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Flicker rules because he's a snob and says whatever the fuck he wants. I love that. I mean seriously, fuck his trendy haircut music. But he thinks that bullshit makes him better than everyone else and I support the fuck out of that. Flicker also has a beautiful asspussy.

I stole this record online and can't get past the third song. All Hail West Texas is one of the best records of all time and a lot of the material put out after that is pretty good but he just keeps pumping out new records and they're starting to get pretty boring. The last one was pretty boring.

The one thing I don't get about that thread referenced in the original post is how they say VC only puts out shitty pop punk. No, I listen to shitty pop punk. VC puts out shitty alt-country.

My ratio on What is fucking retarded low. Yeah, I've downloaded some obscure shit that a lot of people don't care about. But I also stole the Taylor Swift CD and some larger underground bands like Mountain Goats and Andrew Jackson Jihad and Against Me! but nobody fucking uploads. Lame. I've been thinking of just downloading till I get banned and forget about it. Does that effect the person that invited me? ???

hahaha that is good.

Not a fan of the VC for life thing but this wasn't funny at all.

Terrible?

Albondigas is Spanish for meatballs. It's an absolutely DELICIOUS Mexican soup. Everything needs to be homemade, from the base (broth/tomato base) to the meatballs, no frozen junk. If you find a good recipe it's amazing. I've gotten it down to where I can make a really good batch of albondigas but it doesn't come close to some of the REALLY good ones.

Albondigas! The BEST soup there is, as long as it's made right. It's really easy to fuck it up.

Yeah dude, he's put out a record a year for like the last 9 years. The exception to that was 2007 but he put out two in 2002 (I think). Plus there's like 3 collection CDs with 20+ tracks each on them plus a bunch of EPs and splits. My old computer had 200+ Mountain Goats songs on it and it wasn't even close to being all of his released material. Plus there's tons and tons of demos and live bootleg material. It's pretty ridiculous. And honestly, some of it can be kinda hard to get into so you might get burnt out on it before you even get to some of the really good stuff. There are also two main "eras" of the Mountain Goats. The early stuff was just John Darnielle and was very low-fi, with no overdubs or retakes. That era culminated with All Hail West Texas, a masterpiece in my opinion, and then they put out Tallahassee and from then on the albums were recorded in a proper studio and with more instrumentation. Solo/Low-Fi era All Hail West Texas Coronoer's Gambit Ghana (collection) etc. Studio/band Tallahassee We Shall All Be Healed The Sunest Tree Get Lonely Heretic Pride Life of the World to Come (new record out Oct 6)

Easily one of the best albums of all time. This is where I ALWAYS tell people to start. They also have a new record coming out Oct. 6 that I actually just stole off the internet last night. I haven't listened to it yet, though. I didn't even know they were coming out with anything new so that was a nice surprise.

Just compared Kunaki to that other site posted. The other one looks really good but their prices are a bit higher. Kunaki is $1.75 per disc with NO minimum. The ONLY downside is you can only get a two panel insert (front/back), there is no option for a 4 panel. But other than that it is great. Retail ready CDs at $1.75 each. From what I have found that is unheard of unless you're buying 1,000+ copies, then it's really easy to get everything around $0.80/each.

www.kunaki.com No minimum. Full color CDs/artwork in jewel cases and shrink wrapped. $1.75/ea plus shipping. If you're doing 100-200 I don't think you can do any better than this unless you're going for something other than jewel cases (the only other really good option at such small quantities is DIY packaging or something).

I really, really like your taste in music.

White Night (Nothing more than a dumb name... it has NO racist connotations. Just in case you're thinking that) http://www.myspace.com/whitenightistight Japanese Monsters (One dude from Rumspringer) http://www.myspace.com/mechazilla1 Madison Bloodbath http://www.myspace.com/madisonbloodbath

Those are some pretty sweet games. I hate every day of my life that I can't play LittleBigPlanet and Fat Princess, but you named 4 games. How long has the console been out? I don't like getting into fanboi warz, but most people feel that the 360 has a better game catalog. Yeah, but what exclusives does the Xbox 360 have? Halo, Gears of War? Bioshock came out on PS3 and I think Dead Rising 3 will be on both now. I guess there's Left 4 Dead. What else is there? I'm not getting into the fanboy arguing either, I'm genuinely curious. I'd like to get a 360 but I think there's too much overlap of good games to make it worth my while for just a couple exclusives. I might actually pick up a Wii.

hahahahaha that shit is too funny

I gotta disagree here. PS3's exclusives like Metal Gear Solid 4, LittleBigPlanet, Uncharted, and Ratchet and Clank have me playing it more than anything on the 360 right now. This. Also, when the full version of Gran Turismo 5 comes out in the Spring it's going to be HUGE.

No, and I don't know anyone who would. However, I only set up my distro (which is really nothing more than a couple boxes of 7"s and some t-shirts) at shows that I'm somehow involved with. Either a band I've done a release for is playing, or I booked it or I'm really good friends with the promoter or something along those lines. I would never just show up to a show that I have no part of where I don't know the promoter and just expect to sell my shit.

What's the blank CD for? They send you mp3s and you burn the album? I agree, I'm not feeling it.

Yikes dude, that really blows. At least that Rumspringer 10" is still in print. It wasn't an Expedit bookshelf, was it?

how does this differ fromt he existing network of independent diy distros? i still bring my distro to shows and fests and set it up. as do a number of other people. probably many more than 50-100 i guess i dont understand how this is a revolutionary concept to get people to start up distros. this exists and has existed for a great many number of years. Yeah, that had me scratching my head as well. Distros might not set up their stuff at bigger shows with nationally touring bands but I still see it at every local/DIY show I ever go to whether its in a bar, living room or basement. Also, if someone wants to start a distro all they need to do is get in touch with labels and ask for a wholesale catalog. A lot of labels don't require you to buy that much in order to get stuff at wholesale prices, especially smaller labels. I'm just not seeing how this is anything different than what can easily be done already.

You realize that's the $1,000 package, right? I'm just curious because I see 2 or 3 people stoked about that package and I'm trying to figure out if they are confusing it with one of the other packages. It's a nice idea for a label that we could trust to stick around, but I just don't see why anyone would plop down $1,000 up front on something like this, especially nowadays.