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Here's what his manager said about it on pedrothelion.org at the time: Also - not that uncommon for labels of that era to end up screwing over their artists, either by design (*cough Victory Records cough*) or through incompetence (Lookout!).

Even from that picture you can see it's a coke bottle clear though. I'm 99% sure there are no "crystal clear" copies.

http://orindal.limitedrun.com/products/611625-dear-nora-skulls-example Out 5/25 150 copies on transparent blue swirl vinyl (pre-order exclusive) 300 copies on clear vinyl 150 copies on black vinyl

I love love love the idea and mission of Folkways even though in reality I rarely am in the mood to sit down and listen to traditional Polish working songs from the mid-1920s or whatever. Such an important label that seems to have adapted pretty well to the digital age so far. Glad they're being proactive about continuing that. There wasn't a comment field, but I would love to see Smithsonian Folkways make the jump to Bandcamp. I personally prefer it to all other platforms - they do streaming & downloads well, the ability to grab lossless files is nice, they offer a lot of features for labels like artist pages, bundles, subscriptions, etc. Plus it's run by kickass progressive-minded people who care deeply about the future of music.

I love that this was on every music blog yesterday, has been shared 4.9K times on Facebook, and still hasn't raised $1500. The people have spoken

Legend of Chin or GTFO

http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2018/03/damien-jurado-announces-new-album-the-horizon-just-laughed-out-may-4th-shares-first-single-over-rainbows-and-rainier/ http://damienjurado.bigcartel.com/product/the-horizon-just-laughed-pre-order The release schedule is sorta convoluted, with a rare instance of the physical coming out before digital:

The day will soon come when humanity faces certain certain extinction, and we will resign ourselves to the indisputable fact that we have earned it

As usual, Don Giovanni has the only good RSD release:

Bonny Doon Partial Traces (ex-Gateway District/Soviettes) High Dive (ex-Good Luck) All Dogs Joyride are all very good. Pretty much everything they put out is worth a listen, and most of it can be found on Bandcamp for cheap or free.

I got my copy from Jagjaguwar on Tuesday and have been listening to it nonstop since. It's great. A huge leap forward from Range of Light.

[Looks out at the strength and diversity of the musical landscape in 2018, with new and exciting music coming out at a faster rate than one could even begin to appreciate]: I am going to listen to... a new Underoath album

Farewell Starlite is a stone cold banger but I’ve listened to this new one twice and I couldn’t tell you a single thing about it.

Got my peak vinyl in the mail today. Album rules, but the vinyl is a Pirates Press color-in-color job, and it reminded me of why I do my best to avoid their fancy color pressings. Noisy and shrill as fuck, Hopefully it will be better after a good cleaning.

Anyone who's ever been in a record store can tell you the world needs *more* Elvis Presley records in existence.

lmao

Ah geez, ah fuck please next time consider that there is a person behind the screen name, getting owned this hard online takes a huge toll on my mind and spirit

It's intellectually dishonest to pretend like the bad word is the problematic part. This is the same argument MAGA-heads employed when the Access Hollywood tape came out - "oh-so-sensitive liberals can't handle a president who talks like #realamericans!" I think the media is too easily coerced into reframing the argument as "whether or not it's ok for Trump to say a cuss". Coarseness and vulgarity are one thing - certainly one wouldn't want to say these words around kids, and to some degree I do think your personal conduct should be above reproach when you're the president of the United States, but also, c'mon. I know pastors who'll pepper a "shit" into a conversation as context allows. No, the issue is the context of "[black and brown countries that have been decimated for generations via occupation and tampering by western governments] are shitholes. Why should we let them in? Why not let in people from [the whitest country on the planet] instead?" He says shit like this all the time, but usually even his smooth oatmeal brain will manage to frame it in a way that allows GOPers plausible deniability, so they just have to do a little cursory hand waving before getting back to gutting Medicaid and cutting taxes for billionaires. This time is the most explicitly racist thing he's said as president. You can't even call it a dog whistle, the mental gymnastics required to offer an alternative explanation are dizzying.

Haiti in particular has been getting fucked over in major ways for literally centuries, first by French colonialism then by US imperialism. So it is pretty fucking disgraceful for a sitting president to call it a shithole when his predecessors are essentially the reason it is the way it is today. It's like if your neighbor slashed your tires, called your car a piece of shit, then got all sanctimonious when you asked for a ride.

I'm down to five 7"s. The RGC 7" is widely available, but if you've got one of the others, holla.

One’s gone. Since someone asked, I’ll note that these are all still sealed.

If you don't know what these are, Sub Pop sends promotional copies of new releases to record stores for them to play in store. They're black vinyl records in plain white DJ sleeves, with no art or inserts. Bob's Burger's Music Album 3xLP - $18 ppd Red House Painters - Old Ramon (reissue) - $18 ppd Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (3xLP reissue) - $18 ppd Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop - Love Letter for Fire - $12 ppd

Also available from Burnt Toast: 12": http://btv.foxhole.info/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=38_39&products_id=1034 12"+print: http://btv.foxhole.info/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=38_39&products_id=1036