Sep 28, 2011 Digital vs Vinyl - It's Not a Competition

I just did a guest article for a site called I Live Sweat. It was originally supposed to be about comparing digital to vinyl, and as most of you that read this blog know, that's really impossible to do because they serve two different purposes. So I spun it around a little and decided to do an article explaining what the purpose of digital and vinyl is now in the 2000s, and, in the case of vinyl, the past when there was only one format to choose from.

You can read that over here on I Live Sweat. Thanks!!

p.s. yeah that's me looking all smart.

Sep 17, 2011 Yuppicide - Shinebox

This record has alluded me for so long. I had two opportunities to pick it up over the last few years, and failed each time. One time I just didn't bid enough. I think I might have bid 70 or so, and got crushed. Then the next time the record was in a pretty large lot on eBay Germany, and I was nervous cause I couldn't understand the auction enough to make an educated guess on the shipping. That was frustrating. But this time I used my secret weapon.

Look at these weirdos.

I should correct myself, the weapon is actually not a secret. It's the saved search alert feature on the eBay for iPhone app. Damn thing saved me a bunch of money. A less than savvy seller listed this record for a ridiculously cheap buy it now price, and 1 hour after it was up, the app alerted me to it. Then this happened.

Sucker.

Sep 3, 2011 Iron Chic - Yes Like This

I got the 3rd pressing of the not really that new anymore LP from Iron Chic called Not Like This. I can't really remember if I own the 2nd pressing though. I've been so damn busy lately the only way I can find out about records is if I have something to do with either the selling or the manufacturing of them. And I tell you if it weren't for the Saved Search feature on the eBay iPhone app, and the email alert feature on The Old LP, I wouldn't find any used stuff either.

Something strange, I thought I wrote about the first copy I got of this, but in looking over my posts, I guess I didn't. That was a lavender type color out of 100 maybe. Not completely sure. These guys are playing soon with RVIVR and Rations, which I'm pretty excited about cause I've never seen either of these bands live. Hmm and I think I've only seen IC like twice.

I assume everyone that follows this blog owns something by Iron Chic, or at least has heard their music. But if not you can check them out here.