dethrock

theres already a blue and yellow on ebay. from the same flipper of other things mentioned over the past few weeks.

I opened a fortune cookie yesterday and it freaked me out.  All it said was
"Q: How many times can you press Reinventing Axl Rose?
A: You have No Idea".

Yeesh. I'd have reservations about flipping if this was a long out-of-print album that meant something to people (ie the As Cities Burn LP), but this is a 2 cover song split 12". It's a collection filler. It's not a significant release by any stretch of the imagination, the Thrice song was a free online giveaway in a sweepstakes entry (and I just listened to it, it's the most boring, by-the-numbers Beatles cover I've ever heard. And I saw Across the Universe.)
 
There's been a sharp uptick in talking about this board as a "community", but confusingly, it seems to mostly get used to mean "place where people preorder extra copies of records for each other". Flippers* are demonized as "enemies of the community" because they do what they want with the records they buy, instead of being "solid dudes" and "hooking a fellow board member up at cost". But why the allegiance? So someone else posts on the same message board as you, I don't know 95% of you people personally outside of buying and selling records and I'm pretty sure the same holds true for you all as well. Commerce != community. And most of the time, we're talking about limited variants or tour singles or whatever being flipped, brand new records with new music on them that will probably be available on various formats (including standard vinyl) in the near future. There's no reason they should hold any extra intrinsic value beyond the value of the music itself, but the vitriolic rage I regularly read when an inevitable eBay link gets posted would make one think that someone kidnapped your dog.
 
All I'm saying is going after record flippers is like the shittiest moral crusade you could possibly go on. Instead, channel your energy in this manner: the next time you find yourself about to drop insane money on a /100 splatter pressing or a live 3 song 7" that will spend its life in a box, ask yourself whether joylessly buying endless copies of endless releases "to keep the collection going" is really about being a big fan of Band X or whether we've been conditioned to associate accumulating possessions with happiness. And maybe, just maybe, the flippers will eventually have no one to sell to.
 
*I should say, the only records I've flipped in my life are the 4 first press colors of Enema of the State. I made about $200, traded for some big wants, the album stayed in print for like a year over various pressings, and no one got hurt. Also, I sold my first press Deja Entendu, Is A Real Boy, and Heavens' Patent Pending on these boards for around $20 each back in 08, so you're damn right I'm going to try and make some money off this board for once.

No-brainer for me too. Although I haven't heard of a few of these bands/people, I like the majority of the stuff RFC puts out so I'm really looking forward to this!

I have trouble seeing why anybody should care. The word "audiophile," as I mentioned earlier, is completely watered down by this point. It should really truly only mean those people for whom sound quality is something they pursue in their life to the point of being an obsessive hobby.
 
I love music, I have a pretty sweet record collection, I want things to sound good, but if I have a setup that sounds good to my ears, why should I give a shit if someone else says it's not good enough? And why should anybody else get their panties in a bunch over the gear that I like to use?
 
I can't remember if it was in this thread, or on another board, but somewhere I saw some discussion about people saying, "I just hate the idea of people buying these and going on about how great their system sounds." Something like that, in short. And I can't help but wonder why in the god damn ever loving hell anybody should give a shit! It's like when you bring up Beats by Dre gear to tr00 audiophiles. You wanna see a dude blow his top...
 
All that said, I don't have the money to throw at this right now. If I did, I'd consider it as a "bedroom" turntable. I'm one of those terrible non-audiophile types that likes having an auto return on my turntable, though, and this one doesn't have it. Because I like to listen to my records as I fall asleep sometimes.
 
God bless audiophiles, though. Someone has to be concerned about audio quality, as more and more people seem to accept shittier and shittier sounding music these days.

Where's the 'smite' button when you need it?

Where's the 'smite' button when you need it?

Where's the 'smite' button when you need it?

Where's the 'smite' button when you need it?

I wish I could do two things at once on my iPhone. Like calibrate my turntable and watch a video of someone calibrating their turntable at the same time.

Sure if you want to get something signed, do it. But if you're going to start a 'What should I get signed' thread, expect responses from people who think an autograph is stupid.
I'm going to start 'What shirt should I wear' threads.

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, I've never gotten anything signed at a concert.

Sure if you want to get something signed, do it. But if you're going to start a 'What should I get signed' thread, expect responses from people who think an autograph is stupid.
I'm going to start 'What shirt should I wear' threads.

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, I've never gotten anything signed at a concert.

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, I've never gotten anything signed at a concert.

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, I've never gotten anything signed at a concert.

Sure if you want to get something signed, do it. But if you're going to start a 'What should I get signed' thread, expect responses from people who think an autograph is stupid.
I'm going to start 'What shirt should I wear' threads.

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, I've never gotten anything signed at a concert.

Sure if you want to get something signed, do it. But if you're going to start a 'What should I get signed' thread, expect responses from people who think an autograph is stupid.
I'm going to start 'What shirt should I wear' threads.

Since I'm not a 13 year old girl, I've never gotten anything signed at a concert.

i'd revive her algorithm

Since you're a good guy and are helping people out with the Hot Topic shipping just message me your address and I'll give you one of my red copies free.  I most likely won't be able to ship until after Christmas though.

Show needs more Vince Masuka

pm'd you so hard i cant even see straight.

Update: I posted this earlier but the response has been unreal! I feel bad that the so many people are going to get shafted, so I decided to add a little bit.

The winner will obviously get the record of their choice, but I'll redraw for a second prize which is your choice of City and Colour - Little Hell on black vinyl (I just bought the Christmas variant and for whatever reason don't collect variants for CAC) or Dustin Kensrue - Please Come Home on brown (have doubles). A third winner will recieve whatever's left, shipping on this guy. If you win either of these two records, please only accept it if you're going to actually enjoy it. I'll be upset if I see it for sale in a couple of months. Keep em coming!


Hey guys,

So in the past couple weeks I have been incredibly lucky enough to win a Garden Window test press, two free Alexisonfire tickets, and this morning I just won a magazine contest where you can pick from a bunch of records so I snagged a Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise for free. I don't know what's up, but I've had a pretty sweet string of luck here and it's been awesome, and of course it's right around Christmas, so I decided to pass it on.

So here's the deal: Just post in this thread. That's it, that's all. I'll pick completely randomly from anyone that posts in the thread, and I'll buy you a free record of your choice somewhere in the $20 range from wherever you want. I don't have a ton of cash with Christmas shopping and all, but I've been inspired by the recent generosity I've seen on the board and the sweet stuff that's happened to me.

Thanks guys, and I'll pick a winner when I get home from work tomorrow evening around 6ish PST I think.