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I haven't been able to stop listening to this since that album stream went up last week. Seriously such an amazing record. So proud of them. Anyone who doesn't give it a listen is seriously missing out.

How are people getting free shipping?

I've had issues with import cds in the past, so would rather order elsewhere personally. Got it from German Amazon for $25 https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B07822VW5K/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yay! I love Luke Chueh so much and saw that print a few years ago and was like "man, I hope I get Batman for Secret Santa one day so i can get him this" then when i got you, i couldn't remember where I saw it. I happened to stumble upon it again randomly and had to go for it. Glad you love your Chueh bat bear!

Thanks for helping keep tabs, but we're def on top of it and Brandon and i know who still needs to post and will make sure they do. Don't worry. We got it ✌

oh and hey! my secret santa this year was @batman! how about that! got a couple cd samplers, some stickers (pretty stoked on those mario stickers!), a very lovely note, a few pins (including one not-so-subtle hint as to the sender haha), a Thrice patch, and a LEGO KNIGHT RIDER MINI FIG. it actually took me a sec to realize what the lego was, but as soon as i put him together i was like HOLY CRAP! MICHAEL KNIGHT! i have a whole collection of carefully curated minifigs and some other random toys (and some hoff swag) that live on top of one of my kallaxes. i go through random spurts of buying them, and its been a while since i bought any. somehow i didnt even know they made a knight rider one and oh man. so freaking pumped. this was a super exciting addition to the collection. here is knight rider hoff hanging next to my baywatch hoff mini fig (and thats actually a vintage knight rider lunchbox in the background haha) *not pictured: a bag of awesome texas beef jerky. im not even gonna lie. i already ate the whole bag. it was delicious and i have no self control around dehydrated meats haha. that was so awesome. seriously. i love good jerky and it isnt easy to come by here (although trader joes has surprisingly awesome jerky) so that was definitely a real treat vinyl! the appleseed cast - illumination ritual. i enjoyed these guys back in high school. this is their most recent album from a few years ago and i never got around to listening to it or picking up a copy so very curious to check this out. the good life - i loved this album back in high school! even though i saw them play a couple times back then and have a good life shirt i somehow forgot about these guys for a while. funny enough earlier this year my boss and i started bonding over cursive and tim kasher and i rediscovered my love of the good life as well as got into some cursive albums i never really listened to. somehow i never bought any good life vinyl. i'm pretty stoked. i'm actually going to spin this and then probably fall down a cursive/saddle creek rabbit hole right now while i do some late night cleaning moving mountains - pneuma. i am actually totally unfamiliar with these guys. i feel like i've heard the name but never really checked them out. definitely looking forward to giving this a listen! also. look how dang pretty this variant is y'all thank you so much for everything! i think it's so funny that we both got each other especially with our very different musical tastes and still loved everything we got for the other one. i seriously love all of this. and i will love and treasure my mini michael knight forever haha

aw yay! i'm so glad you liked everything! i really had a blast shopping for you even though our tastes in music are quite different hahaha. i took some risks on the vinyl part of your package so i'm glad you've dug all the music you've listened to thus far. def check out the rest of the Protomen's albums! i love them so much. and of all the bands you mentioned the national were the only ones i actually knew and i knew i had to get you that album. i'm not a huge national fan but everyone i know raved about that album when it came out and then my boss used to play it all the time at work and i started getting into it as well haha. your kitty is so cute! i'm so glad they like their toy. that photo made me so happy. your whole post did really. i'm so stoked you were so stoked on everything! oh and also there's actually another little something on its way to you i actually randomly came across something a few years ago and thought it would be such a perfect secret santa gift for you and if i ever had you for secret santa i needed to get it. took a little bit to track down again so hence it being late but decided i'd be sad if i missed my chance haha. i had it shipped directly to you because it was so late but i think it should be there in the next few days i hope you like it!

