(Also glad to see there are others questing for CDs.)
pre-pandemic, CD thrifting was one of my favorite activities.
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
It’s been a while - months? - since I last visited a physical record store, but for some time now it’s been more keyed to older items, used or not. You know, is there a copy of “No Pussyfooting” in the racks? And if so, awesome, fill in the blank with your own example.
The tough part comes with looking for something just released, because the store under ordered or barely ordered or the label was like “hey, we did a digital release Friday but physical versions come out in two months, probably.”
(I realize that this isn’t entirely a Pitchfork-related discussion.)
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
yeah sometimes with record stores I wish everything was disorganized like a new arrivals bin lol
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
I'm cynical but I think if any record store acquired a copy of No Pussyfooting in 2021 it would never see the sales floor
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
You’d think, right?
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
No Pussyfooting Blues
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
record stores really suck now, and I blame Discogs for a lot of these problems. Hell, buying records used to be a lot more fun than it used to. It's like collecting comic books/action figures etc now
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
otm
― brimstead, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
I mean, of course printing any run of physical media in 2021 is a gamble. I get it. And I totally can understand why a small label wouldn't want to take on the risk. It's fair. But in my experience, it's even mid-size labels that presumably have warehouses and distribution channels that are printing tiny runs.
And to my point. . . *purchasing* physical media has become somewhat of a gamble/horse race. The market is flooded with shit and reissues and Record Store Day stuff, who can keep up with it all. . . so much so that when *good* stuff gets reissued, it's easy for that stuff to slip by. Case in point here, I only knew this came out b/c some friends posted about it on Facebook. And it's like a lost Little Richard record??? WTF
https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/southern-child/
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
Yeah, RSD has a lot to answer for. I don't want to rehash the argument again and I'm legit glad it helps a lot of stores stay afloat, but the effect it's had on record stores is going to be felt for a long time. I remember one day, shortly before the pandemic, I stopped in a small local bookstore that also sells a limited selection of vinyl and I swear half of their "new" section was RSD represses of shit you used to find in bargain bins for $2 a pop, but suddenly is worth $29 because it's on, I don't know, watermelon colored vinyl.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
i'm just waiting for watermelon flavored vinyl.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
"wow, i love this song! it tastes so fresh!"
Breakbot: 'By Your Side'French producer / DJ Thibault Berland, better known as Breakbot, released a 2012 single 'By Your Side' that was noted for its animated music video directed by Irena Dakeva, but even more notable was the decision to issue a limited run of 7” singles pressed onto chocolate.
Only 120 copies were ever made and Ed Banger Records, Breakbot's label, issued the record along with the helpful advice “play it before you eat it”. Presumably it's quite a difficult thing to store, and it was only ever designed to be played once, but it does actually play back on a turntable and sounds better than you'd imagine. Still, we'd bet it tastes even better...
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
out.
standing.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:35 (three years ago) link
I'll find out for myself next month...hope your friend is right! (My break-even point is somewhere in the 225-250 copy range, but obviously if I only sell that many I'll have a roomful left over, which will suck from a living-space standpoint.)
Your post reminded me, I just got my pre-order in for your first two releases this morning, so doing my part. Good luck!
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 January 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
I saw that - thanks! (The printer had a minor COVID outbreak and had to shut down for two weeks, so physical discs may be SLIGHTLY delayed, but they'll come out one way or another. I'm actually calling on Monday to get a status update.)
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 29 January 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
Ha, no worries. Understandably things are slower now, just happy to support and I'm really excited for both offerings so far and I hope these lead to much more down the road.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 January 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
the goat girl review definitely read like one of those "7.1s" that the author clearly wanted to be higher
this is really cool
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
why is this headline cracking me up:
Cardi B Tosses Barbs With Humorous Confidence on "Up"
― na (NA), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
is it because it sounds like it was written by eustace tilley
tbf, it's actually "...Tosses Humorous Barbs w/Confidence"
― babe for the weekend (morrisp), Friday, 5 February 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
nicki subtweeting methinks
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 6 February 2021 03:55 (three years ago) link
is Barb the new Karen or smth
― flopson, Saturday, 6 February 2021 07:06 (three years ago) link
I was shocked to find that the Dua Lipa overrated/underrated video was posted a mere month and a half ago because it feels like it has been autoplaying every time I visit the site for a period of years or decades.
