MrScorpio

AVGN soundtrack:
https://store.cinemassacre.com/products/avgn-1-2-deluxe-vinyl-original-video-game-soundtrack

This was one of my fav albums from them for a time period. Haven't bought anything of theirs since The People or The Gun.
 
Lately I can't really get past the hypocrisy of a band making songs called "Anti-Violent" and preaching tolerance while also selling their fans messages of "Kill This" or "Kill That" while pushing hatred and violence towards friends and neighbors with different political opinions. Seems outright irresponsible of them to continue doing so during this hostile political climate.
 
I always loved their passion in their music, and the unity and camaraderie that was part of their shows, but the last few times I saw them it just felt more like shortsighted screaming and tribalism. Perhaps it's an age thing, when I was young I hated Bush and wanted to scream against his politics and hug people in the crowd who were part of my "tribe." But as I grow older, I'm increasingly made to feel like I am viewed as an "enemy" as I start to enter into what some view as "patriarchy" as an older fellow from a specific demographic which is popular to bash on and make assumptions about these days.
 
Also, I fully realize that Anti-Flag have always been hypocrites in their music. So it's not them who have changed, but myself.  I'm not buying in to the hypocrisy anymore.

Good to hear! I love GD but some of their represses over the years sound more like CDs pressed to vinyl. The Nimrod 2xLP was an improvement so I figured this would be as well. Plus, the orange color makes a lot more sense than the hot topic blue that came out a while back, imo. Looking forward to putting this on the platter.

Good, the higher the dynamic range rating, the better it usually sounds, lower lows, higher highs.

It is what it is man. Punk rock in general is pretty hypocritical when you think about it. It's a genre based around negative feelings, being as anti conformative as possible, fighting the system, yet every punk band is trying to be successful at what they do by making a living selling music. That alone is pretty hypocritical lol. 

I still listen to the newer stuff but not like I used to. The band was one of the first shows I ever saw on the new kind of army era. I still really dig the earlier records, I dig them as people, I'll be picking this up. 

I appreciate the warning, but that is honestly exactly my expectation. I want to get involved, and there are some releases I want to see that I don't think would ever happen otherwise, so I'm happy to buy in with money and time.

Following for the same. Worst case we can figure this out together 😎

I'm interested in licensing a few albums that currently lack physical releases. I don't have any expectations of profiting from this - it's just something I want to do, and if it ever even breaks even, that's just a bonus. It'd all be very niche artists, so I wouldn't be approaching labels that would have their own licensing structure - it'd be more approaching small independent artists, and the onus for structure / documents would be on me presumably.

I would primarily be paying a lump sump of money to an artist to license their music for X copies, and then I'd manufacture and sell those X copies. I'm trying to figure out what legal responsibilities would be involved (mechanical licensing, etc.), and I also want to create a professionally worded document for my contract with artists. I want to protect myself, yes, but I also want to make the artist comfortable that they are protected as well. I have absolutely no intentions besides manufacturing and selling the agreed-upon X physical copies, and I want that to be clear so there is no suspicion of the potential for their music to be exploited in any way.

I know this forum used to be involved with that kind of thing. Does anyone have experience with this, or know of a good resource or template for something like this? Thanks.

Right on. I made sure to subscribe back
I'm really excited about all the videos we have filmed that we're gonna share every week. 

Just gave ya a like and subscribe. Never been much of a VH fan, but enjoyed the video. Looking forward to watching some more stuff on your channel.
 
I started doing some vinyl reviews as an excuse to tell stories. haha. Any new comments or subscribers would be greatly welcomed!
https://bit.ly/3hReBv6
 
NOFX / Frank Turner LP Review
https://youtu.be/eYWTkyCk7xs
Technicolor LP by Covet
https://youtu.be/LCkYt7LkAA0
Waves & New Light by Moving Mountains
https://youtu.be/SUxIS6qcyNY
 
Haven't done a new review in a while, but maybe this thread will get me going again. Would love to see some others getting active as well. Let's grow this little sub-community! Thanks for starting this thread.
 