By the time I realized you had each other, it was too late to reshuffle, so just left it. Glad you both enjoyed being mutual Santa's Also, Farewell Continental is such a criminally underrated band. I love that album so dang much and have given it to a few people as gifts myself because, honestly, everyone should have a copy in their collection

paging @jhulud sticky please

Idk. But clearly you fucked up.

sorry about the delay on this. i was just traveling for 2 weeks (cross country road trip and then 6 days at Fest). been super fucking sick since i got home music: my music tastes are pretty all over the place and i tend to like at least a little bit of everything, from quebecois folk music to synthy dance jams to punk to country. i do love me some country. 90s/2000s punk, emo, ska, and hardcore will always have a huge spot in my heart since that’s what i grew up on. i also have a major soft spot for musicians' solo/side projects, especially when it's a totally different genre than the music they're typically known for and bonus points if said side project is alt country (ex: mike herrera - tumbledown, jim ward - sleepercar, jeremy chatelain - cub country, chad price - drag the river, mariachi el bronx, brett detar, nick 13, etc etc). i’m pretty open to most music. the only place where i get super picky is when it comes to bands with female singers. not sure why, but i just can’t get into most female singers. im always excited to find new bands or ones i somehow missed along the way. my two favorite albums of 2017 are 88 fingers louie and dragonforce. i used to do a pretty good job at keeping my DF and discogs up to date but somewhere along the way stopped being so great at that haha. i do have a want list on discogs, but it’s kind of a hot mess that only makes sense to me haha. i tend to just dump tons of stuff on it and never wind up taking anything off, even after buying it. the bulk of what’s on there is just duplicates/other pressings/variants of things i already own or random things i throw on there that i might grab if they ever popped up for super cheap, but not things i’m actively seeking out. there are still a ton of things on there i do want if that’s helpful information for you to have, but i’d be just as happy with something you love that i’ve never heard of. movies/tv: horror, comedies, jeunet, aronofsky, lynch, random music docs, cheesy lifetime/hallmark movies, crime shows (pretty much everything on ID), law & order SVU (i’ve seen every single episode. more than once.), orphan black, lost girl, skins, a bunch more things i’m too tired to think of right now. books: i read pretty much every day on the subway when i commute to work. lately mostly fiction or music/pop culture related books. some of my favorite books include Love is a Mixtape by Rob Sheffield, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, and The Great Gatsby. currently reading Tommy Land and it is actually way better than expected. other random things i enjoy: zombies, david hasselhoff, butts and butt-related things (no i dont mean in a sexual way get your mind out the gutter haha. long story short. i actually started a punk rock booty appreciation club haha. and now a lot of friends and such give me funny butt related things like pins and koozies), bacon, football, hockey, canadian football, beer, narwhals, my SNES, baking, tattoos and traditional tattoo art. i also love cats. i have one. his name is jäger. he's pretty damn awesome. oh and i really love jerky if you happen to have any cool locally-produced jerky. we mostly just have the boring mass produced stuff up here in brooklyn other random things i collect: random david hasselhoff stuff, art prints & gig posters, way too many band shirts, random small toys, lego minifigs, and knick knacks that guard my record collection. for further stalking/research purposes, my instagram lives here: http://instagram.com/themeconspiracy if you need to know anything else feel free to have someone ask me

Hahaha you def said it last year I'm glad you're going! See you soon!

Sign up is closed! First post is updated with a list of everyone who signed up. Stay tuned and we'll send out your Santa info in a few days.

If it's your first fest, my advice is: - pace yourself! It's a marathon, not a race. - take plenty of water/ food/ rest breaks. - diddley will never cap out, but a lot of the smaller venues will (esp high dive, Atlantic, wooly, Loosey's) and double especially for secret sets. Get there early if it's a must-see. - be flexible. Your plans will change and you won't wind up seeing every band you want to. - eat tacos at flacco's and a gator burrito at Boca. Also hit up the hot dog cart. - if you buy a lot of merch, take advantage of the bag check uhaul at high dive. They let you check it for the day and you can add more stuff to it later. - if you're not staying at either of the official hotels, still try to hit up a pool party/after party/beer purge at one (warning: you can party out front of the HI, but can't go inside if not a guest. Wyndham, you can). - Use the Fest app if you aren't already. Keep an eye out for schedule changes. - hug people and make friends. - If you don't go to one of the 88 Fingers Louie sets, you're fucking up

Yep! I'll be there! Going to both prefest and fest! If you see a 5' tall girl with pink hair, say hi. Or PM me if you wanna try to actually plan to meet up at any point. - Lauren.