Honestly, breaks my heart. They released some great records - I seriously love all 13 of the original releases - but I hate the lack of communication and wonky release schedule.
Thank you both @Mather and @scotthilk - I'm going to flatten it out eventually but wanted to know whether it was "safe" to give it a few listens in the meantime.
The record "curves" super slightly for about the first 1.5 songs. I am playing it now and besides a little faint pop when it gets to the curved part, nothing is really noticeable from a sound perspective...
Might email them and ask for something similar. Love the idea of it but, like, my expectations are on the floor. Can't imagine it would be this difficult to source a woodworker to make them after all of this time... :(
Agree that it's nice that they'll be donating 100% of the proceeds, but meh. At least they're not being weirdly vague about it like Sufjan Stevens and other companies.
I do know that there are some people within the community that do not like the use of the word and do not appreciate the current movement to reclaim it. Typically the older crowd who 1. don't understand reclamation and/or 2. who really experienced the word as a slur for the majority of their...
Obviously I don't speak for the entire LGBTQ+ community, but as a member of the community, the word does not offend me. I use it regularly as an umbrella term to describe the community and also have friends who use it as their identifier.
Agreed that part 2 would have been, in the words of Madonna, reductive. I guess my expectations are too high coming off of her magnum opus.
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Thank you!
I haven't been keeping track either... I should probably email them to renew.
Does anyone know if there will continue to be backer variants for 14-onward or if now we'll just get the deluxe?