uzi your illusion

On 9/28/2020 at 8:05 PM, Voodoochild said:

I do too.

I'm trying to learn this song on the guitar. I think Bucket's outro is pretty good, even if it's the most obvious comped/patched solo of the album IMO. 

I like it a lot. The doubled over vocals with the chorus makes it hard to sing along to but very catchy. And when they did those 20 second teaser clips leading up to the Chinese release, the one where they used the intro to Scraped and ended with "dont you try to stop us now" was the best of the bunch.

5 hours ago, Coma16 said:

Kobe sold yesterday on ebay for $4400. The seller should be very happy (even after ebay takes their share) and thanking the previous bidders for inflating its value lol

Gotta also keep in mind that one was slightly damaged even though the seller listed it as in excellent condition.

3 hours ago, amaninjapan said:

I baby all my lithos, cheap or expensive. I always hate to see anything of value get irreversibly damaged.

Not holding you to anything but percentage wise how big of an issue is that dent. Do you think that is worth 10% less than a mint poster or are we being too generous with that?

If you cant wager a guess as to what it does to the value then god help the rest of us. 

21 minutes ago, The Holographic Universe said:

Lol. Well played sir. I’m just asking because a guy is attempting to sale his Kobe on the Litho Facebook page. Reading between the lines I assume you are no longer in the hunt. 

Do we think the guy on the facebook page would do better selling it on there rather than another ebay auction?

When I have it in my possession I will get a picture up here. Building suspense........

15 hours ago, amaninjapan said:

New Lithorati Podcast episode

 

Lithorati Podcast - Episode 3 - New Zealand/Australia/Asia 2017 Lithograph Review - As the tour goes on, so do we, with an extensive review of the designs that we received from GNR's trip down under. Terry from Australia joins us as this episode's guest and we get to hear what being a GNR fan on the other side of the world is like.

Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:30 Interview with Guest for NZ-Aus-Asia 2017 Leg (Terry from Australia)
00:26:22 Wellington Maori
00:33:15 Wellington Kiwi
00:36:00 Auckland
00:38:48 Brisbane Purple Surfer
00:50:00 Brisbane Yellow Surfer
00:57:03 Sydney Blue Hat
01:07:08 Sydney Toecutter and Sydney Wez
01:12:10 Melbourne Ned Kelly
01:24:13 Melbourne Tasmanian Tiger
01:27:36 Adelaide Redhead
01:34:08 Adelaide Shark
01:42:19 Terry talks about Perth show
02:05:05 Perth Bunyip (Terry)
02:11:53 Perth Spider (Terry)
02:15:30 Perth Bunyip (Tim)
02:19:14 Perth Spider (Tim)
02:21:36 Singapore
02:26:33 Bangkok Yaksha
02:34:00 Bangkok Elephant
02:41:39 The missing Dubai
02:50:15 Handing out awards
02:50:50 "November Rain Award" - Best lithograph of the 2017 Japan/NZ/Aus/Asia leg
02:52:03 Chinese Democracy Award - Most underrated lithograph of the 2017 Japan/NZ/Aus/Asia leg
02:54:30 Swimming with Dolphins Award - Strangest lithograph of the 2017 Japan/NZ/Aus/Asia leg
02:55:46 Bad Obsession Award - Favorite lithograph of the 2017 Japan/NZ/Aus/Asia leg that other people don't like
02:57:57 Outro

 Another fantastic episode. Thanks for taking the effort and time to put these together.   If there were any 2nd thoughts at all on my end about a fairly large litho purchase that I recently made, this Podcast put me at complete ease. It's so great to hear the appreciation for these pieces.

2 hours ago, amaninjapan said:

My apologies if I missed it. I thought the last we spoke you said you were happy with your collection and weren't looking to add to it! This was definitely a while ago though.

I'm sure you meant Cincinnati and not Cleveland haha

I was then lol, then Kobe was listed and just like that I wasn't. 

PM me back if you can, I would like to talk more about it through the messenger.

3 hours ago, amaninjapan said:

The bill would be a LOT smaller too!

Lol, I did PM you but didn't hear anything back 

3 minutes ago, The Holographic Universe said:

How high did you go?

Let's just say I was there at the end 

Alright its over now 

Who was I bidding against at the end there? Was it someone here?

21 minutes ago, troccoli said:

Why not wade into this debate, nothing else to do!  Here is another thing to eBay.  This fucking nonsense where two bidders are just fucking with each other has happened MANY times before.  The real question is whether or not the person is going to pay.  Not much of a penalty for not paying, account gets suspended or deleted.  BFD, just create another. 

On a personal note, I agree with Riki.  And like him, I don't collect any of my GNR stuff (not just the lithos) for an investment.  I think the only smart thing to collect as an investment is original art (if you can afford it) or gold/silver coins (just due to the gold and silver).  And even then art goes up and down, for most artists.  Yes there are some artists that will always stay the same, or go up, but that is a rarefied league for the 1%.  Like Riki, I collect it because I enjoy it.  If it goes down in value so be it.  Of course I hope it goes up or at least retains value.

And lastly, and most importantly, not all GNR collectors are on the forums or Facebook.  I know several with deep pockets that are private people, and don't go on here.  When you see some of these GNR auctions that have big price finishes?  That's them usually.  A lot of them don't trust eBay either, so they only buy from auction houses.  Not that auction houses get it right all the time of course.

