Going through the process of trying to list my top 50 albums and eliminated a bunch of groups I thought initially might make the cut. The Replacements, however, are NOT one of those bands.
So disappointed with Aloha Got Soul. They shoved two Steve & Teresa albums in a flat-pack document mailer that was way too small (they had to have damaged the albums just to squeeze them into this thing). Bent corners and crushed spines to no surprise.
I hope that the one thing that comes out of this is that they allow an auto fade after two minutes of talking and give the moderator the ability to cut the mic in cases of extreme interruption.
Sometimes I get so sad when I learn about an artist that I absolutely love that I didn’t come to discover until far after their time making new music/touring.
This day is filled with highs and lows! We’re on the upswing now! Just found out I’m negative AND my bullmoose Idles album that was not supposed to be signed, came with a signed print, and early to boot!
Well this escalated quickly, one of my students from last weeks class just tested positive. Going to get myself a test now. If I pass please send my family records in lieu of flowers. Just no Bob Dylan.
The prospect of needing to put together a top 100 has me playing every Violent Femmes album from front to back to see which ones I can leave off and damn it there’s only like 3 I can see leaving off
I hate this stupid barge! Everything comes in at once, especially when the weather is bad and the barge cancels a trip and combines two barges into one. My wife and I had a conversation last night about easing up on the spending in preparation for a move next year, today I get a text from her saying “cool, 11 albums just showed up ”.
There’s a vinyl IG out there called “teeny tiny vinyl” where somebodies hobby is to create tiny little micro machine sized replicas of their favorite albums and it’s adorable.