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This sounds familiar.

Since you've said you other attempts have "failed", what success are you looking for out of this? Monetization, or just shooting the shit with people who like the music you like? If your goal is to reach a wide audience and make something more of it, keep in mind that it's pretty bottlenecked on social media and such now. There's already thousands of people doing exactly what you're describing between all of the platforms out there. If you're just trying to meet some people and chat about music/vinyl, you're probably better off just participating in message board communities, Facebook groups, etc.

Yeah, around 25% of your records sharing the same issue still points to the turntable being the issue. I probably have close to 2000 pieces of vinyl now, and very (very) few actually have pressing defects that cause skips. I could probably count them on one hand. The fact that it's happening with select records is hard to really pinpoint. One copy may have had a tiny warp, that was just enough to bump the needle up. Maybe the grooves are holding dirt, or there are imperfections in the grooves you can't see. It could be anything. Definitely try the penny thing and report back.

Not a preorder, but there is apparently a new version of GEL's Violent Closure 7" in the Atomic Action store. I ordered the Evergreen version a couple weeks ago, and a transparent pink copy with a black/white covered showed up the other day. The vinyl appears to be the same one used with the tour press. https://atomicactionrecords.bigcartel.com/product/gel-violent-closure-7-pre-order https://www.discogs.com/release/27519351-GEL-Violent-Closure-

Definitely an issue with the turntable if you're experiencing this with a bunch of different records. As mentioned above, the problem is likely inaccurate tracking force due to a the counterweight not being set correctly. Balancing your tonearm is a fairly simple/quick fix, assuming your turntable does have a counterweight. Unfortunately, most reasonably inexpensive turntables don't have one. https://longplayvinyl.com/balance-tonearm/ Skipping is generally due to the tracking force being too low, which causes the needle to essentially bounce on the vinyl. This is especially apparent if the album has even a slight warp. If there isn't a counterweight to adjust, you can always try the old school trick of putting a penny on top of the head shell, to see if the additional weight fixes the issue. This isn't a long term fix (and can eventually damage both the needle and the records), but it would be a pretty sure sign that the balance is to blame for your issues.

Yeah, /1000 per Jeff's IG post.

Grabbed the Jeff variant!

Yup.

For 50 seconds, there were monsters on the world.

Tim hosting the political show and just looking at phone when he was getting bested was one of my favorite ITYSL bits yet. Pay it forward and the egg game had me rolling too. The Fred Armisen and Tim Meadows appearances were so good too.

Ahh. The rare quadruple post. Sure sign of the jimmies being rustled.

A new Turnstile song is featured in episode four of the new season of "I Think You Should Leave", which just came out today. Wild spot to drop a new song, but I'm all for it.

Dope.

Impressive! With a collection of that size, how to you manage things such as terminate droppings?

Yeah... I don't care for it at all.

Doesn't say, really. I can only assume it's a single... no way they are dropping a surprise album with on two days notice with zero press.

The Spotify pre-save link from the band's IG story works.

Their social media accounts have links up for "pre-saving" something coming out on Friday...

But then you have to deal with the nerds who police the shit out of everything (usually, stuff they don't even own) that doesn't conform to policy to a T. Better not put the images out of order, or you'll be in a world of hurt.

I'm sure most of these new accounts are scammers, but you know there's gotta be a few people in the mix trying their hand at flipping for the first time.

Okay, now this is surprising. Sounds like we have a rogue hardcore kid in Taco Bell's marketing team.

I really want this, but I don't $50 because there is a book want this.

Grabbed a Candyland earlier this morning. Really excited for this album! This band rules live. I saw them headline a smaller club in Seattle a few months ago, and they killed it.

The "IF YOU CAN READ THIS TAKE A BATH." on the B-Side of Reinventing Axl Rose is one of my favorites.