Cheers!

I searched for a thread about vinyl YouTube channels and the latest thread was from 2013. So instead of bumping that to share my YouTube vinyl page, I figured I'd just start a new one. Mod, please merge it with an older thread if needed

In any case, here's my YouTube vinyl channel. The first video is a tour of my music listening area, then most of the videos after that I focusing on rare or special pressings I have. Subscribers, comments, likes & shares welcome of course. We have a new video every Thursday

https://www.youtube.com/infectiousgroovepodcast

Release Date March 5th 2021
 
Tracklist:
01 When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away
02 The Bandit
03 100,000 People
04 Stormy Weather
05 A Wave
06 Golden Restless Age
07 Time in Disguise
08 Supermarket
09 Claire & Eddie
10 Echoing
11 Fairytale
 
 
Store Exclusive: https://kingsofleonshop.com/collections/music/products/d2c-exclusive-vinyl
Cream: https://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/Hottest-Pre-Orders/When-You-See-Yourself-Limited-Edition-Cream-Vinyl/6TVO0RAV000
 
 

https://tothestars.media/collections/new/products/angels-and-airwaves-all-thats-left-is-love-7-halloween-orange
 
https://tothestars.media/collections/new/products/angels-and-airwaves-all-thats-left-is-love-7-clear-white-splatter
 
orange /1500 (1000 @tts and 500@merchnow)
clear w/ white splatter /500 (added to tts store, not released press numbers)

People complaining about $10 packages seem to vastly outweigh the people complaining about $500 packages.  My average order I ship out is close to $100 and boy do the Nickle and dimers get way more picky about everything. 

Not complaining at all but have funny routing going on.  
 
On 12/22 it arrived at Teterboro and then Kearny here in NJ.  Then "In Transit to Next Facility"
 
Then 12/31 it departed Shrevport, LA.   Nice to see my record coming way has traveled more than I have this year.  

Talk about going postal....

I can agree with everything stated here. To be clear, my main gripe was towards those immediately blaming USPS. Buyers and sellers alike.
 
I don't work for USPS nor do I intend to die on any hill for them, but as someone who worked in customer service for years and has sold online for many more years, I fully agree that some people are whiny entitled jerks who have little understanding of how things outside of themselves function. It really shouldn't be our jobs to inform such people of basic logistics and human decency, but unfortunately nobody else seems to be stepping up. Also, we all get cranky from time to time and a polite reminder that the world does not revolve around us can be beneficial.
 
That being said, if a buyer bought something from me the night before Christmas Eve, I would probably try my darnedest to either
A. ship it the following morning for the reasons outlined above.
B. if I knew I would be out of town or couldn't ship right away, I might take my listings down for a brief time period or consider sending any last-minute buyers a message ASAP stating if I would not be able to ship before Christmas.
 
Now if this happens on just about any other day of the year, I would not go to such lengths. But Christmas is one of those times when people get extra touchy regarding package deliveries and USPS gets extra swamped, so it could be in our best interests to be pro-active about things rather than re-active. I've dealt with these types of buyers in the past and this is what I've learned to do in my own dealings. Just my two cents.

The buyer in my case wasn't expecting to get the record before Christmas, he was upset I didn't SHIP IT before Christmas and waited until the following Monday to do so (he didn't ask me to but messaged me Sunday night asking why his record hadn't been shipped yet with a bunch of exclamation points). I've also been shipping records for over 10 years and judging by my 100% feedback on both Discogs and eBay, I'd say I'm doing just fine on the customer service front. My main issue with some buyers is the exceedingly high expectations thinking every order should be shipped within 1-2 days and arrive within a week even with media mail. I have a day job and a family and life sometimes gets in the way of me shipping your record out in Amazon like speed. I appreciate all the business I've received during the pandemic but sometimes you just gotta shake your head at some people, nothing wrong with that. You also have to realize that communication is a two way street, if someone is that eager for a record they need to tell me and I'll gladly offer Priority Mail for an extra fee.

