Stiff Competition

St. Vincent - Daddy's Home

38 minutes ago, Powderfinger said:

Have you watched the Anthology series on the Beatles? 

Yep! It’s been years since I’ve seen them though, should probably rewatch at some point.

I watched all of it the weekend it came out.

It is honestly probably my favorite thing I have ever watched. If you are a big Beatles fan, it only leaves you wanting more. I'd love to watch Jackson's initial 18-hour cut.

I don't have tons of thoughts on it because it is all stuff that has been known for years. It was just amazing finally SEEING it all. It was like hanging out with the Beatles for a weekend.

2 hours ago, RussTCB said:

Just now got a chance to start this. I'm at the tail end of part 1. Very interesting glimpse into the whole process. They don't seem as broken as I've always heard, but I feel like that's going to go downhill in the 2 parts to come. 

actually gets better in parts 2/3.

Part one has the majority of the tension. They feel more at home when they get to their newly built Apple HQ and away from Twickenham.

10 hours ago, Dean said:

Quiet few weeks for me other than picking up singles associated with Celtic Football Club. With The Beatles Get Back documentary, I'd been rattling through the Beatles Singles collection that I had picked up and it's sparked my interest in getting a lot more singles in. I've been debating completing my Queen collection of singles, not really much to get in all honesty but will take my time picking them up. I think in the new year, I'll look into making some upgrades to my set up, which I will be sure get recommendations/suggestions from you guys!

Nice! I’m planning on upgrading my set up sometime next year as well.

i’ll definitely be sticking with pro-ject, just going to a higher level player.

On 11/13/2021 at 9:57 AM, Gordon Comstock said:

I don't really care about colour variants, but I thought the main "advantage" to them, aside from the visual aspect, is they don't use as much recycled vinyl as regular black records? I can't even remember where I heard that though, haha.

Yeah I haven't heard that with colors.

That is the main argument for why Japanese pressings are better though.

On 10/20/2021 at 8:27 PM, ZoSoRose said:

Went and saw St Vincent tonight. Man, she was cool as fuck

hell yeah!

Saw her at the Hollywood Bowl last month. What a fucking show. I hope there is a second leg early next year before she goes to Europe.

Just now, RussTCB said:

I might be out in LA in mid November. I was thinking I'd check out the new location but maybe I shouldn't? Is there anywhere else I should hit up instead? 

I mean, it's worth going to. It's still one of the best selections for a record store in the nation, if not the world.

BUT, as someone who used to go there every week, it's not as awesome as it used to be.

In terms of other stores in the area, Freak Beat in Sherman Oaks is awesome. Rockaway Records in Glendale is great but I think you have to make an appointment to shop there now since they re-opened. Rockaway has tons of really collectible and high-end stuff as well as a good selection of regular but well curated used stuff. Aside from those two, everything else is pretty typical hit or miss kind of places.

Ended up selling Slave, S/T and B-Side ourselves this weekend after the announcement of the boxset. Can't wait to pick that up.

Only new thing I got this weekend was another variant of St Vincent's 'Masseduction' when I went to Amoeba.

Every time I go there, I just miss the old location. Everything from the physical location to the size of the store to the hours of business were so much better.

9 minutes ago, RussTCB said:

I rarely ever sell records but I'm seriously considering bouncing my original pressings of the debut album and Slave To The Grind along with the RSD pressing of Slave. 

I mean....why not? Selling those would easily pay for the whole boxed set and them some. 

yeah I am considering selling them as well now.

I've gotten to a point recently where like unless it's a band I specifically collect, I don't really need expensive pressings if there are other alternatives. 

Holy shit! that skid row set...amazing.

I just sold my og copy of subhuman for like 300+ or something last year, so i'm happy that i'll get it back.

1 hour ago, RussTCB said:

What a bummer. I think the Giles remixes of The White Album lift if to the listening experience it was meant to be. 

I think the way the Beatles released is the way it was meant to be.

To each their own, I’m just glad they are releasing all these anniversary sets, so if the new mixes are the main element of them, keep ‘em coming.

2 hours ago, RussTCB said:

I'm on Dallas for work right now, but I'm going to pick up the single LP when I get back home. I *loved* what Giles did with The White Album and I expect this to be similar.

It’s funny because I actually think Giles mixes are masturbatory nonsense that are completely unnecessary. It’s awesome having so many outtakes and demos officially released through all these box sets though.

also, can’t wait for the doc next month. 

I have the new Let It Be deluxe box arriving today. Excited it's finally out since it should have came out last year but covid fucked everything up.

12 hours ago, gt72 said:

Ohana Encore last night.Pearl Jam headlined again seen them last week as well.Had tickets to see them at an arena show and the first weekend of Ohana prior to Covid.Felt great to be on the beach listening to my favorite live band after a long year and a half wait 

I had thought about going this past weekend since Sleater Kinney and Margo Price were there as well but ultimately didn't end up making the trip. Did you catch either of them play?

Sounds like health issues are quickly creeping up on him.

Good for him retiring but hopefully we don’t lose him shortly after. 

ordered a few more Nick Cave albums as well as a Sleater Kinney album this week...should arrive by the weekend I suppose.

The big issue to me here (which probably has been covered but I'm not reading all of this shit) is that yes, there is a big backup at pressing plants but the fact that we are getting that long of a wait means that they have no clue what the fuck they are doing in terms of planning. They should have sent these to a plant early this year and had it ready for the tour or at least RSDBF. To me, it just paints the picture of a management team flying by the seat of their pants. Honestly, no one will give a shit about Hard Skool by 6/2022.

Saw St. Vincent at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday. What a fucking show. She’s incredible.

They tried a few years ago and couldn't even get past a group text message. It won't happen. Bach is too much of a child.

Funny enough, I think Skid Row is also playing slave in its entirety, so just go see both shows and combine them in your brain.

It says A LOT about working with Bach that Rachel and Snake have continued to turn money down time and time again to do it.

hey, I guess slash is as white as axl and duff.

I’ve trimmed down my blu ray collection quite a bit but my main format of music is vinyl and always will be.

cds to me are pointless though. I sold all mine probably 10 years ago or so as I would load them on to iTunes and then stuff them in a drawer. Cds are to me, like a small hard drive. They just have the information on them, whereas as vinyl, the sound waves are actually pressed in to the record. It’s a different experience where you are literally listening to the record and interacting with the music by dropping your needle on it, where as with a cd you are listening to the information that is digitally stored on it which really makes it no different than a computer, phone or any other digital storage.

yeah, what a bummer to hear about Mike. Hope he gets to feeling better. He’s such an incredible performer and artist.

one of my favorite shows of like the last decade is seeing FNM at the troubadour. They announced it day of by them posting a link on Twitter for tickets to a band called lump playing the troubadour that night. It was fucking amazing. 
 

also saw him with dead cross a few years back.

I’ve been super caught up in the CM Punk hype in the last couple weeks so I ordered Living Colour’s “Vivid” off eBay.