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  • Bob James is not dead...,

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    Bells Optional:




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  • Discogs

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    para11ax said:
    The price of vinyl is just silly now.

    2 weeks ago, I bought an AOTN reissue of The Leaders - “(It’s a) Rat Race” and a copy of the Marker Starling 45. With shipping, it cost just shy of $60 CAD. Am I the crazy one who thinks $60 is too much for a couple of new 7” releases?

    My buying has slowed down dramatically. I think there are still occasional deals on eBay and Discogs. But I spend way less time on it.

    I think it's a mixture of supply, demand, demographics, and maybe rising costs due to the Apollo Masters fire?  I just paid $60+ on a couple Japanese city pop reissues, recently.  The pressing and packaging are impeccable, but damn it hurts to spend that much on a new record considering 180 gram reissues were like $10 in the 2000s.

    para11ax

  • Discogs

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    Mondeyano said:
    I'm always kind of disheartened when I go on Discogs as prices just seem to go up and up. Like no deals are to be made, but I guess you have to check it every day to grab the dealz.

    That was me for a lot of years.  I relied on the email that they sent out filled with random wants and never found anything reasonably priced.  I started getting in the habit of viewing the newest additions of wants in the marketplace about 10-20x per day.  That's when I would find deals and reasonable priced items.

    eBay is so fucking dead.  I have an app that searches wants on a daily basis and it's the same overpriced fixed priced bullshit day in and day out.  If there happens to be a live auction, not a BIN, it's carolinasoul / paperstax / funkyou where shit goes massively overpriced.

    Mondeyano

  • The Soul Strut "Raer" Live Stream

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    Last night's business:



    Intro
    Soul Strut! - Coko & Misha Panfilov Sound Combo
    Drainpipe - Protein Bros
    Allora mi ricordo - New Trolls
    Murmullo - Los Rockin Devils 
    Air - Onyx
    In Your Room - Carriage Company
    Paper Man - Jade
    Pork Chops - The Jon-Lee Group
    Everybody's Excited - Flower Island
    Family Affair - Flash & The Dynamics
    Party Time - Cinnamon Suns
    Get Down (When The Feelin' Hits You) Pt1+2 - Blacklove 
    Dirty Music - Monarch
    All Shook Up - Roger Freeman
    SHOTGUN II - The Chambermen
    Gimme Some Lovin - Jordan
    What You Need - Button
    Dici (Dizzy) - Quelli
    Margarina - The Ten Tops
    All Along The Watchtower - Barbara Keith
    DuderonomyElectrodeklezmer electro-thug beats

  • My Nephew's New EP on Dangerbird

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    Interesting side note:

    My nephew has been a fixture in the east coast indie scene for awhile.  He struck up a relationship with a girl on Instagram who happened to be the daughter of Meegan Hodges (Slash's live in girlfriend).  He ended up out in LA to be with her and was suddenly in the Guns and Roses circle hanging out with Duff and Slash on the regular.  Pretty funny as he just a down to earth kid from Bristol, CT suddenly plugged in with all these Hollywood celebutantes.

    I got to meet Slash after a show in NY a couple years a go.  My nephew had the hookup to go backstage into his dressing room after a show at Chelsea Piers.  He bounced after about 5 minutes. 

      
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