely no hesitation on picking this up. One of my favorites of all time.
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Received my copy today, and it's fantastic! Very pleased with every aspect of the release and I can only hope to see more releases in the future!
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According to the tracklist on Bullmoose, it looks like they added the End Sessions to this release, and those are some incredible live versions of several Frog Queen songs.
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I picked up a bootleg of "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" by PJ Harvey a couple of years ago.
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I already posted this in the Italians Do It Better thread, but just in case:
New pressing of the Trouble "Snake Eyes" 7" on purple available on the IDIB site now.
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47 minutes ago, jaypeap said:
new repress of Nite on cherry (ltd to 1k) & I Always Say Yes on Pink (ltd to 1k)
Nite (green mist) (ltd to 1k) sold out...
I Always Say Yes (lavender) (ltd to 1k) sold out...
Add a new pressing of the Trouble 7" for "Snake Eyes" on purple to the new editions!
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A couple of new archival releases popped up in the store this morning:
Glass Candy - I Always Say Yes [Lavender Marble LP]
Chromatics - Nite [Transparent Green Mist LP]
Also, the Autumn Bundle [w/ 12" releases by Andrew Douglas Rothbard, Twisted Wires, and Invisible Conga People] looks pretty interesting for $20.
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13 hours ago, swazzyswess said:
Interesting info from someone who was around, thanks man. I've also heard that Brent Oberlin was kind of considered a jerk? If true, that probably didn't help their reputation in the scene.
Did you ever check out his band Cosmonaut? I see on discogs that their album finally came out in 2015, but I haven't heard it.
Brent definitely came off as a jerk, which also likely contributed to the fact that there were so many shake-ups in the band's line-up. By the time of Short Wave, Brent was the only original member and the vibe of the record may have heavily been influenced by the new guys and their producer, Mike Roche (who played in the band, initially as a bass player after Black Umbrella, then guitars on Short Wave).
The Cosmonaut record with Brent, Pipebomb Full of Nails, was excellent and actually came out in 2004. I'm not sure what Brent's contribution was to the record outside of lyrics and vocals, as the band was a collection of younger musicians from Grand Rapids. His vocal delivery was a return to the more shouting than singing approach from earlier Thought Industry records, mixed with some of the interesting vocal effects and samples he used on Short Wave, and the music is more aggressive too. Cosmonaut still plays around Grand Rapids quite a bit, but Brent hasn't been with them in a long time. The other three guys play a more straight ahead rock and recorded an EP with Steve Albini and Bob Weston a few years ago. I didn't think that one was very good at all, but it may have been a biased opinion, wanting it to continue as a post-Thought Industry type record, even though I think they tailored their sound on the Pipebomb because Brent was in the band.
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9 minutes ago, swazzyswess said:
Glad you dig it, and that other people here like Thought Industry! They're one of those bands where I feel like... bad for them, that they never got the attention they deserve.
Being from West Michigan, I grew up in their scene around Kalamazoo. They really seemed to almost become a bad word once the whole prog-metal scene shifted hard to the jam band and alternative rock of the mid-to-late 90s in K-zoo. By the time Black Umbrella and Short Wave came out, it was hard to find anyone that was into them, even their peers on the scene that introduced them to me. They were always awesome live, though.
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15 hours ago, swazzyswess said:
The Thought Industry's Short Wave on a Cold Day (2001). Supremely underrated band from Kalamazoo, Michigan. They were on Metal Blade for almost their entire career, despite the fact that their last few albums were in no way metal. Metal Blade didnt know what to do with them. They started in the late 80s playing super technical, out there stuff, like a more metal Mr. Bungle. Dillinger Escape Plan always sounded like a less creative Thought Industry, to my ears.
This album is closer to indie rock than metal. 75+ minutes, many songs that bleed unto each other, and stream-of-consciousness lyrics that demand to be printed on a big vinyl insert. The best album no one's ever heard of. Check out Kiss Judy Fly, Alien and Pure, and Burning Coal with Margaret.
I would be so jazzed to have any Thought Industry album on vinyl. I have the Gelatin 7", and that's all they ever did. Each album was so different from the previous one. No wonder Metal Blade didn't know what to do with them
Glad you dig it, and that other people here like Thought Industry! They're one of those bands where I feel like... bad for them, that they never got the attention they deserve.
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Agreed, especially to have "Wake Up" on vinyl.
That also brings me to question the "previously unreleased" songs, though. "You're Too Much" and "Pennies" were on the same Golden release that had "Wake Up" on it, and "Count My Eyes" and "Comfort" were released on 7", not to mention their own Essentials release...I have to believe these are the same versions from these releases, just remixed.