Before that it was the one song Devendra Banhart wishes he wrote.
There are many videos on your website - - mix it up a little why don't you?
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 7 February 2021 09:01 (three years ago) link
why do you have your browser set up to allow autoplay videos
― shivers me timber (sic), Sunday, 7 February 2021 09:19 (three years ago) link
I don't know. Audio is disabled and I guess that was good enough for me. Nevertheless, even with it completely disabled, the same video is always there taking up more than half of the screen.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 7 February 2021 09:44 (three years ago) link
I hope they never take this down.https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5e8219981c7d5e0008fee806/2:1/w_180/pitchfork_over-under-megan-thee-stallion.jpg
― billstevejim, Sunday, 7 February 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
permanent front page
― billstevejim, Sunday, 7 February 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
hahahaha that is funny, as soon as I read your post I realized I just take it as a regular part of the site now
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 7 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
https://twitter.com/pitchfork/status/1362768664399904771?s=20
― Indexed, Friday, 19 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
Let's try that again...
https://twitter.com/pitchfork/status/1362768664399904771
maybe they deleted the tweet? what was it?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 February 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
assuming it was this tweet?
When Pitchfork tries to cover Country or Americana 😂🙄 pic.twitter.com/60JcSFRfhU— Chris (@ctrauty) February 19, 2021
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 19 February 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
"Well any female country singer that isn't Kacey Musgraves is in that group, right?"
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 19 February 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
Maybe The Highwomen and Pistol Annies are the new version of Bad English / Damn Yankees.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 19 February 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
Damn English
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 February 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
tbh it took me a second to register what was wrong with that tweet
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Friday, 19 February 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
tbf I don't think the actual article mentioned either The Highwomen or PA but it's a funny little self-own given the country/Americana community's years of griping with p4k.
― Indexed, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
US bands that you get mixed up with The Trashwomen
― calzino, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
If they had made the mistake with Brandy Clark, at least there would have been a name similarity in play...
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Friday, 19 February 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
The High Annies
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 19 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
The 15 Best and Worst Moments of the 2021 Grammys
Being 19 is awkward for everybody, including Billie Eilish, who turned her Record of the Year acceptance speech into a clumsy, guilty gush about how Megan Thee Stallion was the one who really deserved it. “I think about you constantly,” she said at one point. (...) Eilish seemed genuinely surprised about the win – her second consecutive Record of the Year trophy – but it again opens up the deeper questions around the should’ve-won trope: If you really think someone else deserved the award, why not hand it off yourself?
Because a) you can't actually transfer an award - handing off the trophy would have just been a further extension of the gesture she's already making. And b) it would probably come off as condescending - what's Megan supposed to do with Billie's trophy? She doesn't need the pity move.
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
she could've withdrawn, as the children's album award nominees didhttps://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-2021-childrens-music-nominees-ask-to-withdraw-from-category-protesting-lack-of-diversity/
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
the trend of "artist x really should have won" is a hollow and insincere gesture that needs to stop
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
Abolish the Grammys.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
xxp That wouldn’t guarantee the award goes to Megan. I kind of agree with Paul, tbh
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
it's not eilish's concern what the grammys choose to do if she withdraws from contention, it's a gesture that would've said he doesn't want to vie against an artist whose work she considers genuinely superior. choosing to not do that because it's financially enriching and spectacular publicity to both contend for the award and/or to win it, but then to genuflect toward an (arguably) more deserving recipient in the name of good PR and ally status rings hollow because it is. though in the words of F. Apple, i don't really care one way or the other although of course i do care but i don't care.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Hey, if Ving Rhames can give his Golden Globe (another door stopper piece of junk) to Jack Lemmon during a ceremony, Eilish could've done the same.
Honestly, her "I'm an awkward teenager" schtick is getting tiring, and she's an adult now.
― beamish13, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
she should get a job
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
jfc she's still only 19.
I totally understand the impetus behind this trend is to address the Grammys' historical racism and shoving aside performers of color, but I worry how it's going to evolve in an age of increasingly toxic and rabid online fan cultures when they are all insistent that their preferred favorite is "more deserving".
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link