What type of GNR items have you seen up for grabs at auction houses? 

3 hours ago, DeathCubeUK said:

What a bargain hahaha! You can buy signed Picasso's or an original Dalì for less. I noticed the seller is the same as the one in 2017 that wanted $2000 and @uzi your illusion offered $1000 and the seller rejected it/wanted to trade 3 litho's for it (including a signed Cinci).

Remember that @uzi your illusion? This is that same ebayer. How many does he have exactly? As he sold that one in 2017, and the current ad states you have a choice of two numbers, he will keep the other. So that's at least 3, assuming he hasn't sold/traded any others in the last 3 years.

Jesus you have a good memory lol. When I tried bidding on Kobe the other day my username was blocked by the seller , I remembered after the fact that we had had words previously lol. Had to use my wife's username to start bidding. I guess in retrospect the $2000 would have been a gift. 

I'm fairly surprised that it's getting bid up like this  with this many days left in the auction. I would have thought it would have come down to the last hour or so.

3 hours ago, The Holographic Universe said:

I just bid 3k

Tried sending you a PM but it says you can't receive any.

1 hour ago, Gordon Comstock said:

 

The second line doesn't fit... sounds more like "Used to stand up for the others you were beggin' for"

Your second line sounds right, but I've never been sold on that first line. "Shine like more than a bomb you are"? What does that even mean? It seems clunky and weird. 

Does anyone have any newer guesses as to the lyrics in the chorus? Even as it stands now the song is an all time favorite of mine and everyone I've ever played it for has instantly realized its potential as something special.

Man I love hearing these. Excellent scoop you got out of Arian about the Tokyo litho and who requested it! Makes me love it that much more. Stop putting yourself down and calling it torturous to listen to. I find the time just breezes by. And having your friend on to relive his experience was great. Having somone who attended a show from each leg is an excellent addition.

15 hours ago, StayofExecution2020 said:

arent they a bit hidden in your appartment?

They're in the stairwell leading to the basement. When I rented an apartment my girlfriend was okay with a few on display. She tolerated the bachelor pad aesthetic. When the girlfriend upgraded to the wife and the apartment upgraded to a house she hasn't been so kind to the lithos. This was the only compromise other than my garage, and I was worried that the heat might effect them out there.

I'd agree it's not the most prominent place but they're up and in a spot I walk past a few times a week so it's better than nothing. 

36 minutes ago, janrichmond said:

@Mcs953 Glad you like them, as someone who has had them stored in the closet for a long time, I'm getting to fall in love with them all over again.

@janrichmond Thanks man! I'm just opening and closing the door for fun now.

I was inspired by the Lithorati podcasts to actually find a spot and do the right thing so they could be fully appreciated. Wish I had more room to hang the rest, but it was fun deciding which ones made the cut.

18 minutes ago, Brose said:

subscribe to IMGUR, upload the pictures there and from there you get a link to post 

https://imgur.com/gallery/oDd1YsA

Hope that works. Thanks for the tip. 

 Finally found some space in the new house to hang up a few of my favorites. The wife would only compromise for the stairwell leading to the basement but I'm pretty happy with it. Thought I figured out how to post the pic but apparently not, anyone able to explain it to me?

https://picresize.com/popup.html?images/rsz_20200315_134544.jpg

2 hours ago, amaninjapan said:

I'm stubborn enough that even if there's zero interest publicly, honestly I'm pretty sure me and my fellow collector friends enjoy it enough to continue doing episodes to cover the rest. It'll take a lot of hours of recording though - I didn't originally intend for the episodes to be this long. I had kinda assumed each leg would be a couple hours tops but the original cut of this 2016 review was over 6 hours - it took a lot of editing to even get it down to 5 hours (2 x 2.5 hour episodes). And that only covers 36 lithos from 2016. In 2017, there were more than 90 lithos... And I'm also inspiring to have some guests on... Let's just say that there's a lot more chatter to come  I'm trying my best to keep it on topic and interesting, but please forgive me if we stray a little from time to time. Even though it would probably make for slightly shorter episodes, I don't want it to always be straight up 100% review-only - I think having some guests on and discussing relevant topics/stories will help keep it a little more entertaining.

If you had to make an educated guess as to how many GNR litho collectors are out there [let's call it 20 or more in their collection], how many people do you think there are?

On 3/1/2020 at 9:23 PM, amaninjapan said:

Part II is available, anybody is still interested

 

Definitely still interested. 

Cant get enough of these. Hope you guys are planning on doing one show for every leg. These are so fun to look back on. Getting a new appreciation for some that I've overlooked in the past.

I love how much talk there was about having to see some in person to fully appreciate. NJ night 1, Arizona, and Pittsburgh are three of my all time favorites and it's all because of the close up details. Even my Cincinnati was kicked up a notch when I was able to get up super close and see these vibrant blues and yellows that I didnt know existed. 

I cant wait to hear part 2. If you are taking suggestions for the awards you alluded too:

Best theme, best hidden item [like the NJ state outline in the NJ Devil print], best color scheme, most underrated, most overrated etc. etc.

And you guys should mention that Ebay seller Warpig and the authenticity of his stuff.

I dont know how many people could legitimately be into this sort of thing but god damn I'm appreciative of the fact that you guys took the time to do it.

Killer job!

This was really fun. Thanks to you 2 for taking the time. Cant wait to hear the next part.