I literally don’t have time/energy to do this with a $10 order by a customer who is already riled up. And I wouldn’t call them a scammer automatically or in this instance. More opportunist, IMO.

Please don't regularly give in to scammers because it's easier to deal with guys.
 
Despite popular belief they don't just give buyers their money back automatically and there are no terms that say the speed of a government run business is the sellers fault as long as they don't actually lose the item.
A simple "Your tracking has been provided, I apologize for the delay but it's out of my hands. If there are any issues after receiving your record I will gladly accept the returned item for a full refund." Solves the issue most of the time. If the buyer is unreasonable and wants to keep the item and get a refund despite your offer I promise paypal will deny their claim. Only the most stubborn of stubborn will ship something back for taking too long.

I had one person who dropped their claim after I explained that the tracking shows it’s still moving albeit slowly, asked them if they could hold for another week or two, and assured them that, worst case scenario, I’d gladly refund them if it’s truly lost or accept a return with full refund if they no longer want it because of the delay.
The other person opened the claim with a long paragraph pre-arguing a “it didn’t arrive by Xmas, it’s lost its value, I don’t want it” so I just apologized and refunded them. Better to eat $13 and move on with my life than try and convert someone who comes in guns a-blazing.
In general, hobby sellers can be a bit too personally invested and expend more emotional energy than required to resolve issues but I do think, as a general message, we should all take an extra breath this season, buyers included. I have 4-5 other customers waiting on packages who have quietly opened cases with USPS to try and expedite their package arriving or just been hanging tight. It’s much appreciated.

Hey I am going to second this big time.
Anytime I ship an order now, holidays or not I send a disclaimer of this sort..
"Hey delays happen, sometimes packages get stuck for a while, don't stress it will arrive, its out of my control"
 
The actual thing is much longer and more kindly worded, but you get the idea.
This has really helped out in assuaging people's stress, and setting expectations going in.
Have never had a situation where a customer demanded a delay-related refund as a result.
(though I know people who have, including some nightmare scenarios).
 
Cheers and happy holidays! Do something nice for your local USPS team!

Step up your customer service game people. Some buyers are still going to be dense, but a little communication goes a long way. If someone buys something a day before Christmas eve, it doesn't hurt to send a "hey, hope you're not expecting this by tomorrow... because if so, here are some options... (offer expedited shipping at a higher price, refund if the buyer prefers, or maybe the buyer says "no problem"" message. Or realize that people get bent easily this time of year and ship the damn thing out Christmas eve, or remove the listing.
 
It should be a mystery to NO ONE who has sold records during the pandemic that delays were likely to happen during the holidays. Serious sellers should also understand that buyer's get extra sensitive during holidays.
 
Been doing this for 10 years. Some buyers suck, but I'm telling you from experience that most of it can be mitigated through OPEN DIALOGUE and PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNICATION.

Step up your customer service game people. Some buyers are still going to be dense, but a little communication goes a long way. If someone buys something a day before Christmas eve, it doesn't hurt to send a "hey, hope you're not expecting this by tomorrow... because if so, here are some options... (offer expedited shipping at a higher price, refund if the buyer prefers, or maybe the buyer says "no problem"" message. Or realize that people get bent easily this time of year and ship the damn thing out Christmas eve, or remove the listing.
 
It should be a mystery to NO ONE who has sold records during the pandemic that delays were likely to happen during the holidays. Serious sellers should also understand that buyer's get extra sensitive during holidays.
 
Been doing this for 10 years. Some buyers suck, but I'm telling you from experience that most of it can be mitigated through OPEN DIALOGUE and PRO-ACTIVE COMMUNICATION.

What's the source for this? Are there more photos? My post wasn't a complaint, just me genuinely curious about seeing this place.
 
I've been inside to see the madness at the Philadelphia distribution center during the holidays, but i'm sure that's nothing compared to Jersey City right now.